The diagnoses of music-induced seizures are complicated as the nature of stimulus is relatively unique in the ambit of seizure triggers. The usual diagnosis of seizures is routinely carried out through electroencephalography (EEG), physical examination and a review of patient history. However, an EEG may not be appropriate to diagnose and test a person with music-evoked seizures since EEG is used to test photosensitive epilepsy, a form of epilepsy where seizures are stimulated by light. While an EEG typically tests varied frequencies of a light stimulus,<unk> s are stimulated differently by music. Moreover, there may be a time period delay between the music or sound stimulus received and seizure triggered. The time gap between the stimulus and the response heightens the challenge of diagnoses. Recent hypotheses recommended testing routine electroencephalography (REEG) or amplitude-integrated electroencephalography (AEEG) to test music-evoked seizures. However, further obstacles arise in deducing the type of sound, song, and style of music which affects the patients suffering from<unk> s. There is a large range of possible sounds that may trigger<unk> s, such as church bells, a song associated with nostalgia, dissonant sounds, and classical music.
Musicogenic seizure
Reflex seizure
Post-traumatic seizure
Non-epileptic seizure
Gelastic seizure
Febrile seizure
Musicogenic epilepsy
Absence seizure