Mechanical Heart Valve Patients Listening for Natural Sleep Relief; New Specialized Sound Recording Successfully Masks Sound of Mechanical Aortic/Mitral Valves
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Press Releases Alex Alexander Perica Press Release Receive press releases from Alex Alexander Perica: By Email RSS Feeds: Mechanical Heart Valve Patients Listening for Natural Sleep Relief; New Specialized Sound Recording Successfully Masks Sound of Mechanical Aortic/Mitral Valves Unique audio recording created and designed to mask the sound of mechanical heart valve noises to maximise sleep and relaxation in the patient/listener.The water was recorded in the wild at the Guadalupe River in New Braunfels Texas, and was specifically chosen for the sound characteristics and frequencies it shared with the heart valve.After hearing her complaints of how the loud noise of her heart-valve kept her awake at night, I came up with the idea to create a long-playing audio program that would address her sleep issues.” In and out of recording studios creating an wide assortment of audio projects, Alex was a musician for more than 30 years.It is a twenty-five minute non-musical psychoacoustic audio soundtrack that was recently released in late May of 2011.This audio recording introduces the sound of a real human heart with its implanted mechanical valve (which has been manipulated with audio software to mimic the random sound of rain) slowly over time with the sound of naturally flowing river water over rocks.The water was recorded in the wild at the Guadalupe River in New Braunfels Texas, and was specifically chosen for the sound characteristics and frequencies it shared with the heart valve.Alex Perica, producer of “Heartbeat River” said, “This one-of-a-kind audio program was specifically created to help my friend, Stacy.After hearing her complaints of how the loud noise of her heart-valve kept her awake at night, I came up with the idea to create a long-playing audio program that would address her sleep issues.”In and out of recording studios creating an wide assortment of audio projects, Alex was a musician for more than 30 years.