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The Key That Unlocked Our Apraxic Daughter's Voice

Just because your child passed a routine hearing screening doesn’t mean they are listening correctly. Our daughter was seen by an audiologist with advanced testing who said her hearing was normal.

Listening is entirely different from hearing. There is also a large spectrum of sound frequencies some of which your child may not be able to hear. A screening exam in a doctor’s office does not provide advanced measurements for all the frequencies of sound.

"The voice only contains the sounds which the ears hear”

Dr. Alfred Tomatis

Problems listening can develop as difficulty perceiving differences between speech sounds, the sequencing of these sounds into meaningful words, and confusing similar sounds. When our ears cannot hear certain frequencies, our voice does not produce them either. One could restore someone's hearing and their voice, by retraining the ear muscles. After much experimentation, Dr. Tomatis found that these muscles can be strengthened by having someone listen to "music" that is switched on and off continuously. The muscles have to follow by stretching and relaxing, and so become stronger. The discovery that listening is key to learning opened a whole new area of research.

Sound therapy refers to a range of therapies in which sound is used to treat physical and mental conditions. One of these therapies is music therapy, which can involve a person listening to music for conditions such as stress and muscle tension. It focuses on balancing energy to treat a condition. Advocates maintain that sound therapy is effective in treating conditions such as apraxia, dyslexia, stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, learning disabilities and autism.

This is what worked well for my daughter. Of course, not everyone will achieve these same results. Her speech therapist was not familar with these programs and couldn't give her opinion on them, but I kept searching for answers.

There are many different sound therapy programs available on the market today. However research has shown only one form is effective. Do not make the mistake of wasting your money and time on the wrong program. In my eBook "Apraxia Explained", in Chapter 9, I will tell you the exact method we used and why it works much better than the other programs.

She enjoyed this very much. It easy to use and an effective way to train and develop ear muscles. It involved using a special machine that filtered CDs of classical music to her ears in special stereo headphones. She listened one hour a day for two weeks and then had two weeks off. That is when we noticed a big difference in her speech. She went from saying about 30 word approximations to speaking 3 – 4 word sentences in a matter of 2 months. Friends and family were shocked to hear her talk so clearly in such a short period of time. It made such a difference in our lives. Her frustration level went way down. We were able to understand her and our hope had been renewed that our daughter would lead a normal life. It really was the answer we were looking for.

We were able to rent the equipment, have it mailed to us and use it in our home under the advice of a trained professional. It is simple to use, you can do this in your own home too.

For a complete decription of the sound therapy program we used and more great ideas on overcoming apraxia, please get my eBook "Apraxia Explained".

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