Letter: Tuneful relief

Your article about research into the anxiety-reducing effects of music being played to patients during surgery with local anaesthetic (28 March) was most interesting.

I had a long session with the dentist a few weeks ago, and he suggested I bring my MP3 player so I could distract myself with music.

It was very effective – the only problem is that now, whenever I hear the songs I was listening to, I get terrible flashbacks to my time in the drill chair.

Anthony Murray

Edinburgh