Tomatis Therapy for Children

Tomatis Method is a special method of listening training aiming to improve adopting and processing of audio signals by brain. Principle of the method is that due to specific listening trainings human brain relearns to adopt and process sound signals, as a result received information is processed better.

Fields of applications

Tomatis Therapy gives high results, especially in the following areas:

1. Improves Emotional Abilities. Classes help relieve anxiety, remove depression, lethargy or hyperactivity (depending on the diagnosis and recommended treatment), and promote rehabilitation after intense emotional stress.
2. Speech Development. Therapy is recommended for all diagnoses that are accompanied by delayed speech development, difficulty remembering words and expressing thoughts, as well as for stuttering.
3. Improvement of movement coordination. A course of procedures is recommended for children with motor and coordination disorders. Patients who cannot fully control their own body movements.
4. Development of communication skills. Tomatis Therapy has been proven to be especially effective in improving the communication skills of children with autism. The treatment also affects self-perception, personality development, performance, and creative skills.
5. Improvement of intellectual abilities. Treatment improves learning ability, assiduity, speed of thinking, has a positive effect on the quality of writing and reading.
6. Development of creative skills. The procedure activates the craving for creativity, in particular, has a positive effect on the production of the voice and the development of the ear.
7. Increasing the ability to learn languages. These exercises allow the patient to recognize the subtleties of the target language, memorize words more quickly, and better understand foreign languages.

By the way, Tomatis Method is even recommended for late pregnant women.  Tomatis is said to favor the child's future psychological and linguistic development even before birth.

Tomatis Method is one of the gentlest of all therapies and is therefore indicated for children in their early years.

Diseases

Indications for Tomatis Therapy are:

• Developmental speech delay (DSD);
• Mental retardation;
• Speech retardation; 
• Autism;
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD);
• Hyperactivity;
• Minimal brain dysfunction;
• Impaired social adaptation, aggression;
• Learning disorders.

Tomatis Therapy develops the ability of the brain to absorb and remember only the necessary information, weeding out the "garbage".

Contraindications

Despite of Tomatis is safe, there is some contraindications that are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

The most frequent contraindications for Tomatis are:

• Severe hypertension or hypotension;
• Existence of neoplasms and cysts in the brain;
• Serious infectious pathologies of an inflammatory nature;
• any active diseases;
• premature birth combined with a difficult period of breastfeeding;
• otitis;
• presence of a hearing implant;
• epilepsy.

From time to time after Tomatis the clients face with problems with their usual behavioral skills, but these will subside 7-14 days after the completion of the course.

Procedure

Before the procedure the patient must complete medical checkup:

• EEG;
• Visit Neuroligist;
• Visit Psychiatrist;
• Complete Tomatis diagnostics.

Before beginning a session with Tomatis therapy, the client wears bone-conducting headphones that transmit specially processed audio recordings. These are usually works by Mozart or Gregorian choir, as they contain many high pitched sounds. The Tomatis procedure at Center for Brain Stimulation allows the client to do whatever he/she wants during the session, as it lasts up to 2 hours.

The audio-psycho-phonology with its special processing of the audio signal and constant and rapid changes in its frequency and intensity, acts on the muscular apparatus of the ear to activate auditory and motor functions.

Effects of the procedure

Developed in the 1950s, the Tomatis Method has proven its efficacy over decades of active use.

Some of the effects of Tomatis therapy are:

• Improvement in speech quality in 74% of cases;
• Improvement of reading comprehension in 85% of cases;
• Improved attention span and attention span in 86% of the cases;
• Improvement of memory in 73% of the cases;
• Development of communicative skills in 89% of cases.

As a rule, the procedure has a positive impact in several areas at once, generally improving the patient's quality of life. Long-term practice has shown that children who have undergone auditory training understand the meaning of what they hear better and remember the necessary information more quickly. For example, one of the most common effects of such treatment is the emergence of language abilities. The child becomes interested in learning, because information is remembered more quickly and easily, and their academic performance increases. As a result, the child becomes more self-confident, has his own goals, and his activity increases, followed by the ability to control and manage his various body movements, imagination, memory, and the ability to think.

The effect of auditory training lasts for years, and in many cases for life.

Advantages of the Procedure

Tomatis therapy is a highly effective procedure that has a number of undeniable advantages. Among them are:

• The treatment is performed on an outpatient basis;
• No side effects;
• Minimal number of restrictions for treatments.

Additionally, the Tomatis Therapy at the Center for Brain Stimulation allows for the use of voice recordings of the mother during treatment.

Advantages of treatment at the Center for Brain Stimulation

Why choose our center for Tomatis? All of our patients receive the following benefits:

1. The procedure is performed on a Tomatis Besson (Switzerland) apparatus, which is more effective than Solisten.
2. High efficacy, which is noticeable soon after the completion of therapy.
3. The long-term positive effect of procedures.
4. Painless and non-invasive.
5. Safe, as there is no risk of infection.
6. Consultations by experienced specialists.
7. Usage of only modern treatment protocols, which meet Ukrainian and international standards of medical care.
8. High level of responsibility for quality of procedures.
9. Highest confidentiality.

Specialists

Tomatis Listening Therapy at the Center for Brain Stimulation is performed under the supervision of experienced physicians, who continually are trained and raise qualification level.

Aren’t you succeeded in dealing with your child's psycho-emotional problems? Tomatis Therapy will help you. The price for treatment will not make you hesitate. If you have any questions, please contact with our Call Center!