Long confined to the wellness sphere, sound therapy is crossing a threshold: it is structuring itself as a health technology (MedTech), with regulated devices, measurable protocols and validated clinical uses.
From wellness to medical device
Clinical music-therapy software solutions are now deployed in French hospitals — intensive care, oncology, palliative care, perioperative pain management. They rely on standardised, customisable sound sequences and on usage traceability, unlike a simple playlist.
What sound MedTech brings
- Reproducibility: identical protocols from one patient to the next, scientifically assessable
- Measurement: coupling with physiological markers (heart rate, variability, self-reported pain)
- Integration: insertion into care pathways alongside treatments
A structuring market
The challenge of the coming years is regulatory and scientific: clearly distinguishing a « wellness sound therapy » framed by federations from a « clinical vibroacoustic therapy » carried by health devices and delivered by professionals. This epistemological separation is the condition for lasting institutional recognition.
Sound Doctor is part of this momentum: an app grounded in published research, designed to make sound therapy accessible, clear and rigorous.
Sources & references
Bradt J. et al., Cochrane Reviews on music interventions in hospital settings.
Work on clinical music-therapy devices (e.g. Music Care) in intensive care and oncology.
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