by Simone Vitale | Feb 23, 2026 | Philosophy of Sound
The discussion around tuning music to 432 Hz continues to evoke strong responses. For some, it represents a return to natural harmony. By others, it is dismissed as pseudoscience wrapped in attractive language. Between these positions lies a more useful question: what...
by Simone Vitale | Feb 6, 2026 | Sound Therapy
How Sound Becomes a Practical Ally in Pregnancy and Birth In my previous article, Sound Therapy in the Field of Pregnancy and Birth, I spoke about the profound role sound plays in early life. But once people understand its importance, the next question naturally...
by Simone Vitale | Jan 16, 2026 | Sound Therapy
Why the Vagus Nerve Matters In my 2019 article “Sound Therapy and the Vagus Nerve”, I introduced the relevance of the vagus nerve in sound-based therapy. The vagus nerve, the great “wanderer” of the nervous system, weaves its way through your body, linking...
by Simone Vitale | Nov 26, 2025 | Philosophy of Sound
There’s a famous illustration by Camille Flammarion showing a traveller kneeling at the edge of the world, lifting the sky like a curtain to glimpse the vast cosmos beyond. It’s often seen as a metaphor for the human impulse to go beyond what’s known, to question...
by Simone Vitale | Sep 29, 2025 | Philosophy of Sound, Science of Sound
If you send a loud enough tone into a liquid, tiny gas bubbles can implode so violently that they flash with light. This is called sonoluminescence. In its cleanest laboratory form, a single micron-scale bubble sits in a standing acoustic wave and emits a...
