SoListen
The Tomatis Method® is an effective teaching process for listening. Listening is the ability to use one’s hearing intentionally and attentively for the purpose of learning and communicating. Listening is to the ear as what aiming is to the eye. Hearing is passive whereas listening is an active higher cognitive function. Listening is important for learning, communicating and managing emotions. It is therefore more than just passive reception of sound and relies on a healthy functioning auditory system.
When sensory messages transmitted through the ear are misinterpreted listening becomes disrupted or distorted. This distortion in listening is related to the functioning of the muscles in the middle ear. When these muscles are weakened their function is less effective. Problems in listening can be as a result of a myriad of experiences, from trauma and stress, difficult pregnancy and birth, environmental effects such as being exposed to chronic levels of loud sounds, early childhood illnesses and ear infections as well as genetic disorders. As a result, harmonious transfer of sound from the inner ear to the brain is affected and listening becomes disrupted. When the sensory message is distorted the brain puts protective measures in place that confuse listening, which can result in the development or exacerbation of certain problems.
If you change the way the ear works, you affect all the body’s major organs. These changes, in turn, can produce profound transformations in how we function. Dr. Tomatis pioneered the field of sound therapy and auditory stimulation. He is the founder of the audio-psycho-phonology discipline.
SoListen is a therapy using sound to help development. 70% of all sensory stimulation to the brain is sound. The brain responds and pays attention to new and novel sensory stimulation. The music used in the SoListen programme has an unpredictable rhythm making it new and novel because the brain cannot anticipate the rhythm of the music. The SoListen device alters the Mozart, Waltzes and Gregorian chants making the rhythm unpredictable. When the brain encounters unpredictable stimulation, it pays attention with constant focus and is able to receive the benefit of sound therapy. The music is specially regulated to target maximum range of sound frequencies. Sound stimulation exercises the muscles on the ear drum improving listening so that the brain receives more accurate information which enables the brain to improve language processing. SoListen can be used to reduce sensitivity to sound, improve motivation, concentration, language, communication and socialisation, posture, coordination and cooperation.
SoListen has been developed by Doctor Tomatis an Ear Nose and Throat doctor and Phoniatrician over 40 years back. SoListen has a website with more information www.tomatis.com with reports of results of studies performed.
Reference: www.tomatis.com
The Tomatis Method® is an effective teaching process for listening. Listening is the ability to use one’s hearing intentionally and attentively for the purpose of learning and communicating. Listening is to the ear as what aiming is to the eye. Hearing is passive whereas listening is an active higher cognitive function. Listening is important for learning, communicating and managing emotions. It is therefore more than just passive reception of sound and relies on a healthy functioning auditory system.
When sensory messages transmitted through the ear are misinterpreted listening becomes disrupted or distorted. This distortion in listening is related to the functioning of the muscles in the middle ear. When these muscles are weakened their function is less effective. Problems in listening can be as a result of a myriad of experiences, from trauma and stress, difficult pregnancy and birth, environmental effects such as being exposed to chronic levels of loud sounds, early childhood illnesses and ear infections as well as genetic disorders. As a result, harmonious transfer of sound from the inner ear to the brain is affected and listening becomes disrupted. When the sensory message is distorted the brain puts protective measures in place that confuse listening, which can result in the development or exacerbation of certain problems.
If you change the way the ear works, you affect all the body’s major organs. These changes, in turn, can produce profound transformations in how we function. Dr. Tomatis pioneered the field of sound therapy and auditory stimulation. He is the founder of the audio-psycho-phonology discipline.
SoListen is a therapy using sound to help development. 70% of all sensory stimulation to the brain is sound. The brain responds and pays attention to new and novel sensory stimulation. The music used in the SoListen programme has an unpredictable rhythm making it new and novel because the brain cannot anticipate the rhythm of the music. The SoListen device alters the Mozart, Waltzes and Gregorian chants making the rhythm unpredictable. When the brain encounters unpredictable stimulation, it pays attention with constant focus and is able to receive the benefit of sound therapy. The music is specially regulated to target maximum range of sound frequencies. Sound stimulation exercises the muscles on the ear drum improving listening so that the brain receives more accurate information which enables the brain to improve language processing. SoListen can be used to reduce sensitivity to sound, improve motivation, concentration, language, communication and socialisation, posture, coordination and cooperation.
SoListen has been developed by Doctor Tomatis an Ear Nose and Throat doctor and Phoniatrician over 40 years back. SoListen has a website with more information www.tomatis.com with reports of results of studies performed.
Reference: www.tomatis.com