Evidence-Based Sound Therapy

Calm in Chaos
Music Therapy

You can train the brain to listen.

Two clinically validated protocols for TBI rehabilitation and dementia care. Four proprietary digital tools. One program built from inside a neurodivergent brain — grounded in peer-reviewed research, designed for real clinical environments.

Most therapeutic sound programs are designed from the outside. This one wasn't.
"I built this program from the same nervous system it was designed to help."

— Ptim Pellerin, Program Developer

Ptim Pellerin is a late-diagnosed autistic adult with a seizure disorder and a brain lesion affecting left-side hearing and vision. His service dog, Brevé, accompanies him as a medical alert animal. He has spent over a decade developing frequency-based sound as a practical neurological regulation tool — not as a researcher observing from the outside, but as someone who needed it to function.

Calm in Chaos Music Therapy is the systematized, clinically validated expression of that work — combining lived neurodivergent experience with peer-reviewed evidence and purpose-built technology.

Two Populations.
Two Distinct Programs.

Each protocol was developed from verified, published, peer-reviewed research — 12 confirmed citations per protocol. Where outcomes are contested, the protocol says so.

PROTOCOL 01

Traumatic Brain Injury

4-week adjunct rehabilitation program

60–90 minute weekly group sessions for mild-to-moderate TBI. Structured around rhythmic auditory stimulation, binaural beat entrainment, and therapeutic frequency exposure. Designed as an adjunct to existing rehabilitation — not a replacement for it.

Anxiety Reduction Sleep Support Motor Regulation Emotional Regulation Executive Function
12

PROTOCOL 02

Dementia & Memory Care

4-week adjunct program for mild-to-moderate dementia

45–60 minute weekly group sessions for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Includes a built-in caregiver training component. Leverages the neurological preservation of musical memory that persists even in advanced Alzheimer's.

BPSD Reduction Anxiety Depression Caregiver Skills Antipsychotic Reduction
12

What the Research Shows

g=0.45

Effect size: binaural beats on cognition, anxiety & pain

Garcia-Argibay et al. (2019)
Meta-analysis · Psychol Res

−0.67

SMD anxiety reduction in dementia (13 RCTs, 827 participants)

Ting et al. (2023)
Meta-analysis · J Clin Med

51%

Mean gait velocity increase over 5 weeks via rhythmic auditory stimulation in TBI

Hurt, Rice, McIntosh & Thaut (1998)
J Music Ther

18mo

Effects maintained at 18-month follow-up in TBI neurological music therapy RCT

Siponkoski et al. (2021)
Neuropsychol Rehabil

↓ Rx

Reduced antipsychotic use in nursing home residents with dementia receiving personalized music

McCreedy et al. (2023)
J Am Med Dir Assoc

7T

Ultra-high-field fMRI confirming musical memory preservation in Alzheimer's-spared brain regions

Jacobsen et al. (2015)
Brain (Oxford)

Four Tools.
Zero Cost. No IT Required.

Browser-based, offline-capable, permanently deployed. No subscriptions, no installation, no configuration.

Flexible Adoption.
No Mandated Model.

  • 01

    Internal Adoption

    Your clinical staff delivers the protocol using the complete documentation package. No ongoing involvement required from the program developer.

  • 02

    Pilot Program

    A structured 8–12 week pilot with defined patient cohorts, pre/post outcome measurement, and documented results for institutional decision-making.

  • 03

    Research Partnership

    Both protocols include explicit research invitations. Outcome measurement frameworks use validated instruments. IRB-ready documentation available.

  • 04

    Speaking & Education

    Grand rounds, department presentations, continuing education on non-pharmacological neurological intervention and neurodivergent patient experience.

  • 05

    License Agreement

    Formal licensing for ongoing institutional use. Terms structured to reflect the institution's implementation scope. Contact for discussion.

The implementation bar is low by design. Calm in Chaos was built to minimize institutional friction — because the right non-pharmacological program is one that actually gets used.

What implementation requires: a trained facilitator, a tablet or laptop with a browser, a quiet room, and four weekly sessions per cohort. No specialized acoustic equipment. No subscriptions. No IT configuration.

The tools are free. The protocols are complete. The evidence is real and cited. What's being offered is a systematized, documented program that your staff can pick up and run.

Tool Cost: $0

All four digital tools are permanently free — for clinical staff, participants, and caregivers. They work offline on any device with a browser. This is not a freemium model. There is no premium tier.

The right next step depends
on your institution's priorities.

There's no pressure to adopt a particular model. The goal is to find the intersection between what your institution needs and what this program can genuinely provide.

Ptim Pellerin

Arternity LLC  ·  Calm in Chaos Music Therapy

neurospicyauthor.com

Available for protocol review, speaking engagements, pilot program design, and research partnership conversations. Currently serving hospital clients across the region in a separate professional capacity — this is not a cold introduction.

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