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Alder Hey's Dawn Chorus

From: Ed Prosser
Length: 00:07:09

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Find out how Europe's largest children's hospital is experimenting with the use of birdsong. Read the full description.

Dawn_chorus550_small Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, UK has called upon the skills of world leading sound recordist Chris Watson to introduce his beautiful wildlife recordings into the hospital soundscape.

This short piece blends interview material with Chris Watson's breath-taking birdsong recordings to explore the therapeutic use of sound amongst Alder Hey's young patients.

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Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, UK has called upon the skills of world leading sound recordist Chris Watson to introduce his beautiful wildlife recordings into the hospital soundscape.

This short piece blends interview material with Chris Watson's breath-taking birdsong recordings to explore the therapeutic use of sound amongst Alder Hey's young patients.

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http://onthenatureofthings.com/2011/03/30/alder-heys-dawn-chorus/