LightEFX Pioneer Imaging and Treatment Rooms with Sensory Lighting

Several of Australia's leading healthcare providers have chosen LightEFX to utilize syntonic phototherapy through state-of-the-art sensory lighting for patients undergoing imaging scans or minor treatments.

Despite being introduced as early as the 1800s, the application of light therapy and sensory lighting in modern medicine has only recently gained traction, with studies showing sensory lighting has a positive impact on a person’s health, mood, and mental perceptions. Further research even demonstrates that dynamic light changes are conducive to learning.?

Fully subscribing to the proposed psychological and physiological benefits of light and color therapy, imaging centers and hospitals sought to design rooms with specific lighting setups that would optimize the patient’s experience and improve rapport between patient and practitioner. LightEFX, being one of the leading providers of fiber optic and natural lighting, offers a bespoke sensory lighting system.

There are currently sensory rooms, imaging rooms, and deceleration rooms that feature LightEFX’s Sensory Lighting—proprietary fiber optic lighting technology combined with specific colors to create a dynamic, interactive sensory experience for people of all ages. The use of both therapies enhances the patient’s cognitive ability by activating their neuro-stimuli and vestibular system.

“We know that sensory spaces are becoming increasingly prevalent in educational institutions and workplaces and can be used to calm people with agitation or anxiety while also engaging those who are more withdrawn from their environment.” – Charles Darwin University, Australia.

The patient’s awareness of their body and sense of balance is enhanced, triggering a positive physiological reaction.

Hospitals that have seen significant changes since the installation and subsequent assimilation of LightEFX’s Sensory Lighting are The Joan Kirner Hospital, and the McKellar Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre by using sensory lighting in staff areas and deceleration rooms. GenisisCare uses sensory lighting in its CT scanning rooms.

For children, LightEFX’s sensory lighting can either calm them as they’re being treated or amuse them, providing a sufficient distraction. In older patients, the effects are more soothing. They’ve likened LightEFX’s Sensory Lighting designs to brilliant stars in the night sky. They can easily lose themselves in the canopy of shining, vibrant colors and rich hues.

The University of Wollongong discovered that the experiences of lighting and color in fiber optics "can both calm and stimulate the primary senses using sensory-based materials." – University of Wollongong, Australia.

Ivan Tutic from LightEFX says that the power of sensory lighting is never lost on the company, adding that “delivering best-in-class lighting is always a company priority, but when it’s for a project that you know will directly benefit people is incredibly rewarding.”

As healthcare continues to move forward with cutting-edge treatments, the sustainable nature of LightEFX’s fiber optic lighting can move with them. Our bespoke Sensory Lighting technologies aim to help further the integration of syntonic phototherapy in modern medicine.

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