“HEAR YE, HEAR YE, MUSICIANS !!!
Instrumentalist in one of the top Paris orchestras, I found myself without warning from one day to the next confronted with a serious problem of hyperacusis. After a very intense period of work, I woke up with my ears oversensitive to any sound. I couldn’t play in the orchestra without ear plugs and even playing alone I suffered. The voices of those around me aggressed me. Finished outings to restaurants, cafés, cinemas, underground journeys free of pain and apprehension… in short a real nightmare which was to last one year ! I tried everything : ENT specialists, auriculotherapists, osteopathy, medicine, hypnosis. I even wore for the whole year one of these machines diffusing white noise so as to diminish my minimum sound perception threshold. During this time I didn’t once hear the true sound of my instrument…
AND THEN ! I was luckily directed towards a centre dispensing the original Tomatis techniques (and not any old one), the one directed by the WADDELL’s.
After a listening course over Summer (2 weeks + 1 week), everything changed. My hearing curves which had been jagged smoothed out, my hearing improved and everything returned to order !!
Not only was I able to take up my work normally again, but I also recovered my social life and was able to go out without inconvenience and fear. One year later I am aware of the miracle that has taken place.
But by following the Tomatis course, I have not only “discovered” my ears (you know those two things which we musicians never think about and which are nevertheless our life !), I also got to know the Waddell family, generous, available and always “ready to listen”. Their approach is as professional as it is human.
I also recommend the audio-vocal course that I did just for my own pleasure, and which has enabled me to lift not only a veil on this mystery which I have always considered the art of singing to be, but also to discover my voice and once more to stimulate my ears!
In short, GO FOR IT whether you have auditive problems, the simple desire to recover hearing or the wish to discover the functioning of your instrument for work and for life…”
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