listening therapy

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>

> ><< Something I wanted to share, that was not shared by any of the

> > Autism support groups that I try to keep track of was shown

> > yesterday morning on the NBC station. Some of my co-workers had seen

> > it and wanted to share the story with me. So of course, I looked it

> > up on the internet. Check it out.

> > Mozart as good medicine?

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

> > >>

> >

> >Good article Irma. Thanks for sharing. I wish all our kids were all

> able

> >to try all the different therapies.

> >Gail ;-)

> >

>

I just wanted to mention that my son did not have a good reaction to

" listening therapy " . Specifically he used the EASE CDs. It may have been due

to fluid in the ears or some other issue that was going on auditorily and

wasn't diagnosed at the time but just wanted people to be alert.

Karyn

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Are you paying $300 for the headphones suggested and an annual fee of about $50 to the place you are doing it because they own all the software? If so, that sounds about like what we paid, and IT WAS WORTH IT FOR US; we are on a list to return, and our son is begging for the listening therapy again; he literally went to bed each night and fell right to sleep, etc., when we did everything like clockwork (when we did not / did not have time, etc., then it was a bit different).....Ruthie

( ) Listening Therapy

My 3 year old daughter just started Sensory Integration Therapy, and her therapist has recommend that we also start Listening Therapy. Has anyone had experiance with this, and is it worth it for the money? I would hate to spend the $300 on it and not have it be worth it...Any input would be appreciated!Thanks,Amie

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We were really lucky. The charter school

we were working through in Ca. paid for Samonas. They paid for the head phones

(I had to return them when we finished to be used by the next person) and the

CDs also were returned. However, this enabled us to use 8 or 10 CDs and some

of them that his OT wanted him to use he couldn’t use because they gave

him migraines or agitated him. That is one thing I would warn you—it is

powerful and some children can have side effects from different CDs. One child

in the school became agitated and the parents kept using the CD and continued

even though it kept getting worse. Eventually the child had a psychotic

break. If you quit using the CD if/when your child has a problem with it the

side effects stop almost immediately. You don’t use it again. You give

it back to the OT and tell her what happened. Only an idiot continues to use

something that is harming their child. (these parents sued the school-and won)

Jolinna

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of

and Makarios

Darawi

Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 8:40 PM

Subject: ( ) Re:

Listening Therapy

>

> My 3 year old daughter just started Sensory Integration Therapy,

and

> her therapist has recommend that we also start Listening Therapy.

Has

> anyone had experiance with this, and is it worth it for the money?

I

> would hate to spend the $300 on it and not have it be worth it...

> Any input would be appreciated!

> Thanks,

> Amie

>

We are also doing Listening Therapy. We are using the Samonas

system, and we have to pay for each CD we need to use at home, as

well as the headphones.

Do you know how its supposed to help your daughter?

Ours is supposed to help her not be oversensitive to background

noises, as well as to activate her vestibular system.

Her OT thinks it is helping, because she is trying new vestibular

activites she avoided before. We haven't seen her reaction to sounds

normalized yet, but we are still early on in the process.

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What is the purpose of listening therapy? My daughter will be 3 next month and has SID with auditory processing problems and motor issues...Has anyone used Tomatis or another method for young children and found it helpful?

Thanks,Jen

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My daughter just turned 4, and has been doing listening therapy for a

couple of months. We are using the Samonas system, not Tomatis.

It is supposed to help her by " activating her vestibular system, "

which she is oversensitive to, and avoids vestibular activities prior

to this.

A second purpose for her is to help her not to be oversensitive to

background noises. Since infancy she overreacted to sounds like the

hair dryer, vacuum, etc. Also protests when family members sing

unexpectedly. Can become overwhelmed by noisy crowds. Also doesn't

like loud truck brakes, etc. The goal is that she will no longer be

bothered by these sounds, but she hasn't achieved this yet, perhaps in

a couple of months.

>

> What is the purpose of listening therapy? My daughter will be 3 next

month

> and has SID with auditory processing problems and motor issues...

>

> Has anyone used Tomatis or another method for young children and

found it

> helpful?

