0:00:00.680,0:00:03.202 [piano plays] 0:00:06.702,0:00:09.234 I have one resident[br]that barely opens her eyes. 0:00:09.234,0:00:10.777 She doesn't respond. 0:00:12.099,0:00:15.373 As much as I've tried,[br]I've known her for two years. 0:00:15.373,0:00:17.440 No matter what I tried,[br]massage wouldn't work, 0:00:17.440,0:00:18.774 nothing worked. 0:00:18.777,0:00:21.440 But when we got introduced[br]to the iPods 0:00:21.471,0:00:24.598 and the family told me[br]the things that she liked, 0:00:24.598,0:00:28.032 it was amazing[br]once we put the iPod on her. 0:00:28.032,0:00:30.090 She started shaking her feet. 0:00:30.090,0:00:32.199 She stared moving her head. 0:00:32.199,0:00:34.377 Her son was just amazed... 0:00:35.423,0:00:39.159 Ok, can we stop,[br]'cause now I'm... 0:00:39.164,0:00:41.296 I'm seeing her all over again. 0:00:45.234,0:00:48.234 [piano continues] 0:00:52.753,0:00:54.304 Hi, Poppa. 0:00:55.222,0:00:56.302 Hi, Poppa. 0:00:56.304,0:00:57.111 -Huh? 0:00:57.111,0:00:58.369 -How you doin'? 0:00:58.369,0:00:59.945 I'm all right.[br]Fine. 0:00:59.945,0:01:00.706 Great. 0:01:00.706,0:01:01.828 -Who am I? 0:01:01.828,0:01:02.834 -I don't know. 0:01:02.834,0:01:05.637 Wait a minute... I don't know. 0:01:05.637,0:01:07.057 I don't know. 0:01:07.057,0:01:09.103 -Ok, it's Sherry. 0:01:09.103,0:01:11.754 How long has he been[br]in the nursing home? 0:01:11.754,0:01:14.214 Approximately ten years. 0:01:14.214,0:01:18.783 He was having seizures and my mother[br]couldn't handle him at home. 0:01:18.783,0:01:20.557 Of course it affected him greatly 0:01:20.557,0:01:24.381 because he was always, you know,[br]fun-loving, singing, 0:01:24.381,0:01:28.189 you know, every occasion[br]he would come out with a song. 0:01:28.189,0:01:29.648 No matter where he was. 0:01:29.648,0:01:32.283 I remember as a child[br]he used to walk us down the street, 0:01:32.283,0:01:35.603 me and my brother,[br]and he would do singing in the rain 0:01:35.603,0:01:38.633 he would have us jumping[br]and swinging around poles. 0:01:38.633,0:01:41.709 He was, you know, he was good.[br]He was always into music. 0:01:41.709,0:01:45.616 You know, always loved singing..[br]dancing. 0:01:45.616,0:01:47.235 -His name is Henry Dryer. 0:01:47.235,0:01:48.851 -Uh-huh. 0:01:48.851,0:01:54.477 -And... looking more or less[br]for religious music for him. 0:01:54.478,0:01:55.278 -Ok. 0:01:55.278,0:01:58.797 -Because he enjoys music[br]and he's always holding the Bible, 0:01:58.797,0:02:01.114 so I'd rather have that for him. 0:02:01.114,0:02:06.378 -We first see Henry inert,[br]maybe depressed, unresponsive, 0:02:06.378,0:02:08.541 and almost unalive. 0:02:08.541,0:02:09.314 -Henry? 0:02:09.314,0:02:10.089 -Yeah? 0:02:10.089,0:02:10.791 -Henry? 0:02:10.791,0:02:11.844 -Yeah so? 0:02:11.844,0:02:16.626 -I found your music.[br]You want your music now? 0:02:16.626,0:02:18.836 (mumbling) 0:02:18.867,0:02:20.658 -Ok, let's try your music, ok? 0:02:20.658,0:02:22.249 And then you tell me[br]if it's too loud or not. 0:02:22.249,0:02:28.236 -Then he is given an iPod[br]containing the...his favorite music. 0:02:28.236,0:02:31.995 [singing] 0:02:40.085,0:02:42.713 And immediately he lights up. 0:02:42.713,0:02:45.898 His face is assumes expression,[br]his eyes open wide 0:02:45.898,0:02:51.174 he starts to sing, to rock,[br]and to move his arms 0:02:51.174,0:02:54.979 and he is being animated[br]by the music. 