Re: Listening Therapy

[Guest guest]

Colette,

Listening therapy requires the use the headphones where the music

Mozart, Mother's voice, etc.) has been filtered to bring out the

high frequencies to stimulate the area in the inner ear that may

have not developed in the womb. Music therapy is done through

singing and playing musical instruments. They do a lot of finger

play and nursery rhymes that encourages the child to participate.

Here's the article (and video) regarding the Tomatis Method that was

featured on the Today Show.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/909205.asp

Below is the center in land that was featured on the Today Show:

http://spectrumcenter.com/

Find Tomatis locations across the world at the link below....

http://www.tomatis.com/

Here's a good explanation of the Tomatis Method here below:

http://www.thelisteningcenter.net/overview.shtml

I found this article below...

http://www.aitresources.com/art_training.htm

does music therapy right now, and will start listening therapy

(Tomatis Method) in July.

Jill

> Does anyone have any information about " Listening Therapy " ?

> I know it is different than music therapy.

> Also, could anyone explain the difference between Listening and

Music

> Therapy too?

> Thanks!

> Colette

>

>

[Guest guest]

We've been doing the Listening Therapy for about 6 months now and it

definately affects my son, but I can't say that it has helped him with talking.

I

try to have him listen in the car on the way to therapy and If he listens too

long (30 min) it makes him so relaxed that he doesn't want to participate. I

cut it back to 20 minutes, and it does seem to help him focus a little. He

does babble when he listens and normally he is very quiet in the car. Would I

start the process again? It's hard to say, really. It hasn't hurt - no

seizures or anything. The theory of why it works makes sense to me -- I'm just

not sure it has done what I wanted it to. Maybe in a few months I'll feel

differently! The Pro-efa has helped the monst of anything I have tried.

HTH,

[Guest guest]

My son has motor planning apraxia, and absence epilepsy, and the summer

before we were diagnosed with the epilepsy, my sons OT did " The Listening

Program " with my son and it certainly did great things for his speech, and his

gross motor abilities. I had them write it into his IEP for the following

year,

but then we were diagnosed with the epilepsy, and it is not recommended for

children with seizure disorders, but now that his seizures are under control,

I had a LENGTHY conversation with the neuro about trying it again in

September, and the neuro said that it is EXTREMELY RARE that high frequencies

will be

a trigger for seizures, but to try it out again and if we see any seizure

activity to discontinue, so we are looking forward to starting it again. Also,

it should be given by a certified therapist, or it could be damaging, like

for instance if while listening you cannot have high visual stimulation, like

being on the computer or watching tv at the same time, it causes nervous

system confusion, but listening while doing a fine or gross motor activity is

fine, or even just sitting or laying down etc. Also 1/2 way through the

program, your child can seem more agitated than normal, but that does subside

and

the skills improve, throughout the program, and that is normal. Anyway, hope

this helps. I just want to add that " The Listening Program " did not cause his

seizures, he had them long before that, and they certainly were not obvious,

but thanks to the choice of white coats that I chose at the time they just

were not diagnosed until after that. Maybe this will help.

Michele

[Guest guest]

Hi Again Nikki -

Part two of my response - the music is incredibly difficult to listen to.

Our daughter put the headphones on just to see what the music sounded like - she

ripped the headphones off after only a few seconds and said that it was enough

to make her freak out (she was 17 at the time - now 18). Josh didn't seem to

mind. Myself, I tried listening and it had a terrible effect on me - I have

Meniere's Disease (an inner ear thing that can cause major dizziness) and, it

could have been just having the headphones on, but I couldn't listen either.

I'm also a musician so listening to the manipulated music was very bothersome

musically.

Sherry

Nikki Kmett <nkmett@...> wrote:

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has tried Listening Therapy with their child. Our

OT wants to start our daughter on it. My husband and I listened to one of

the CDs tonight and it is really strange. I guess I want to make sure that

it is safe, and does not cause seizures or anything else. I know that Hemi

Sync on rare occasions can cause seizures, so that is what put the thought

in my head.

If anyone has tried it, did you see any changes in your child, good or bad?

Would you recommend Listening Therapy?

Thanks!