>

> Thanks,

> Jen

>

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Just a plug for listening therapy. My son has mild to moderate apraxia. He's

just about 5 and has been in ST for 2 years. He started OT about 5 mos. ago. She

quickly tried the listening therapy on him (he has mild sensory, low tone and

fine motor issues- all the stuff that goes with apraxia). It doesn't work for

all kids and they don't know why. It had dramatic and instant effects on him. As

his teacher (lead teacher is a SLP) said, " It's like someone turned on a switch

in him- completely different kid. " It has helped his attention/engagement in

class, his sensory, his low tone and his SLP is so excited by how quickly he is

moving along. Not all OTs are trained in it, but it's definitely worth checking

out. No promises, but if your kid responds- it's great and immediate and

lasting.

[Guest guest]

I would also like to know which program you use and how it is done. We are

currently using therapeutic listening for my 2 1/2 year old son. Our OT gives us

a new CD every two weeks and he listens to it with headphones for about 15 mins

every day. We don't have any special equipment or special headphones, just the

CDs. Does this sound similar?

Thanks!

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[ ] listening therapy

Just a plug for listening therapy. My son has mild to moderate apraxia. He's

just about 5 and has been in ST for 2 years. He started OT about 5 mos. ago. She

quickly tried the listening therapy on him (he has mild sensory, low tone and

fine motor issues- all the stuff that goes with apraxia). It doesn't work for

all kids and they don't know why. It had dramatic and instant effects on him. As

his teacher (lead teacher is a SLP) said, " It's like someone turned on a switch

in him- completely different kid. " It has helped his attention/engagement in

class, his sensory, his low tone and his SLP is so excited by how quickly he is

moving along. Not all OTs are trained in it, but it's definitely worth checking

out. No promises, but if your kid responds- it's great and immediate and

lasting.

[Guest guest]

We use therapeutic listening. 2x/day for 1/2 hour each time. And we switch cd's

out every 2 weeks. We " rent " the cds from his OT, and we bought the headphones,

cd player, etc. She said he'll probably do it for about 6 mos. and then maybe

again next year. The most noticeable difference was when he first started. He

really was not engaged in class at all and then from day 1 of this therapy, he

was on the ball. We went to observe him in class a few weeks later and it was

amazing. Hand raised to answer questions, volunteering, etc. I do wonder if age

has anything to do with it. A friend did Tomatis with her twin boys when they

were 2/2.5 and didn't see a whole lot of difference. She's an SLP herself. She

said she may try it again when they're around 5-6. My son started the ther.

listening at 4 years and 8 mos.

________________________________

From: " gottlieb_michelle@... " <gottlieb_michelle@...>

Apraxia Group < >

Sent: Wed, February 23, 2011 11:15:33 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] listening therapy

I would also like to know which program you use and how it is done. We are

currently using therapeutic listening for my 2 1/2 year old son. Our OT gives us

a new CD every two weeks and he listens to it with headphones for about 15 mins

every day. We don't have any special equipment or special headphones, just the

CDs. Does this sound similar?

Thanks!

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[ ] listening therapy

Just a plug for listening therapy. My son has mild to moderate apraxia. He's

just about 5 and has been in ST for 2 years. He started OT about 5 mos. ago. She

quickly tried the listening therapy on him (he has mild sensory, low tone and

fine motor issues- all the stuff that goes with apraxia). It doesn't work for

all kids and they don't know why. It had dramatic and instant effects on him. As

his teacher (lead teacher is a SLP) said, " It's like someone turned on a switch

in him- completely different kid. " It has helped his attention/engagement in

class, his sensory, his low tone and his SLP is so excited by how quickly he is

moving along. Not all OTs are trained in it, but it's definitely worth checking

out. No promises, but if your kid responds- it's great and immediate and

lasting.

[Guest guest]

We use therapeutic listening. He listens to the cd 2x/day for 1/2 hour each

time. He switches cds every 2 weeks. His OT said we'll do this for about 6 mos.

