Can sound ease pain? stanford tests spatial audio for heat tolerance
NCT ID NCT06919497
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether listening to spatial audio (a type of immersive sound) could help people tolerate heat pain better. Healthy adults would have a heat device placed on their hand and rate their pain with and without the audio. The study was withdrawn before any participants were enrolled, so no results are available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- spatial audio stimulation
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a non-drug way to help people cope with acute pain.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small proof-of-concept study that was withdrawn before enrolling anyone. The effect may be small or not work at all.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States