Alfred Tomatis himself treated opera singersat the early part of his career. It was through this principle that heformulated the principle that the voice can only sing what the ear hears.This has become known as the Tomatis Effect As one of the original founders of the Spectrum Center, Valerie Dejean's background was somewhat different. Trained as an occupational therapist of the sensory integration school, Ms Dejean has employed additional therapies to her clients at the same time that they had their earphoneson and were receiving the listening training.

Advanced Listening Training
New York in Midtown Manhattan near the Lipstick Building		Building a New Program Around the Spectrum Center Method

Over the last few years we at the Spectrum Center have worked with hundreds of children administering the listening training program developed by Alfred Tomatis. While the results have been extremely gratifying, they at the same time seem to pose a further challenge and opportunity for us as therapists.

As you might know, Tomatis was an Ear Nose and Throat man in France. The son of opera singers, Alfred Tomatis himself treated opera singers at the early part of his career. It was through this principle that he formulated the principle that the voice can only sing what the ear hears. This has become known as the "Tomatis Effect".

As one of the original founders of the Spectrum Center, Valerie Dejean's background was somewhat different. Trained as an occupational therapist of the "sensory integration" school, Ms Dejean has employed additional therapies to her clients at the same time that they had their earphones on and were receiving the listening training.

Advanced Listening Training

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