Then maybe again next year. It really was started more to help with sensory,

but it has helped all areas- especially engagement/attention in class and it has

moved his speech along as well. It works his vestibular system. He needs

arousal to stay more focused.

________________________________

From: Janelle Hickey <janellehickey@...>

Sent: Wed, February 23, 2011 7:49:56 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] listening therapy

Hi Marie

I am curious as to which listening program you used and found success.

Thanks!

Janelle

From: marie drury <marie_drury@...>

Subject: [ ] listening therapy

Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 8:26 PM

Just a plug for listening therapy. My son has mild to moderate apraxia. He's

just about 5 and has been in ST for 2 years. He started OT about 5 mos. ago. She

quickly tried the listening therapy on him (he has mild sensory, low tone and

fine motor issues- all the stuff that goes with apraxia). It doesn't work for

all kids and they don't know why. It had dramatic and instant effects on him. As

his teacher (lead teacher is a SLP) said, " It's like someone turned on a switch

in him- completely different kid. " It has helped his attention/engagement in

class, his sensory, his low tone and his SLP is so excited by how quickly he is

moving along. Not all OTs are trained in it, but it's definitely worth checking

out. No promises, but if your kid responds- it's great and immediate and

lasting.

[Guest guest]

Thanks! Maybe we will try again when he gets a little older. I have a hard time

getting him to keep his headphones on for even the 15 minutes. Thanks for the

info.

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[ ] listening therapy

Just a plug for listening therapy. My son has mild to moderate apraxia. He's

just about 5 and has been in ST for 2 years. He started OT about 5 mos. ago. She

quickly tried the listening therapy on him (he has mild sensory, low tone and

fine motor issues- all the stuff that goes with apraxia). It doesn't work for

all kids and they don't know why. It had dramatic and instant effects on him. As

his teacher (lead teacher is a SLP) said, " It's like someone turned on a switch

in him- completely different kid. " It has helped his attention/engagement in

class, his sensory, his low tone and his SLP is so excited by how quickly he is

moving along. Not all OTs are trained in it, but it's definitely worth checking

out. No promises, but if your kid responds- it's great and immediate and

lasting.

[Guest guest]

Resending...went to spam

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

[ ] listening therapy

Just a plug for listening therapy. My son has mild to moderate apraxia. He's

just about 5 and has been in ST for 2 years. He started OT about 5 mos. ago. She

quickly tried the listening therapy on him (he has mild sensory, low tone and

fine motor issues- all the stuff that goes with apraxia). It doesn't work for

all kids and they don't know why. It had dramatic and instant effects on him. As

his teacher (lead teacher is a SLP) said, " It's like someone turned on a switch

in him- completely different kid. " It has helped his attention/engagement in

class, his sensory, his low tone and his SLP is so excited by how quickly he is

moving along. Not all OTs are trained in it, but it's definitely worth checking

out. No promises, but if your kid responds- it's great and immediate and

lasting.

[Guest guest]

Hi Marie, Can you tell me which one you used? We are thinking about starting

Therapeudic Listening. Also, what were you specific goals for doing the

listening therapy? Thanks

>

> Just a plug for listening therapy. My son has mild to moderate apraxia. He's

> just about 5 and has been in ST for 2 years. He started OT about 5 mos. ago.

She

> quickly tried the listening therapy on him (he has mild sensory, low tone and

> fine motor issues- all the stuff that goes with apraxia). It doesn't work for

> all kids and they don't know why. It had dramatic and instant effects on him.

As

> his teacher (lead teacher is a SLP) said, " It's like someone turned on a

switch

> in him- completely different kid. " It has helped his attention/engagement in

> class, his sensory, his low tone and his SLP is so excited by how quickly he

is

> moving along. Not all OTs are trained in it, but it's definitely worth

checking

> out. No promises, but if your kid responds- it's great and immediate and

> lasting.

>

[Guest guest]

We use therapeutic listening. He is in OT for mild sensory, low tone and fine

motor skills. His OT uses it with her own child who is a preemie and has many

issues. Really, if it works, it can target different areas- sensory, motor

skills, and engagement/attention. And it can help the intake of speech

instruction of speech therapy, so a child can move through that more quickly.

