Talking therapies are only successful for 50% of clients who engage with them. Traditional talk-based therapies take a top-down approach to treatment. Most often this involves efforts to resolve trauma symptoms by working with the prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain most responsible for logic and reason.

The Tomatis® method works more like a ‘side door approach’ to healing trauma, similar to mind-body practices such as meditation, biofeedback, and sensory motor regulation/integration. Try Tomatis® sound therapy to help you be better prepared to talk.

Going on holiday and want to understand the language? Preparing for speaking and listening exams now or in the future? Struggling with accent and fluency, and want to sound more like a native speaker? Each language has its own unique 'frequency band pass'. Tomatis® sound and listening therapy helps to tune your ears to your target language. It’s a bit like travelling to that country for 6 months, but it only takes a 14 days listening intensive in your own home to get great results!

As children/staff learn of their Year 6 SATs results this week, the question is: What exactly is the point/value of SATs? SATs are certainly not telling anyone about the young person’s cognitive skills and processing, or what barriers may be blocking learning. Yet a considerable amount of cognitive processes (learning) depend on multisensory integration, especially sound and vision.

More men than women acquire age-related hearing loss as they find themselves in loud situations more often than women. This divide occurs both in the workplace and during leisure pursuits.

Studies have shown that age-related hearing loss increases the long-term risk of cognitive decline and dementia.

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The Sound Teacher provides formal assessment and targeted support as a stand-alone option, or to compliment a listening therapy programme.

“Body awareness” is actually in the ear: distribution of tension in the body, cramps or slackness, muscle tone, posture, motor skills and fine motor skills are regulated by the ear as a control organ.

Do you or someone you know struggle with speech? Fluency, vocal volume, clarity or even lack of speech (mutism, ASD, anxiety). It’s not as simple as ‘just talk’.

An individual’s experience of sound can change for the better or for the worse depending on how they sense, think, feel and move at any age and stage in life.

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I am a Qualified Teacher of Deaf Children and Young People and hold professional membership of the NDCS. I am thrilled to be able to support this brilliant organisation to make an impact in the lives of d/Deaf and hard of hearing children and their families.

Happy February! I will be posting content every day in February. 'The Sound Segment' will give you an insight into the work I do. I'm keen for you all to see the fantastic benefits of Tomatis® sound and listening therapy. Sound learning for life 👂🎧🎓

The versatile Tomatis® Bone Conduction Kit contains a portable module which emit vibrations to give a similar effect to that of a cat’s purr. The soft belt allows for placement directly at the spine or at site of trauma. Powerful anti stress, a regulator of blood pressure, a booster of immune defences and offering psychomotor support. The BC Kit is quick, easy and comfortable to use and is ideal for working with sensitive individuals as a replacement for headphones: Young babies, sensory difficulties, those with hearing devices such as cochlear implants.

It takes a few weeks for the brain to integrate the effects of Tomatis® listening therapy. During this time, new interests emerge and previous skills are refined. For my son, this has been discovering a passion for drawing that I have never seen before.

Disruption in sound processing is strongly linked to an individual’s coping strategies; a listening assessment can help pinpoint ‘blocks’ to learning.

Additional screening and targeted support to compliment your listening therapy programme.

High Intensity Interval Training - or HIIT - for your ears!