Hi wbwo,
Welcome to the forum! I have had right temporal lobe epilepsy for 37 yrs. and just like your daughter I have had problems with my short term memory. I had brain surgery a few yrs. ago to help reduce my absence (petit mal) and complex partial seizures, it was then that I found out that the right hippocampus of my brain had shrunk and become hard from so many yrs. of seizures. (The hippocampus helps a person with their memory.) I found that neuropyschological tests were helpful to pinpoint all of this problem also. It has been proven that AED's (anti epilepsy drugs) can often cause memory problems for people. I've tried tegretol and lamictal. Tegretol worked well for me but lamictal caused me to break out with a rash so I had to stop the drug. If I may ask does your daughter use a cell phone often? The reason why I'm asking is because it has been proven that cell phones cause the hippocampus to shrink, cause brain tumors, and they can trigger seizures. I learned this from my neurosurgeon as well as from the FCC that's why I use a ham radio instead it won't cause all these problems and I can to a lot more with ham radio than I can with a cell phone and I don't have to pay a monthly bill either. In regards to your daughter listening to music it has been proven that the right temporal lobe is the area of the brain that people use for music and emotions. I know that I also enjoy listening to music and writing poetry. Here's wishing you and your daughter the best of luck May
God Bless You Both!

Sue