How does music improve the chances of IVF success?

A fertility clinic in Spain invited Irish musician Sharon Corr to play for a room full of developing embryos, so the chances of success can be improved. 

The doctors claimed that subjecting embryos to different kinds of music during the fertilization process can boost their development and improve the chances of IVF success by 5 percent.

Sharon Corr, who was astounded at this revelation, was also quite touched by this opportunity and called it an “emotional experience”. 

“It’s great to think that we could possibly be a part of the future and we could make a change. It’s just beautiful to make music,” she said. “I’m so amazed at the whole process and how it works and yet I’m not surprised that music really helps the embryos to form because music is the greatest therapy in the world.”

This research was also published in a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of ESHRE.