Listening
Fitness
Another listening program
is just being introduced
in the United States and
Canada, the Listening Fitness
Program. This program provides
listening training using
sound stimulation, designed
by Paul Madaule who worked
closely with Dr. Tomatis
and has used the Tomatis
Method for over 30 years.
While the Listening Fitness
Program shares some similarities
with the Tomatis Method
it differs substantially
in assessment procedures,
audio equipment, and focus
and is not regarded as being
equivalent. It can be a
useful part of a home treatment
regimen where the goal is
to help an individual to
develop and improve both
receptive and expressive
listening. It is most commonly
used as a clinic-based tool.
Like the other listening
techniques, Listening Fitness
includes a passive phase
of intervention. Unlike
the other auditory home-based
programs, Listening Fitness
provides an active component
or the “expressive
phase”. This is where
one gains control over his/her
voice and body through voice
exercises (humming, singing,
reading into a microphone).
The total program lasts
about 60 hours; listening
times vary per individual.
Close monitoring and coaching
are provided throughout
the program.
Listening Fitness Instructors
are carefully screened,
trained and supervised
for 1 year by a highly
qualified training team
of consultants from the
Listening Centre in Toronto,
Canada. Founded over 20
years ago by director
Paul Madaule, the author
of When Listening Comes
Alive, the Listening Centre
is a leader in the filed
of listening. Currently
the Listening Fitness
Program is being used
with children with listening
and learning difficulties.
At this point in time
it is not being used with
individual’s with
a medical or neurological
diagnosis such a autism,
ADD or other neurological
disorders.
For more information
visit www.listeningfitness.com
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