Nikki

[Guest guest]

Hi Sherry,

I didn't see your first response. I have to agree with you on how difficult

it is to listen to. I couldn't keep it on my ears for more than 30 seconds

neither could my husband. If we can't listen to it, how can I make my

daughter listen to it? I am really not sure about this. Then there is the

fear that in a very rare instance it could cause a seizure... I need to

talk to her therapist more.

Thanks for your response.

Nikki

_____

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of sherry silvern

Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 9:28 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Listening Therapy

Hi Again Nikki -

Part two of my response - the music is incredibly difficult to listen

to. Our daughter put the headphones on just to see what the music sounded

like - she ripped the headphones off after only a few seconds and said that

it was enough to make her freak out (she was 17 at the time - now 18). Josh

didn't seem to mind. Myself, I tried listening and it had a terrible effect

on me - I have Meniere's Disease (an inner ear thing that can cause major

dizziness) and, it could have been just having the headphones on, but I

couldn't listen either. I'm also a musician so listening to the manipulated

music was very bothersome musically.

Sherry

Nikki Kmett <nkmett@...> wrote:

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has tried Listening Therapy with their child. Our

OT wants to start our daughter on it. My husband and I listened to one of

the CDs tonight and it is really strange. I guess I want to make sure that

it is safe, and does not cause seizures or anything else. I know that Hemi

Sync on rare occasions can cause seizures, so that is what put the thought

in my head.

[Guest guest]

It sounds like there is a lot to be aware of while doing it. We have not

tried it yet with our daughter, we are waiting for our training from our OT,

she is certified in Listening Therapy. She did have us order the headphones

and a cd, which were very expensive. I ordered the things because I trust

her and she is doing it with her own child, who does have a history of

seizures, but it still scares me. I will meet with her on Friday for some

training. I already have lots of questions for her.

Thanks for your reply!

Nikki

_____

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of mmich5569@...

Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 9:14 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Listening Therapy

My son has motor planning apraxia, and absence epilepsy, and the summer

before we were diagnosed with the epilepsy, my sons OT did " The Listening

Program " with my son and it certainly did great things for his speech, and

his

gross motor abilities. I had them write it into his IEP for the following

year,

but then we were diagnosed with the epilepsy, and it is not recommended for

children with seizure disorders, but now that his seizures are under

control,

I had a LENGTHY conversation with the neuro about trying it again in

September, and the neuro said that it is EXTREMELY RARE that high

frequencies will be

a trigger for seizures, but to try it out again and if we see any seizure

activity to discontinue, so we are looking forward to starting it again.

Also,

it should be given by a certified therapist, or it could be damaging, like

for instance if while listening you cannot have high visual stimulation,

like

being on the computer or watching tv at the same time, it causes nervous

system confusion, but listening while doing a fine or gross motor activity

is

fine, or even just sitting or laying down etc. Also 1/2 way through the

program, your child can seem more agitated than normal, but that does

subside and

the skills improve, throughout the program, and that is normal. Anyway,

hope

this helps. I just want to add that " The Listening Program " did not cause

his

seizures, he had them long before that, and they certainly were not

obvious,

but thanks to the choice of white coats that I chose at the time they just

were not diagnosed until after that. Maybe this will help.

Michele

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

You said that it definitely affects your son. Can you tell me how?

I wish we could give my daughter the Pro-EFA. She also has feeding issues

and she is still only eating dry crunchy food, so there is nothing yet that

I can mix it with. We have tried to mix it into her drinks. It is kind of

like " The Princes and the Pea " . She could detect it almost before she drank

it. We are going to have to be patient with that until she starts learning

to like other foods.

Nikki

_____

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Seattlejg@...

Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 8:34 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Listening Therapy

We've been doing the Listening Therapy for about 6 months now and it

definately affects my son, but I can't say that it has helped him with

talking. I

try to have him listen in the car on the way to therapy and If he listens

too

long (30 min) it makes him so relaxed that he doesn't want to participate.

I

cut it back to 20 minutes, and it does seem to help him focus a little. He

does babble when he listens and normally he is very quiet in the car.

Would I

start the process again? It's hard to say, really. It hasn't hurt - no

seizures or anything. The theory of why it works makes sense to me -- I'm

just

not sure it has done what I wanted it to. Maybe in a few months I'll feel

differently! The Pro-efa has helped the monst of anything I have tried.

HTH,

[Guest guest]

NIkki,

Hi, my 4 year old son has just started Theaputic listening. So, far so good.

