The auditive stimulation (providing the audio-psycho-phonological or Tomatis effect) is obtained through an electronic apparatus designed according to the principles of Alfred Tomatis to train the ear to to listen in an ideal fashion.
How ?
This apparatus acts on the two muscles of the middle ear, the stirrup and the hammer muscles (these two muscles are those engaged in the listening process) with the aid of electronic gating mechanisms and filters which alternatively place the ear at rest or at work using at different stages of the training either music (Mozart and Gregorian Chant) or the subject’s own voice – through the intermediary of a specially designed headset equipped with not only air but also bone conduction.
Through this auditive gymnastics, the subject is reeducated to listen correctly, without distortions.
The audio-vocal sessions organised by the Audio-Vocal Centre are carried out under the control and observation of experienced consultants trained in the Tomatis techniques. This monitoring enables at every moment a constant modification of the programme with respect to each person’s individual reactions or observations.
The daily presence of consultants is also indispensable so as to reply to the various questions and remarks during the programme.
Sessions for children and teenagers are held in small groups, enabling them to communicate and often forge new friendships whilst they draw or play games together.
The Audio-Vocal Centre does not provide material to be used at home, because the individual monitoring of each case, the advice and the important active audio-vocal sessions (reading out loud under electronic ear in the correct way) is all-important to the success necessity of top quality analogue equipment which is too heavy, too expensive and too fragile to be transported.
Following the sessions a listening pedagogy is proposed in accordance with the individual level attained in the from of an audio-vocal course and individual voice controls.
