| At age three my daughter was diagnosed with | | | | effective in treating conditions such as apraxia, |
| severe verbal apraxia. When I began researching | | | | dyslexia, stress, anxiety, depression, learning |
| what else I could do to help my daughter I came | | | | disabilities, autism, memory function, and Attention |
| across the work of Dr. Alfred Tomatis, a French ear, | | | | Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). |
| nose and throat specialist. In the 1950's, he | | | | We chose to use sound therapy for our then five |
| discovered that listening problems are the root cause | | | | year old daughter. She enjoyed it very much. It is |
| of many learning problems. Just because your child | | | | practical, easy to use and an effective way to train |
| passed a routine hearing screening doesn't mean they | | | | and develop ear muscles. It involved using a special |
| are listening correctly. Our daughter was seen by an | | | | machine that filtered CDs of classical music to her |
| audiologist who said her hearing was normal. Listening | | | | ears in special stereo headphones. She listened one |
| is entirely different from hearing. There is also a large | | | | hour a day for two weeks and then had two weeks |
| spectrum of sound frequencies some of which your | | | | off. The next two week session she spoke as much |
| child may not be able to hear. A screening exam in a | | | | as she could into a microphone and her voice was |
| doctor's office does not provide advanced | | | | filtered through the machine to retrain her ears. That |
| measurements of all the frequencies of sound. | | | | is when we noticed a big difference in her speech. |
| When our ears cannot hear certain frequencies, our | | | | She went from saying about 30 word approximations |
| voice does not contain them either. One could | | | | to speaking 3 - 4 word sentences in a matter of 2 |
| restore someone's hearing and thus their speech, by | | | | months. It made such a difference in our lives. Her |
| retraining the ear muscles through the use of sound | | | | frustration level went way down. We were able to |
| therapy. | | | | understand her and our hope had been renewed that |
| Sound therapy refers to a range of therapies in | | | | our daughter would lead a normal life. We were able |
| which sound is used to treat physical and mental | | | | to rent the equipment and use it in our home under |
| conditions. It focuses on balancing energy to treat a | | | | the advice of a trained professional. |
| condition. Research shows that sound therapy is | | | | |