I had'nt heard that it may cause seizures, but I do see a differece in him. I

have a 9 year old nephew that is now in the maintance phase of the program and

he greatly benifited from it. I really think its worth trying.

[ ] Listening Therapy

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has tried Listening Therapy with their child. Our

OT wants to start our daughter on it. My husband and I listened to one of

the CDs tonight and it is really strange. I guess I want to make sure that

it is safe, and does not cause seizures or anything else. I know that Hemi

Sync on rare occasions can cause seizures, so that is what put the thought

in my head.

If anyone has tried it, did you see any changes in your child, good or bad?

Would you recommend Listening Therapy?

Thanks!

Nikki

[Guest guest]

,

my son's OT told us that he should listen while doing some type of activity. In

our case, it is an exercise ball and some other OT related activities. I noticed

that he pays closer attention this way than if he would just sit and listen.

Seattlejg@... wrote:

We've been doing the Listening Therapy for about 6 months now and it

definately affects my son, but I can't say that it has helped him with talking.

I

try to have him listen in the car on the way to therapy and If he listens too

long (30 min) it makes him so relaxed that he doesn't want to participate. I

cut it back to 20 minutes, and it does seem to help him focus a little. He

does babble when he listens and normally he is very quiet in the car. Would I

start the process again? It's hard to say, really. It hasn't hurt - no

seizures or anything. The theory of why it works makes sense to me -- I'm just

not sure it has done what I wanted it to. Maybe in a few months I'll feel

differently! The Pro-efa has helped the monst of anything I have tried.

HTH,

[Guest guest]

, how is this program administered, in the doctor's office or

at home and where do you buy if at home? I'm interested to find out

for my son that seems to have some auditory processing issues

besides severe apraxia. Thank you. Elveera

> NIkki,

>

> Hi, my 4 year old son has just started Theaputic listening. So,

far so good. I had'nt heard that it may cause seizures, but I do

see a differece in him. I have a 9 year old nephew that is now in

the maintance phase of the program and he greatly benifited from

it. I really think its worth trying.

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Nikki Kmett

[Guest guest]

I don't think you are supposed to listen without the headphones

> We've been doing the Listening Therapy for about 6 months now and

it

> definately affects my son, but I can't say that it has helped him

with talking. I

> try to have him listen in the car on the way to therapy and If he

listens too

> long (30 min) it makes him so relaxed that he doesn't want to

participate. I

> cut it back to 20 minutes, and it does seem to help him focus a

little. He

> does babble when he listens and normally he is very quiet in the

car. Would I

> start the process again? It's hard to say, really. It hasn't

hurt - no

> seizures or anything. The theory of why it works makes sense to

me -- I'm just

> not sure it has done what I wanted it to. Maybe in a few months

I'll feel

> differently! The Pro-efa has helped the monst of anything I

have tried.

> HTH,

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jodi Schechtman Speech Services offers The Listening Program.

We offer a program in which the parent and child are trained. The program

and earphones are purchased from our facility and then taken home. Our certified

provider (SLP) monitors the child's progress and provides consultative

services throughout.

For more information Contact:

Jodi Schechtman Speech Services and Associates

Jodi Schechtman MA-CCC-SLP

3002 D Lincoln Dr. W

Marlton NJ 08053

856-810-2555

fax; 856-810-2557

_www.interactivekidsllc.com_ (http://www.interactivekidsllc.com)

[Guest guest]

I am going to try (Berard) Auditory Integration Training (AIT) at

the end of August. This involves us taking Ian to 2 sessions per day

for 10 days. It is a great expense ($1000) and HUGE time burden,

but I wanted a well trained professional. Ian has Autism. I am

hoping for increased language and joint attention. It would be

GREAT if I could again sing along with the car radio (he HATES

it!). He has no real noise sensitivities aside from that one.

In my 'research' on AIT, the only reference I came across regarding

real negative responses were when these therapies were done on

children younger than 3 or perhaps 4. It had to do with brain

development.

I agree; this music is hard to listen to. It DID make me take

notice, though!

Pam

> Hi,

>

>

>

> I was wondering if anyone has tried Listening Therapy with their

child. Our

> OT wants to start our daughter on it. My husband and I listened

to one of

> the CDs tonight and it is really strange. I guess I want to make

sure that

> it is safe, and does not cause seizures or anything else. I know

that Hemi

> Sync on rare occasions can cause seizures, so that is what put the

thought

> in my head.

