How the Tomatis Method can Help YOU

Do you or your child have difficulty concentrating or focusing on tasks at hand?

We have a clinic in Sydney but also regularly travel to Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide to conduct assessments & help people begin our programs.

Are you just Hearing? Or are you Listening?

There's a clear difference between hearing something and actually processing that sound.

Listening is much more than just hearing.

Hearing is a passive action, while listening is an active psychological process involving the whole person.

Listening requires the desire to focus and pay attention.

The Tomatis Method enhances:

- Attention, concentration, memory
- Comprehension & understanding
- Confidence & motivation
- Auditory processing
- Balances energy levels
- Reduces stress

For more information on the Tomatis Method sound therapy contact Francoise Nicoloff on (02) 9326 1650 email Cristelle via info@tomatis.com.au or click here to use our online contact form.

Background of the Tomatis Method

The Tomatis Method is named after its inventor, the French ENT specialist, Dr Alfred Tomatis.

In the course of his research Tomatis substantiated that the faculty of listening is closely related to the capacity for learning and the ability to communicate.

Listening which serves auditory comprehension as viewing serves visual comprehension, is defined as using the ear consciously for the purpose of communication.

The faculties of hearing and listening should, however, not be confused.

For instance, the analytic capacity of the ear may be distorted – thus making it inoperable at the listening level – while auditory accuracy is fully maintained.
Therefore it is misleading to assimilate auditory comprehension with the simple perception of sounds. As a matter of fact, the ear assumes three principal functions:

The dynamisation function: the human ear can be compared to a dynamo which provides the brain with energy and thus requires stimulation.

The vestibular function: the ear plays an important role in posture and balance control and influences a large part of the muscular system of the body.

The auditory function: the perception of sounds.

If the performance of one or more of the above functions is not optimal we observe closely interlinked dysfunctions.

By retraining the ear, the Tomatis Method re-creates new connections to the brain so it can use its full potential.

There are many offshoots of Dr Tomatis's work but they are not the original, authentic Tomatis Method.

Françoise Nicoloff is the founder and director of The Australian Tomatis, Registered Certified Tomatis Consultant and Professional Trainer. She is also President of the International Association of Registered Certified Tomatis Consultant. She is a registered Psychologist in NSW, WA, Victoria and Queensland. She has been using the Tomatis Method for 30 years in France, Tahiti and Australia and initiated the training and development of the Japanese Centre and New Zealand and Philippines. She has helped thousand of families and people to overcome their difficulties and access their potential. Article written by, Kara Mac Donald, who was doing her doctorate at Sydney University in Applied Linguistics, researching English as a Second Language (ESL) pronunciation. She teaches ESL pronunciation at Sydney University’s Centre for Continuing Education and has worked with ESL clients at the Australian Tomatis Method’s centre for about a year and a half. Kara has recently come to work with the children, as well as the adults, at the centre, being trained to work particularly with children who have language and learning developmental difficulties.

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