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the
listening program
overview
listening to your fullest potential
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Many of us,
children and adults alike, are not listening to our fullest
potential. In fact, many people experience "listening disabilities"
and do not realize it. These weaknesses or problems in processing
sound can adversely affect us in many ways including: communication
skills, learning abilities, attention and behavior, energy
levels, coordination, relaxation, brain function, and sensory
integration. Improving or enhancing our ability to process
sound can produce specific benefits. People of all ages
can be trained to process sound more effectively to overcome weaknesses or further develop listening-related abilities.
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improve attention span and concentration
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Listening to
great music is enlivening and inspiring-emotionally, mentally,
and physically. But The Listening Program takes the benefits
of great music much further. Its specially treated classical
music and nature sounds can actually improve our ability
to process a balanced full range of sound frequencies. And
this has far-reaching benefits. Often, subtle improvements
in auditory processing enable children and adults to improve
their attention span and concentration. Perhaps this is
why some children begin to move ahead much more easily in
reading, spelling, and handwriting. Greater steadiness and
focus also helps to build better motor control and speech, with
that, improved self-esteem and motivation. For some children
and adults the neurological input provided by The Listening
Program is the jump-start they need to make a major change
and come alive in many dynamic ways.
exercising muscles in the ear
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Listening to
the CDs in The Listening Program literally exercises and
tones tiny muscles in the middle ear called the Tensor Tympani and Stapedius muscles.
These helps build stronger multi-sensory
pathways in the brain. The brain receives especially rich
auditory stimulation, and its ability to process sound improves.
The Listening Program was designed by a cross-disciplinary
team of experts to help balance and restore our ability
to listen to and process sounds across the full auditory
spectrum, from 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz. This can result in striking
improvements across the human continuum, from academic performance
to emotional balance.
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has gotten less and less emotional and 'scattered.' Her
teacher says she's paying much better attention and her
grades have improved." | Over forty years
ago, a French ear surgeon, Dr. Alfred Tomatis, made a series
of groundbreaking discoveries about the role of the ear
and hearing in brain development and organization. We now
know that, before birth, the human brain's first sensory
experiences are the rich sounds inside the womb. Tomatis
showed that our auditory nerve is fundamental to human neurology;
it helps to regulate not only balance and spatial orientation,
but even vision and our tactile senses. He also discovered
that sound is a "nutrient" that can stimulate and feed the
brain. One of his greatest innovations was to find new ways
to stimulate the ear and brain that can improve learning
and behavior.
the listening program may help with
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Attentional Problems |
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Learning Problems |
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Central
Auditory processing difficulties |
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Difficulty
retaining information |
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Sound
Sensitivities |
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Energy
level and confidence |
the future and the listening program
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"What
I first noticed was the difference in my son's speech and
his ability to express himself. His voice even changed!" |
Decades of clinical
experience combined with the evolution of new technology
have made important new advances possible. An unprecedented
cross-disciplinary team (including professionals in neurology,
psychiatry, neurodevelopment, education, speech pathology,
psychoacoustics, music, and sound engineering) came together
to conceive and design the next generation of auditory stimulation
technology. What emerged is The Listening Program. After
months of design, it was thoroughly tested and its success
was confirmed. Then it was further refined and perfected.
It contains an unprecedented combination of the most powerful
new advances in the art and science of auditory re-education.
advanced auditory stimulation
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| "I tried
The Listening Program to help me cope with my extreme sound
sensitivity, and now, noise doesn't bother me as much. I
feel calmer and my moods have dramatically improved!" |
The principles
behind The Listening Program are scientific. Its protocols
were fine-tuned by qualified professionals. Its effectiveness
was confirmed by the field tests that were a part of the
development process. The music on the CDs in The Listening
Program was specially performed by the world-class musicians
of The Arcangelos Chamber Ensemble, and recorded (to exact
specifications) for this specific purpose. Nevertheless,
the program is affordable for most families and The Listening
Program can be used at home in the school, clinic or business
under a trained professional's direction. It puts the profound
benefits of advanced auditory stimulation within the reach
of countless people who could never have benefited from
it before.
areas of reported improvement
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Attention span & focus |
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Speech & motor control |
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Auditory perception & sensitivity |
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Musical & vocal expression |
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Self-esteem, mood & motivation |
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Social interaction |
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Understanding spoken language |
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Reading, spelling & handwriting |
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Physical balance and coordination |
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