>

>

>

> If anyone has tried it, did you see any changes in your child,

good or bad?

> Would you recommend Listening Therapy?

>

>

>

> Thanks!

>

> Nikki

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Elverra,

It is administrated, by our OT, she gives use the cd's on loan. We listen 2xs

a day for 30 mins. at home and during our once a week session with her. I

had to buy the head phone that are made for this. I got them from Vital Sounds

$139.00. They have a specific specifications for them. ( impedance and

frequencies range) There are different cd's or program paths to follow. I think

that makes it more individualized. There is allot of infro on a web site called

Vita links. The OT has to be trained. We have only been doing it for 3 weeks

now but we have seen a noticeable change in is speech, fine motor skills, motor

planning better transitioning eating too. It is not just for auditory

processing thats why I feel it's of even better value. If there is any thing

else write back ok.

[ ] Re: Listening Therapy

, how is this program administered, in the doctor's office or

at home and where do you buy if at home? I'm interested to find out

for my son that seems to have some auditory processing issues

besides severe apraxia. Thank you. Elveera

[Guest guest]

Hi Nikki and all! Listen... " Archive! "

From: " kiddietalk " <kiddietalk@...>

Date: Fri May 20, 2005 4:50 pm

Subject: Re: Listening therapy-Vital Links

Vital Links

6613 Seybold Road, Suite E

Madison, WI 53719

Phone: (608) 270-5424

FAX: (866) 636-9720

And much more info on this subject:

From: " kiddietalk " <kiddietalk@...>

Date: Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:34 pm

Subject: Re: Therapeutic Listening and other multisensory

approaches

Hi da!

Below is an archive on therapeutic listening with a number of links

that may help -and then below that a recent article on another

multisensory approach to therapy/learning called The Association

Method.

In addition to traditional speech and occupational therapy, it's

great to keep an open eye to (safe) multisensory approaches that may

also benefit our children. I recommend looking into both

therapeutic listening therapies, and many ask about good educational

preschool programs for verbal disabled children. I encourage

also exploring oral based schools for the hearing impaired (or the

Association Method school which was started at a school for the

hearing impaired)

In addition to years of intensive traditional ST and OT,

there was also ProEFA, therapeutic listening,

cranial sacral therapy, Fast For Word, Earobics (now using at 8

years old the version for Adolescents and Adults) " ride therapy "

etc. My

son Tanner attended the Summit Speech School for the hearing

impaired, an oral based program through our town's preschool

disabled 'out of district placement' program. Since kindergarten

however Tanner has been mainstreamed and a top student in an

accelerated academics private school. His speech still isn't yet

100%, however

no social/academic and/or learning

problems. We aren't just proud of him -he's proud of himself!

http://www.cherab.org/information/familiesrelate/letter.html

Tanner is not the only child like him that I know -and lets as a

group make this a trend. The unusual memory skills that I found in

Tanner even from a young age that I asked about here are reported by

many others now -strong memory skills are key for being a top

student/reading, math etc. If you are not sure what I'm talking

about let me know and I'll archive the post. I'm not talking about

academic tested " memory " -I'm talking about real life memory skills -

and even again from a young age where developmentally most others

are easy to distract. You tell them once and they don't forget -

even days later, you hide it to take it out of sight and they don't

stop looking -and once they find it they don't forget the hiding

spot, you drive somewhere once and they point to where you need to

turn the next time you go...you'll know what I mean if you know what

I mean.

Perhaps not being able to communicate early on builds up the area of

the brain for memory since unlike others their age they have to

remember the thoughts they have while they try to figure out how to

communicate them...like cabbies -the hippocampus perhaps is the are

that is developed? It's worth exploring at some point -I mean why

not our children when someone takes the time to " research " the

hippocampus in cab drivers instead?!:

" Apart from explaining taxi drivers' feats of memory, the research

suggests that the human brain is susceptible to environmental

stimulation--good news, for example, for people hoping to recover

from brain injury. "

http://www.psychologytoday.com/htdocs/prod/PTOArticle/PTO-20000701-000008.ASP

Multisensory is the way to go to help our 'cherubs' find a voice...

and success!

From: " kiddietalk " <kiddietalk@...

Date: Thu Mar 6, 2003 9:19 pm

Subject: Re: Listening Program

Hi !

