Equine Earphones Could Help Horses Relax

Horses tended to recover from stress faster if they listened to classical music through specially designed headphones.
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Time to trailer out to a horse show? Try a little bit of Bach. Need your steed to relax for a new set of shoes? How about someTim McGraw?

Researchers know that horses benefit from certain kinds of music—classical and country, for example—in stressful situations; these sounds tend to lower their stress parameters. But that research has now led to a new high-tech innovation for equine welfare: earphones.

Controlled by Bluetooth technology, the custom-designed apparatus offers riders and handlers a way to put a little melody into their horses’ stressful experiences.

“By putting the music into specially adapted earphones for horses, we can individualize the music that each horse is hearing for each situation, knowing that every horse is a unique individual with his own ‘preferences,’” said Claire Neveux, MSc, researcher and equine behavior consultant with Ethonova, in Normandy, France

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Passionate about horses and science from the time she was riding her first Shetland Pony in Texas, Christa Lesté-Lasserre writes about scientific research that contributes to a better understanding of all equids. After undergrad studies in science, journalism, and literature, she received a master’s degree in creative writing. Now based in France, she aims to present the most fascinating aspect of equine science: the story it creates. Follow Lesté-Lasserre on Twitter @christalestelas.

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