New Health and Wellness Announcement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
With New Health and Wellness Announcement, Soundmatters to Leverage Core Technologies
Reno, Nevada – March 6, 2018

Soundmatters International, the leader in wide-bandwidth ultra-compact audio solutions, announces the addition of a new research direction focused on the study of, and potential benefits of, the use of specific tones, frequencies and music to enhance personal wellness.

Background
Soundmatters was founded in 1998, by nuclear physicist, NASA scientist, and legendary audio designer, Dr. Godehard Guenther. As a Research + Development company, Soundmatters has focused primarily on expanding the availability of ultra-wide bandwidth low distortion audio reproduction beyond traditional highend hi-fi. Utilizing an ever-expanding portfolio of patented technologies, the company initially concentrated on bettering computer audio and all-in-one music systems, developing audio solutions for companies like Labtech/Logitech and Viewsonic. More recently, Soundmatters created the first audiophile-quality tiny portable loudspeaker, the foxL, named a TIME Magazine Top 10 Product of the Year. This was followed by their development of Jawbone’s Jambox, the speaker that launched an entire new product category.

Dr. Guenther fully understood the benefits that music and sound can bring to our lives by reducing stress, calming nerves, adding mental focus, and making us just want to get up and dance. It’s common knowledge that music helps us enjoy life’s good things, and can help ease the pain of sadness, loneliness, and illness.

For many years, Dr. Guenther suffered from the painful symptoms of gout, and often commented that he’d found relief from its pain during sessions of treatment with ultra low frequency sound. He felt strongly that at the very minimum, the company could, and should, evolve its products to further help reduce the stresses of life, and even pain relief, because sound matters. Harnessing Low Frequency Sound
Significant research has been done over the years as to the potential health enhancing benefits of incorporating music and sound, both as an alternative to, and more broadly accepted as, a complement to traditional wellness treatments.

Late last year, for example, Dr. Lee Bartel, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, presented a TED talk during which he provided an excellent overview as to how medical conditions such as fibromyalgia, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease can respond to brain re-regulation with sound stimulation (Music

Medicine: At A Cellular Level/Dr. Lee Bartel/TEDxCollingwood/Nov 9 2017).

Much of the research surrounding the potential benefits of sound on medical conditions, including that referenced in the above TED talk, has centered around low frequency audio tones. The reproduction of such tones has typically been done by large diameter acoustic drivers mounted in large enclosures, known as subwoofers.

Leveraging a Core Technology

Soundmatters has an extensive portfolio of acoustic patents and years of research relative to providing extended deep bass response from shockingly small acoustic drivers/enclosures, putting the company in a unique position to provide potential wellness beneficial solutions.

A First Step

An initial step towards identifying potential health and wellness benefits from sound can be found in a feature of the pending UPstage™360, a Soundmatters designed product. The UPstage360, branded under the new LEVEL 10™ mark, is an Omnidirectional, Open Architecture, Smart Music System. It provides four often-cited frequency mixes, played at low levels “underneath” selected nature sounds. Each frequency mix is designed to complement/enhance the selected nature sounds of normal calming, energizing, or focusing benefits.
More information is available at https://upstage360.level-ten.com.

Soundmatters International, Inc. (www.soundmatters.com), is dedicated to developing consumer electronics that enhance, rather than complicate consumers’ lifestyles

For further information contact: Lee Adams lee.adams@soundmatters.comTel: 805.2182380