There are a number of " listening therapies " out there -most based on

Tomatis -that all fall under the umbrella term for a type of

auditory treatment. We used a program called 'Therapeutic

Listening " from Vital Links with Tanner and loved it since it

appeared to help -and like the ProEFA was a pretty quick change and

fairly inexpensive. Here is an overview of some of the programs

from the company that had the program my son Tanner used -Vital

Links http://www.vitallinks.net/index.shtml

I believe you were kind of new to the group at the time and were at

the CHERAB meeting

http://www.cherab.org/news/meetings/eventsjune2001.html

<http://www.cherab.org/news/meetings/eventsjune2001.html> when

Dorinne

S. , MA, CCC-A, FAAA behind the Center

http://www.thedaviscenter.com <http://www.thedaviscenter.com>

presented their " listening program " I know that the Center is

one of the places for this type of therapy that my Co-Author

developmental pediatrician Dr. Marilyn Agin refers to. These types

of programs where you go to a clinic for the therapy sessions can be

a bit pricey (of course well worth it if they help) I have found

personally that there are other ways of doing the listening therapy

programs at home while working with professionals -which is what we

did with Tanner.

Many times OTs have provided auditory therapies such as this -I

believe it was mainly for those with some type of sensory

integration dysfunction DSI. Even though my son Tanner had DSI -it

was not for the DSI -and it was not an OT that recommended the

listening therapy for Tanner. Tanner's SLP when we lived in NJ -

Ortega CCC-SLP (who was highly recommended to me by Dr.

Agin when Tanner was first diagnosed with apraxia) was very

innovative in treating Tanner's apraxia with a " whole body "

approach -which is why Dr. Agin loves her so much. Too many SLPs

concentrate only on the mouth and facial area -some SLPs are more

aware that speech problems can relate to issues in other parts of

the body -and the brain responds to multiple stimuli. Many

educators are fully aware of the benefits of treating children with

LDs with a multi sensory approach

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/reading/mssl_methods.html

<http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/reading/mssl_methods.html> -not

all SLPs are

yet.

Tanner's therapist tried the therapeutic listening for

Tanner to help stop some dysfluency he developed when he started

talking based on the theory that it would help with the right-left

brain activity.

My experience makes me recommend auditory therapies as part of the

treatment for our children with multisensory communication

impairments. I believe a multi -sensory approach will be proven to

be most effective for our children down the road -I just don't

believe in waiting, and was thrilled to have an open minded SLP like

working with Tanner.

Anecdotally -Tanner would have trouble speaking clear and getting

his words out -and then within a minute of putting the headphones on

his words would come clear and smooth -not sure why but since it

appeared to help we used it. He had a waist band to wear so he

could wear his CD player around when playing, during therapy -etc.

The only activities we were told not to let him do while wearing the

headphones were watching TV or playing on the computer. Tanner

doesn't use the therapeutic listening program much anymore, however

his speech is also much better now, and he's older and is more aware

of " what's cool " (at 6 and a half can you believe it?!!)

I just want all of you to know you will probably not read the above

anywhere else since this is not what the program is intended for. It

was just a theory of 's -but it worked amazingly well for

Tanner! was trained by Vital Links so I was able to order

the special headphones which had the " right " and " left " ear marked -

and the " correct " CDs for Tanner from Vital Links

http://www.vitalsounds.com/ <http://www.vitalsounds.com/> You can

not order

from this company

without the training code of the professional that took the course.

Supposedly using the wrong CDs can be harmful somehow. (any OTs

want to explain the danger of listening to the wrong CDs?)

Here are some cut and pastes from the various websites out there

from a quick search at google. No bad reflection on the many that I

left out -like I said there are tons of them -just do a quick search

at http://www.google.com <http://www.google.com> and you'll see!

" The Listening Program is comprised of psychoacoustically refined

soundtracks. Specially selected, re-arranged, re-recorded classical

music (featuring Mozart) and nature sounds have been processed in

post-production with sophisticated sonic technologies. The Listening

Program respectfully builds on the theories and clinical research of

Dr. Alfred Tomatis, and other sound pioneers. Developed by an

interdisciplinary team of educational, therapeutic, medical, music

and sound professionals, The Listening Program helps to train the

ear and brain to perceive a full spectrum of sound without

distortion... "

http://www.advancedbrain.com/tlp_intro.html

<http://www.advancedbrain.com/tlp_intro.html>

" The therapeutic use of music to stimulate brain processing has long

been scientifically supported. Since Dr. Alfred Tomatis pioneered

the therapeutic application of sounds to treat specific symptoms and

behaviors, there has been a veritable explosion in the types of

auditory interventions available, most of which are based on Dr.

