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Sensory-Accessible Spaces: Improving Accessibility in Music Therapy for Older Adults with Age-Related Acquired Sensory Loss
Master of Arts (M.A.), Drexel University
Jun 2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00002048
Abstract
The purpose of this project is to critically examine music therapy and music medicine literature concerning older adults with age-related acquired sensory loss through a disability studies framework. This framework addresses the most common models of disability in the US: the social model, medical model, and moral model. General information about the most common types of age-related acquired sensory loss is outlined followed by an overview of existing music therapy and music medicine literature. Resource guides addressing music therapy and sensory loss and older adults are also examined. The existing literature is then analyzed and critiqued through the aforementioned disability studies framework. Population and content gaps in the literature and resource guides are identified such as a lack of intersectionality and a lack of concrete adaptations outlined for music therapists. Two clinical vignettes are discussed and recommendations are made for improving accessibility for older adults with age-related acquired sensory loss in music therapy spaces. These recommendations are condensed into a resource guide targeted for music therapists and included as an appendix. Future directions and limitations for the project are discussed including involving more direct input from older adults with age-related acquired sensory loss in the creation of additional resource guides.
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Details
- Title
- Sensory-Accessible Spaces
- Creators
- Miranda A. Lape
- Contributors
- Adenike Webb (Advisor) - Drexel University, Creative Arts Therapies
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Arts (M.A.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- vi, 41 pages
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Creative Arts Therapies; College of Nursing and Health Professions; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991021886615404721