Music therapy is effective with people of all ages and abilities, from newborn babies, through childhood and adolescence, to adulthood and the end of life. 

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音乐治疗对各个年龄层的治疗对象都是有效的。初生婴儿、儿童和青少年，成人和老年人，甚至在临终阶段。

 

People who are under stress; have intellectual, physical or emotional needs; live with dementia; are suffering the consequences of trauma, separation or abuse; or who have a terminal illness can benefit from music therapy.

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​音乐治疗使符合以下症状的治疗对象受益：焦虑紧张；智力、生理或情绪情感需求；痴呆症；承受来自创伤、分离或虐待的痛苦；绝症等。

 

Music therapy is effective in:

• developing communication

• extending language and intellectual development

• supporting people in times of loss, grief, and pain   

• reducing stress and tension

• motivating rehabilitation

• extending movement and physical co-ordination

• enhancing cultural and spiritual identity

• giving emotional support through times of change or crisis

• assisting memory, imagination, and processing thought

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音乐治疗在以下领域具有影响：

• 促进沟通和交流

• 促进语言和智力发展

• 对精神创伤和生理创伤对象的支持

• 减少紧张和焦虑

• 促进康复

• 促进肢体活动和协调

• 加强文化和精神认同感

• 对受到心理情绪困扰的对象的情感支持

• ​帮助记忆、想象，促进思维和想法的形成