{"id":2321,"date":"2018-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.porticomagazine.ca\/2018\/05\/u-of-g-coding-whiz-improves-access-to-music-for-people-with-dementia\/"},"modified":"2020-10-28T14:40:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T18:40:19","slug":"u-of-g-coding-whiz-improves-access-to-music-for-people-with-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2018\/05\/u-of-g-coding-whiz-improves-access-to-music-for-people-with-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"U of G Coding Whiz Improves Access to Music for People With Dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listening to music can reduce anxiety and revive memories for people with Alzheimer\u2019s and dementia. But operating devices that play favourite songs can be challenging for those with the conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndependent access to music for people with dementia is hard, because with something like a record or CD player, they slowly lose the ability to use it,\u201d says Frazer Seymour, a computer science student at U of G who started programming at 13.<\/p>\n<p>After witnessing both of his grandmothers develop dementia, Seymour helped create AMI (Adaptable Music Interface).<\/p>\n<p>An electronic interface that attaches to an iPad, AMI makes it much easier to play music. 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