0:02:54.979,0:02:58.802 -And he used to always sit[br]on the unit with his head like this. 0:02:58.802,0:03:00.923 He didn't really talk[br]to much people 0:03:00.923,0:03:03.527 and then when I introduced[br]the music to him, 0:03:03.527,0:03:07.647 this is his reaction ever since. 0:03:07.647,0:03:09.679 [laughs] 0:03:09.679,0:03:13.642 [singing continues] 0:03:13.642,0:03:16.933 -The philosopher Kant[br]once called music the quickening art 0:03:16.933,0:03:19.695 and Henry is being quickened;[br]he is being brought to life. 0:03:19.695,0:03:20.292 -Yeah? 0:03:20.292,0:03:22.242 -I'm going to take the music from you[br]for one second, ok? 0:03:22.242,0:03:26.880 Just to ask you a few questions... ok? 0:03:26.880,0:03:28.454 I'm gonna give it back to you. 0:03:28.454,0:03:29.141 -Uh-huh. 0:03:29.141,0:03:29.784 -Ok. 0:03:29.784,0:03:34.734 -The effect of this doesn't stop,[br]which when the headphones 0:03:34.734,0:03:39.716 are taken off, Henry,[br]normally mute and virtually unable 0:03:39.716,0:03:43.127 to answer the simplest[br]yes or no questions is quite volumable. 0:03:43.127,0:03:43.827 -Henry. 0:03:43.841,0:03:45.119 -Yeah? 0:03:45.756,0:03:49.211 -Do you like the iPod;[br]do you like the music you are hearing? 0:03:49.211,0:03:49.937 -Yes. 0:03:49.937,0:03:52.055 -Tell me about your music. 0:03:52.055,0:03:56.097 -Well, I don't (mumbling) 0:03:57.999,0:03:59.564 -Do you like music? 0:03:59.564,0:04:01.286 -Yeah, I'm crazy about music. 0:04:01.286,0:04:05.118 You play beautiful music,[br]beautiful sound. 0:04:05.124,0:04:07.500 -Did you play music[br]when you were-- 0:04:07.500,0:04:09.527 Did you like music[br]when you were young? 0:04:09.527,0:04:10.174 -Yes. 0:04:10.174,0:04:13.633 Yes, I went to big dances[br]and things. 0:04:13.633,0:04:17.581 -What was your favorite music[br]when you were young? 0:04:18.246,0:04:24.329 I guess, uh, Cab Calloway[br]was my number one band guy 0:04:24.329,0:04:25.619 I liked-- 0:04:25.641,0:04:29.976 (scatting/mumbling) 0:04:29.976,0:04:33.482 -What's your favorite Cab Calloway song? 0:04:35.192,0:04:41.790 (singing)[br]I'll be home for Christmas 0:04:41.790,0:04:48.878 You can count, plan on me 0:04:48.878,0:04:53.638 With plenty of snow, mistletoe, 0:04:53.638,0:04:58.067 presents wrapped around your tree.[br]Ow! 0:04:58.067,0:05:01.843 -So in some sense,[br]Henry is restored to himself. 0:05:01.843,0:05:05.761 He has remembered who he is 0:05:05.761,0:05:10.951 and he has reacquired his identity[br]for a while 0:05:10.951,0:05:13.469 through the power of music. 0:05:13.469,0:05:16.681 What does music do to you? 0:05:38.720,0:05:42.844 (mumbling) 0:05:42.844,0:05:45.946 (singing)[br]Rosalie won't you love me. 0:05:45.946,0:05:48.976 Rosalie won't you be sweet[br]and kind. 0:05:48.976,0:05:51.143 -With this beautiful,[br]new technology 0:05:51.143,0:05:54.165 you can have all the music[br]which is significant for you 0:05:54.165,0:05:57.288 in something as big[br]as a matchbox or whatever, 0:05:57.288,0:06:01.549 and I think this may be[br]very, very important 0:06:01.549,0:06:08.871 in helping to animate, organize,[br]and bring a sense of identity 0:06:08.871,0:06:13.085 back to people[br]who are out of it otherwise. 0:06:13.085,0:06:15.904 Music will bring them[br]back into it, 0:06:15.904,0:06:19.003 Into their own personhood,[br]their own memories, 0:06:19.003,0:06:22.374 their own autobiographies.