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Musical Trick Alleviating Benign Essential Blepharospasm

JAMA Neurology 10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.1298

May 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This case report describes a 61-year-old professional oboist whose symptoms of bilateral essential blepharospasm abated when she played the oboe or sung a musical arrangement.

Corresponding Author: John Alexander Fraser, MD, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, University Hospital, 339 Windermere Rd, Room B7-104, London, ON N6A5A5, Canada (alex.fraser@lhsc.on.ca).

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