The Tomatis principles, how Tomatis is unique

Many types of healing with sound may be called sound therapy. Some use voice, music, tuning forks or other instruments. The type of Sound Therapy offered by Sound Therapy International is unique. The method is based on the discoveries of Dr Alfred Tomatis, the French ear specialist who developed the discipline called audio-psycho-phonology, meaning the psychology of speech and hearing.

Tomatis based therapies are unique because:

• They open the listening function so that the ear begins to play its intended role of recharging the brain's energy.

• They use classical music which includes complex rhythms, melodies and harmonic relationships known to create improved brain function.
• The music is filtered with a device which Tomatis invented and called the Electronic Ear. The filtering or "gating", which the Electronic Ear provides, creates a gymnastic program that activates and rehabilitates the middle ear muscles and the whole auditory system.
• Programs are progressively filtered to gradually awaken the ear and auditory system to the full range of high frequencies.
• They are based on Tomatis's theories about sounds heard by the foetus in utero and the importance of the mothers voice to neurological and psychological development.
• Programs include the mothers voice technique or other filtered spoken material, to restimulate early acoustic/emotional responses and create healing at a fundamental level.

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