Listening Training
The Use of Mozart and Gregorian Chant as facilitators of enhanced learning have long been used and scientifically researched throughout the world.

Listening, our most basic skill, is the foundation for competency in speaking, reading, writing and social interaction. The process of auditory stimulation re-educates the hearing mechanism to receive a full spectrum of sound. The result is improved auditory processing and consequently better language/ communication and social skills. The delivery of high frequency sounds to the ear increases the cortical charge to the brain improving attention, concentration and motivation.

The Dynamic Listening System (DLS) is based on the work of Dr. Alfred Tomatis and designed by the staff of Center for InnerChange and sound engineers. Dr. Ron Minson, director of Center for InnerChange, is board certified in psychiatry and neurology. He studied with Dr. Tomatis, becoming certified in the Tomatis Method in 1990 and used the "Electronic Ear" in his practice for many years before contributing to the Dynamic Listening System. 

Who is Dr. Tomatis?
Dr. Alfred Tomatis (1920-2001) was a French ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat specialist) who discovered the link between the voice and ear. His initial research began when his father, a famous opera singer, asked his son to help some of his fellow opera singers discover why they had lost their ability to reach certain frequencies. Through research, Dr. Tomatis discovered that one's voice cannot reproduce frequencies that it does not hear. The constant exposure to loud noise, (in the case of the opera singers, their own voices) caused them to lost their hearing of certain frequencies specifically around 2,000Hz. Further research showed that the middle ear, the part of the ear which is responsible for filtering sound, acts as a gate keeper. This part of the ear filters out background noise and amplifies other sounds. Dr. Tomatis came to the conclusion that due to exposure to loud sound, the muscle responsible for this had, in essence, become placid, impeding loud sound from entering the inner ear. It was this discovery that led Dr. Tomatis to develop the "Electronic Ear" (1950). He discovered that by gating music (switching between two channels: one in which the low frequencies are amplified and another in which high frequencies are amplified), he could strengthen the two tiny middle ear muscles by stretching and relaxing them.

The DLS system uses the latest digital signal processing technology. It is the first system of it's kind to be introduced to this field, significantly advancing the field of psychoacoustics and listening training, and setting a new standard for precision, dynamic range and frequency response. It includes most of the elements of the "Electronic Ear" including filtering, gating , bone conduction and working with the voice on a microphone (active work). Working with the voice using a microphone that feeds back into the headphones (active work) is an essential part of the program.


WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THE DYNAMIC LISTENING PROGRAM?
Children, adolescents and adults with:
Depression and anxiety
Organizational difficulties
Communication disorders
Learning disabilities
Attention deficit disorder (ADD, AD/HD)
Auditory processing disorder
Autism and pervasive developmental disorders