She explained it to me that each time he listens to it, it is like him going to

the OT gym. It targets his vestibular system. Again, from what I've been told

it doesn't work on every child and they really don't know why. It's really a

test it and see how it goes. If it hadn't worked immediately, I think we

would've been skeptical. But, we/they saw immediate, dramatic results- mostly in

class. As his teacher (an SLP) explains it, it really was like a switch was

turned on inside of him. And that happened day 1 of the therapy. Before this, he

wasn't engaged at all, and they were recommending he go to a severe LD/can't

make it in a mainstream class EVER private school. Then in one day, he turned

around so they could see what he could do (and what I had been telling them he

could do). It really was like a mini miracle for us. He's much more confident,

engaged, etc. and his speech is coming much more quickly. His fine motor skills

are improving- I'm not sure if that's from this therapy or just general OT

therapy.

Hope that helps.

________________________________

From: bgg1995 <babsgabric@...>

Sent: Wed, February 23, 2011 5:09:22 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: listening therapy

Hi Marie, Can you tell me which one you used? We are thinking about starting

Therapeudic Listening. Also, what were you specific goals for doing the

listening therapy? Thanks

>

> Just a plug for listening therapy. My son has mild to moderate apraxia. He's

> just about 5 and has been in ST for 2 years. He started OT about 5 mos. ago.

>She

>

> quickly tried the listening therapy on him (he has mild sensory, low tone and

> fine motor issues- all the stuff that goes with apraxia). It doesn't work for

> all kids and they don't know why. It had dramatic and instant effects on him.

>As

>

> his teacher (lead teacher is a SLP) said, " It's like someone turned on a

switch

>

> in him- completely different kid. " It has helped his attention/engagement in

> class, his sensory, his low tone and his SLP is so excited by how quickly he

is

>

> moving along. Not all OTs are trained in it, but it's definitely worth

checking

>

> out. No promises, but if your kid responds- it's great and immediate and

> lasting.

>

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I would recommend using REI-Rhythmic Entrainment Intervention

www.reiinstitute.com

Why? Because:

1. It is " music medicine " -NOT listening therapy

2. It is INDIVIDUALIZED for each child via a 103 questions and annotations

by the clinician.

3. It does NOT require headphones

4. It uses drumming with many different rhythms that are individually

selected. (2 types of drums)-does not use altered music

5. Jeff, the creator, is wonderful! And will change cds if/when needed.

6. 2 separate cds-20 min each

7. Play very softly in the background as your child eats, gets ready for

bed, plays (not tv or ABA at the same time)

8. It works! He has double blind research behind REI.

I am a provider for all of those reasons but especially the last one. Many

other programs do NOT have research behind them.

Warmest wishes,

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[mailto: ] On Behalf Of bgg1995

Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 5:09 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: listening therapy

Hi Marie, Can you tell me which one you used? We are thinking about starting

Therapeudic Listening. Also, what were you specific goals for doing the

listening therapy? Thanks

[Guest guest]

This is the first I've heard of listening therapy... can you explain what he

typically listens to for the 15 minutes?

Thanks,

Malinda

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 5:33 PM, marie drury <marie_drury@...> wrote:

>

>

> We use therapeutic listening. He is in OT for mild sensory, low tone and

> fine

> motor skills. His OT uses it with her own child who is a preemie and has

> many

> issues. Really, if it works, it can target different areas- sensory, motor

> skills, and engagement/attention. And it can help the intake of speech

> instruction of speech therapy, so a child can move through that more

> quickly.

> She explained it to me that each time he listens to it, it is like him

> going to

> the OT gym. It targets his vestibular system. Again, from what I've been

> told

> it doesn't work on every child and they really don't know why. It's really

> a

> test it and see how it goes. If it hadn't worked immediately, I think we

> would've been skeptical. But, we/they saw immediate, dramatic results-

> mostly in

> class. As his teacher (an SLP) explains it, it really was like a switch was

>

> turned on inside of him. And that happened day 1 of the therapy. Before

> this, he

> wasn't engaged at all, and they were recommending he go to a severe

> LD/can't

> make it in a mainstream class EVER private school. Then in one day, he

> turned

> around so they could see what he could do (and what I had been telling them

> he

> could do). It really was like a mini miracle for us. He's much more

> confident,

> engaged, etc. and his speech is coming much more quickly. His fine motor

> skills

> are improving- I'm not sure if that's from this therapy or just general OT

> therapy.

