Music during exams

Does anyone play music while performing/receiving/reading about exams? Just curious. If so, what genre do you like best or whatever suits the mood?

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Reading? TV or whatever. Real exam? No. I prefer realism. There's never music in my doctor's office beyond the waiting room.

I usually provide my own while performing an exam by whistling "Getting to know you, getting to know all about you...."

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Music has become such an utterly annoying distraction in public life - when shopping in stores or especially in malls, waiting on a phone, during holiday periods, walking the streets and listening to cars blaring music, in shopping streets with public loudspeakers, in waiting rooms and so on - that when I do play something that I like, then I wish for peace and quiet so that I can concentrate on the music that interests me at the moment. And in some countries it is far worse than in others. In Spain for instance I wonder if the people aren´t all on the verge of deafness since music in stores and malls is blared out the loudspeakers.

Therefore music is only for special occasions and then it becomes the sole object of my attention so it can be enjoyed as it should be.

I often listen to instrumental, flowing jazz whilst reading this site, and am doing just that right now.

Although the music would certainly deserve more attention just for its own qualities at other times, it provides a kind of easy-going flexible background that suits the tone of zity material. Plenty of improvisation, off-the-beaten track freedom to complement the posts, with - usually - a return to a familiar theme for comfort at the conclusion of each track.

When I had three very long dental procedures, the music I selected was by Enya as, to me, it symbolized change and a new person being created

When I had three very long dental procedures, the music I selected was by Enya

A dentist/doctor lets you choose to listen to while performing a procedure? What an idea, what a concept ... this I have never heard of. Truly the mark of a service economy ...

My dentist also has music. Pick his or bring your own CD. Usually this is reserved for long or painful procedures, not for simple exams and cleanings.

New Age, soft and gentle mood type music!

Nope! intolerable silence is the best! Keeps me/the patient/ on edge!

User264,

How appropriate in your selection! The King and I. It is a great musical of Rogers & Hammersteins, and one of my favorites. Next time I watch it, think of it, I will never think of it the same! LOL! Karma for you! Thanks for the laugh and smile!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o1t-PhkFAQ

Andie

Love the silence! Makes it that much more intense and exciting!

I enjoy the quiet during an exam as it ads to the realism, so no music for me when getting an exam. I also like doctors that aren't overly talkative during the actual examination part, just explaining what they are doing or finding.

I like those silent moments during my real exams, when the doctor is not talking, there is just the sounds of being examined in that little room, like the crinkling of the table paper as I sit and move, the rustling of the exam gown as it is lowered or raised, or the wheels of the little stool moving across the floor as the doctor sits and positions him/herself. And especially the silence during those awkward or more embarrassing moments, such as the sound of running water at the sink and metalic clanking as the doctor prepares the speculum for insertion, knowing I will be penetrated by the tool momentarily. Or feeling the cool slickness of the doctor's lubricated fingers slid deep into each opening simultaneously as the other hand resumes the downward pressure against my lower belly while standing between my spread legs, silently staring down at me as the fingers are manipulated inside me, exploring my pelvic structures.

For several years I attended a physician who with his partners had 12-15 examination rooms. The walls between these were v e r y thin. Not only could i hear every thing in the two adjacent rooms, but often 2 rooms away. Amazing what one could hear. I Was always very quiet when my time came!

Had a foot doctor that, except when she was talking, sang or hummed during the entire examination. Actually, she had a pretty good voice but the continuous humming and singing made seem like she wasn't fully focused on her job. No music is best in most medical environments; especially for examinations.

I use to have a dentist who has music. It never happens with a doctor.