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…showed last 75 words of 832 total…labor. Overall the women said that the music helped them take their minds off the pain and concentrate on the people helping them (Browning 274). Music reduces stress and anxiety, which in return reduces the perception of pain. There are many other ways of reducing pain, but music therapy is the safest noninvasive way of doing it. Music therapy is currently being used to help women during their pregnancy and also alleviate pain in dental hygiene.