This document addresses sensory stimulation for brain-injured individuals. Sensory stimulation is intended to enhance the rehabilitative potential of brain-injured individuals in a coma or vegetative state. Protocols may involve stimulation of any or all of the following senses: visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, cutaneous and kinesthetic.

Position Statement

Investigational and Not Medically Necessary:

Sensory stimulation (also known as: coma stimulation sessions, coma arousal therapy, multisensory stimulation programs and coma care) for brain injured individuals in a coma or vegetative state is considered investigational and not medically necessary.