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Alvin Chase Kimberly King Ansu Baysah
A.K.A. TM
“Advancing Knowledge Through Audio”
May 18th, 2006A.K.A. Providence, R.I.
A.K.A. TM Mozart Effect
• Intelligence Increases For Children Under Age 3
• First Experiment Performed In 1993 By Irvine Physicist Gordon Shaw And Frances Rauscher
• College Students Increased Their Spatial-temporal Reasoning By 8 -9 Points
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
University of California
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A.K.A. TM Products Currently Available
Baby Mozart DVD
Lovely Baby CD Music CD
Spinoza Talking Teddy Bear
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A.K.A. TM Why Not Get A Head Start?
Why Not Introduce Audio Stimulation At An Earlier Age?
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A.K.A. TM Fetal Hearing
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Source: “Fetal Psychology”, Janet L. Hopson, Psychology Today, October 1998
Source: “Music During Pregnancy”, B. Arabin, Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2002
24 Weeks
9 Weeks 32 Weeks
23 Weeks 500 Hz
27 Weeks 100-500 Hz
31 Weeks 1000-3000 Hz
Human Frequency Range: 20-20,000 Hz
A.K.A. TM Sheep Experiments
May 18th, 2006A.K.A. Providence, R.I.
Source: Effects of Intense Noise Exposure on Fetal Sheep Auditory Brain Stem Response and Inner Ear Histology, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc., Volume 20 (1), February 1999, pp 21-32
• Sheep vs. Human Hearing
• Low vs. High Frequency Sound
• 5 dB <1.0 kHz
• Attenuation Results:
• 20 dB to 30 dB < 4.0 kHz
• 6 dB/octave for 0.5 – 4.0 kHz
• 45 dB for 0.5 – 2.0 kHz
• 10 to 15 dB for 0.125 – 0.25 kHz
A.K.A. TM
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Womb-Woofer TM
Introducing…
Prenatal Audio
System
Custom-built iPod “Pocket”
Portable with Full Range of
Motion
Advanced Back Support
Technology
A.K.A. TM Design Process
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Home Depot Harness
Pilates Experiment #1
Sennheiser HD 280 Pro
Headphones
Boosteroo Amplifier
Pilates Experiment #2
7 Final Product
A.K.A. TM Test Results: Experimental Setup
Test Apparatus
A.K.A. TM Test Results: Frequency Responses
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Frequency Response in water for Experiment #1
Experiment #1 Computer Speakers
No Water Beethoven's
Symphony No. 9
Experiment #1 Computer Speakers
W/ Water Beethoven's
Symphony No. 9
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A.K.A. TM Test Results: Frequency Responses
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Womb Woofer Frequency Response in water with Computer Music
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Experiment #2 Womb-Woofer
Computer Music No Water
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Experiment #2 Womb-Woofer
Computer Music W/ Water Beethoven's
Symphony No. 9
A.K.A. TM Test Results: Frequency Responses
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Womb- Woofer Frequency Response in No Water with Ipod
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Experiment #2 Womb-Woofer
iPod Music No Water
Mozart
Experiment #2 Womb-Woofer
iPod Music W/ Water
Mozart
A.K.A. TM Critiques
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“There’s no defended research anywhere that shows any enduring effect from stimulations…No one would consider poking a newborn
baby, so why would you do such a thing with a fetus?”– William Filer, PhD, Columbia University
“Stimulating the fetus might alter its developmental sequence, and anything that affects the development of the brain comes at
a cost.” – Heidelise Als, PhD, Harvard Medical School
“Might be risky for hearing development and behavioral state regulation in the unborn child.”– B. Arabin, Clara Angela
Foundation
A.K.A. TM Ultrasound vs.
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Womb-Woofer TM
•Frequency Range From 2 – 13 GHz
•Hundreds Of Times Above Audible Human Level
•Used To Visualize Muscles, Internal Organs And Fetus During Pregnancies
•Frequency Range From 20 – 5000 Hz
•Covers Major Portion Of Human Audible Experience
•Used To Enhance Intelligence In Prenatal Humans
Ultrasound
Womb-Woofer TM
A.K.A. TM Safety
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Common Belief: “Children are smarter, more verbally and musically inclined, more physically coordinated and socially
adept than average when exposed to music.”
Safe Range: Exposed Levels < 85 dB
Dangerous Range: Exposed Levels 85 to 95 dB
Range: Exposed Levels < 80 dB Womb-Woofer TM
Womb-Woofer TM
Source: “Fetal Psychology”, Janet L. Hopson, Psychology Today, October 1998
A.K.A. TM
Demonstration
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Womb-Woofer TM
A.K.A. TM
Questions???
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