Tomatis' early work.

We have therapists trained in Samonas Sound Therapy, Integrated

Listening Programs, and Listening Fitness Programs and can assist

parents in making an informed decision about which program best

meets the needs of their child. Listening programs are offered as

stand alone programs in conjunction with regular Sensory integration

sessions here at the clinic... "

http://music.nt4kids.com/ <http://music.nt4kids.com/>

" Therapeutic Listening uses sound stimulation in combination with

sensory integrative techniques. Strategies that are emphasized

include vestibular, postural and movement strategies. This treatment

technique involves listening to specifically modulated and filtered

music on compact discs through headphones... "

http://www.childrenstherapycorner.com/article/article1.html

<http://www.childrenstherapycorner.com/article/article1.html>

" This program is not a miracle cure. It is a tool used by

specifically trained Occupational or Physical Therapist, that when

combined with other therapy treatment approaches, can have a

significant impact on the client's functional abilities... "

http://www.helpingyourchild.com/therapeuticlistening.html

<http://www.helpingyourchild.com/therapeuticlistening.html>

Stuttering after apraxics start speaking as well as some info on

therapeutic listening.

/message/7318

< /message/7318>

Listening Therapeutic Programs

/message/6066

< /message/6066>

Goals for Stuttering/Dysfluency and apraxia

/message/19701

< /message/19701>

article by Sheila Frick, OTR, founder of both Vital

Links and Therapeutic Resources which I believe comprehensively

explains the various types of listening therapies

/message/21050

< /message/21050>

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[Guest guest]

Hi Colette,

We tried Therapeutic Listening when was 5. It was over the

summer and he was also doing camp and a variety of other things. I

can't say for sure if it helped him because it is hard to measure. I

will say this though, his processing seemed to improve and his fine

motor took off in kindergarten that September. Was it maturity, I'll

never know.

I do know that you are suppose to only listen to the music with

special headphones. Our provider also checked our CD player to make

sure it had the proper settings.

Hope your son is doing well.

denise

Mom to age 7 with verbal apraxia

> Does anyone have any information about " Listening Therapy " ?

> I know it is different than music therapy.

> Also, could anyone explain the difference between Listening and Music

> Therapy too?

> Thanks!

> Colette

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, Elveera -

I'm not but, if you don't mind, I'd like to chime in a bit. There are

several different types of listening therapies. There is the Therapeutic

Listening, The Listening Therapy, Samonas, and some others. You might want to

do some research on the net or talk to your OT about them. Our OT was trained

in Therapeutic Listening and then took training in The Listening Therapy by

Vital Links - she was much more impressed with The Listening Therapy. She said

The Listening Therapy was developed by OTs, SLPs, and pediatric neurologists (in

fact she was trying to get into a conference recently in which the neurologists

were explaining exactly how the theory behind listening therapy works and why,

what parts of the brain were being retrained, etc. - more a scientific

conference than a therapy conference). Therapeutic Listening, while a good

program, was, if I recall her explanation correctly, started out as a series of

CDs for adults to help with stress reduction and things like

that. Then they looked at the success of programs like Samonas and realized

their program could be used with kids. However, according to our OT, they did

not use all the specialists that could or should have been consulted in

designing the program for kids with issues similar to ours. This is not to say

Therapeutic Listening is not a successful program - but it is something you may

want to consider when deciding which program to use.

Sherry

elveeraridenour <elveeraridenour@...> wrote:

, how is this program administered, in the doctor's office or

at home and where do you buy if at home? I'm interested to find out

for my son that seems to have some auditory processing issues

besides severe apraxia. Thank you. Elveera

> NIkki,

>

> Hi, my 4 year old son has just started Theaputic listening. So,

far so good. I had'nt heard that it may cause seizures, but I do

see a differece in him. I have a 9 year old nephew that is now in

the maintance phase of the program and he greatly benifited from

it. I really think its worth trying.

>

>

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> From: Nikki Kmett