- Hearing-passive, ability to sense sound
- Listening-active, ability to take in and filter out sound
- Auditory Processing- dynamic, what the brain does with what it hears
Auditory Processing ……….. “what we do with what we hear”
Often the first query is that there may be a hearing problem as the child appears not to hear. So the family head off to have a hearing test and guess what…. it comes back that hearing is perfect and within normal limits. Too often it is then dismissed and the family head off to have their child’s eyes checked – perhaps that’s the problem…..
If only the investigation went one step deeper and actually looked at the child’s ”processing” they would in most cases reveal the root cause of the reason that child is not developing and learning to their full potential.
Auditory Processing is what the brain does with what it hears
There are many different facets of Auditory Processing and an individual may have a few specific challenges or quite a cluster. In any case the most important thing to recognize is that
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
We can improve our Auditory Processing effectively and relatively easily. This is not a condition that an individual should “just learn to cope with”
In today’s ever increasing class sizes a child’s processing both visual and auditory is going to contribute to their level of achievement. Why wouldn’t you want to make this be the best it could be? Brain Plasticity is the well researched and growing at a rapid rate. We know that if we provide the right stimulation with the right FREQUENCY, INTENSITY AND DURATION we will create changes within the brain.
Let’s take a look at the many areas of Auditory Processing
- Amplitude Perception - To perceive the loudness or intensity of sounds. This is measured in decibels (abbreviated “dB”).
- Frequency Perception - To perform a frequency analysis; for example, the ability to split sounds into various frequency bands. Frequency is measured in Hertz (abbreviated “Hz”).
- Auditory Attention - To attend, focus, or listen to sound.
- Sound Localization - To identify the source of a sound in your environment.
- Auditory Discrimination - To distinguish between sounds or words that are similar or different in the way they sound.
- Auditory Closure - To fill in the missing pieces of sounds or words.
- Auditory Anticipation - To expect what sound is coming next.
- Auditory Temporal Processing - To analyze the timing and pattern of sounds.
- Auditory Memory - To sequence sounds, words, or other meaningful combinations. To receive, store, process, and recall auditory information.
- Auditory Cohesion - To understand the meaning, abstraction, and intention of verbal communication and music.
- Auditory Figure Ground - To perceive speech or other sound when other competing sounds are present.
- Auditory Scene Analysis - To separate sounds when a large mixture of sounds is present.
- Needs to have directions or information repeated
- Has poor auditory sequential memory
- Misunderstands spoken information, directions or questions
- Is easily distracted by background noise
- Finds some sounds uncomfortable or painful
- Has trouble with auditory discrimination skills
- Difficulties with math concepts
Why use The Listening program?
The Listening Program provides advanced auditory training to the ear and brain through the systematic delivery of psycho acoustically modified music.
TLP is provided with the right frequency, intensity and duration that trains the auditory system to accurately process the full spectrum of sound for improved listening, learning and communication.
Progressive Training
Air and Bone Conduction - Simultaneous Stimulation
Vibratory (sound) input is conducted to the cochlea in two ways:
1. Through the air (air conduction)
2. Through fluids, bone and tissue of the head and body (bone conduction)
3. Sound stimulation from the environment reaches receptors in the inner ears through both air and bone conduction. Sound generated from within the individual is conducted primarily by way of bone conduction.
The vibrations which constitute sound affect the musculoskeletal system, specifically impacting upon the temporal bones of the cranium, within which the vestibulocochlear apparatus is bilaterally situated. As temporal bone vibrates, its frequency of vibration affects the fluid within the ductwork of the apparatus which, ultimately, influences the position/movement of the hair cells within the receptor mechanism.
Benefits
- Perception
- Attention
- Memory
- Motor Coordination
- Language
- Listening
- Auditory Processing
- Spatial Awareness
- Flexibility
- Problem-solving
- Decision-making
- Self-regulation
- Sensory Processing
- Sequencing
- Inhibition
- Social Engagement
- Creativity
- Learning
- Reduced sound sensitivities
- Brain Health
- Well being
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