>

> Hope that helps.

>

> ________________________________

> From: bgg1995 <babsgabric@...>

>

> Sent: Wed, February 23, 2011 5:09:22 PM

> Subject: [ ] Re: listening therapy

>

>

> Hi Marie, Can you tell me which one you used? We are thinking about

> starting

> Therapeudic Listening. Also, what were you specific goals for doing the

> listening therapy? Thanks

>

>

> >

> > Just a plug for listening therapy. My son has mild to moderate apraxia.

> He's

> > just about 5 and has been in ST for 2 years. He started OT about 5 mos.

> ago.

> >She

> >

> > quickly tried the listening therapy on him (he has mild sensory, low tone

> and

> > fine motor issues- all the stuff that goes with apraxia). It doesn't work

> for

> > all kids and they don't know why. It had dramatic and instant effects on

> him.

> >As

> >

> > his teacher (lead teacher is a SLP) said, " It's like someone turned on a

> switch

> >

> > in him- completely different kid. " It has helped his attention/engagement

> in

> > class, his sensory, his low tone and his SLP is so excited by how quickly

> he is

> >

> > moving along. Not all OTs are trained in it, but it's definitely worth

> checking

> >

> > out. No promises, but if your kid responds- it's great and immediate and

> > lasting.

> >

>

>

[Guest guest]

Malinda -archive Queen here

Re: Listening therapy question

here's a long archive (of an archive of an archive?)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We didn't do Fast For Word or Earobics until school age (kindergarten

up). You can do Fast For Word's home version but Tanner go that

through school and therapy. Dr. a Tallal who is one of the

creators of Fast For Word is an advisor for CHERAB

http://www.cherab.org/information/speechlanguage/phonologicalawareness

activities.html We also did Earobics both home and through therapy -

and Vital links or Therapeutic Listening is what we started with

preschool age. Dorinne was a speaker at one of our CHERAB

meetings http://www.cherab.com/news/meetings/eventsjune2001.html -but

again we didn't have to take Tanner anywhere because we bought the

headphones and CDs through our SLP and did our program at home which

was a bit pricey to " try " (couple of hundred dollars) in the short

run but much cheaper in the long run. We tried it however for

reasons unlike most -to reduce Tanner's stutter which is worked for

that. Tanner's SLP then was very awesome and out of the box.

Below is an archive on more:

We did go through Tanner's SLP -but back he was getting it -most

didn't use it for speech -just sensory issues. Ortega CCC

SLP, Tanner's one SLP -was very progressive and out of the box in how

she dealt with Tanner's apraxia. She looked at his whole body rather

than just his speech issues (thankfully!)

Re: Listening Therapy

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.

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Listening Therapeutic Programs

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Goals for Stuttering/Dysfluency and apraxia

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article by Sheila Frick, OTR, founder of both Vital

Links and Therapeutic Resources which I believe comprehensively

explains the various types of listening therapies

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What was your therapist's reasoning for discontinuing? I consider NF to be a fine ADJUNCTIVE resource and I often look to include more activities. Are you participating in a STUDY? Maybe that's why, to not have confounding factors. But if the goal is merely clinical then you are not worried about WHAT is bringing about the good results, or wanting to create a syngergy, talk with the therapist about that. I'm confident that, barring scientific method restraints, you will find him/her amenable to your request. ATB, From: frutsnax@...Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:06:38 -0700Subject: Listening Therapy

Greetings,Have any of your clients ever received a music/listening therapy during their neurofeedback training? We discontinued my son's Samonas listening therapy per our neurofeedback therapitst's request and would like to get back to it, even though we are conducting home NFDBK training. Thank you!JG