Can flickering lights and tones slow Alzheimer's? MIT trial begins

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Subject is between the ages of 50 - 100. * Subject must have mild Alzheimer's disease with a Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) score of 19 -26. * Subject is willing to sign informed consent document. * If subject is deemed to not have capacity to sign the informed consent, he/she will need a legally authorized representative to provide surrogate consent. * Subjects whose primary residence is within 2 hours of Boston * Able to complete the 1st month of at home stimulation at their primary residence; if subjects plan to spend more than 1 week away from their primary residence during the trial, their inclusion must be assessed by the research team. Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects who do not have healthcare. * Subjects who are being treated with N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists (eg. Memantine). * Subjects on medications that lower seizure threshold such as wellbutrin, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, etc. * Subjects with history of seizure or epilepsy within the past 24 months. * Subjects with clinically significant suicide risk and/or suicide attempt in the past 12 months. * Subjects with behavioral problems such as aggression/agitation/impulsivity that might interfere with their ability to comply with protocol. * Active treatment with one or more anti-epileptic agent. * Subjects who have had a stroke within the past 24 months. * Subjects diagnosed with migraine headache. * Active treatment with one or more psychiatric agent (e.g. antidepressants, antipsychotics, etc). * Subjects who have an active implantable medical device including but not limited to implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), deep brain stimulator (DBS), cardiac pacemaker, and/or sacral nerve stimulator. * Subjects who have profound hearing or visual impairment. * Subjects who have a life expectancy of less than 24 months. * Subjects who are pregnant.