Auditory Training Program™
A broad battery of standardized auditory processing and speech and language assessment tools are utilized to identify specific auditory processing deficits. These tools enable Auditory Training Program practitioners to establish specific protocols for each individual client, and monitor the progress of the customized programs.
Suitable for all
The program is suitable for both adults and children. Each program is tailored to the specific needs and requirements of the individual.
Intensive Program
A typical course of the Auditory Training Program consists of 30 hours, spread across 3 weeks. Sessions are undertaken for 2 hours per day, 5 days per week.
Global effects
Whilst the therapy is received by listening and attending to modified music and sound, clinical experience suggests global attentional changes beyond the auditory domain.
Auditory Training Program Structure
The Auditory Training Program utilizes a combination of four auditory intervention techniques paired with world leading Besson-of-Switzerland technology to address auditory processing and receptive language skill development. The program implements:
- Auditory Training based on real time filtered and bone conducted orchestral music incorporating Tomatis Techniques,
- Dichotic Listening Training,
- Speech, language and audio-vocal time expanded biofeedback and
- Auditory Working Memory adaptive exercises
Advantages of Auditory Training Programs
- non-invasive
- can help auditory sequential memory difficulies
- can help a person distinguish speech against a variety of background noises
- can help children acquire and discriminate between different speech sounds
- short-term therapy programs, usually completed in 2 – 3 month
About Auditory Processing Difficulties
Auditory processing difficulties have been found to co–exist with:
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- ADD/ADHD
- Communication Disorders
- Speech and Language Delay
- Specific Learning Disorders (e.g. Dyslexia)
- Dyspraxia
- Developmental Delay
