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Dr. Tomatis, a French ear, nose and throat specialist, spent his career studying the role of the
ear and its connection with the brain. His extensive research showed how good listening can positively influence our health and well-being, and
how poor listening can adversely affect it. He found that when
the ears don't perceive all the frequencies of
sound, the voice will not contain those frequencies
either.
But the ear, he believed, was responsible for more than just taking in sounds.
The ears relay all sensory information to the brain,
the ears control the muscles of the eyes. The ears
even charge our brains!
The foundation for
auditory training is patterned after the way a fetus hears sounds
in-utero. As the mother speaks, only the high frequencies in
her voice are rapidly channeled through her skeletal system
to the fetus. This is hearing through bone conduction. It is
the only way a fetus can hear its mother’s voice. The high
frequencies carry consonants such as (f/s/p/t/) and
consonant blends such as (sh/th/ch/). Being able to hear
these high-frequency sounds, in essence, wires the fetus for
language and prepares it to hear and attach meaning to
language outside the womb, when it is born.
If you or your child has a lot of
sensory issues and hypersensitivities to sound, our
bone conduction system will help to desensitize your
body and take you back to that earliest phase of
listening to lay down new neural connections. (See
Bone Conduction page)
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