Auditory intervention:
All listening techniques involve listening to specifically modulated music through high quality head phones. They are modulated and filtered by electronic means. Physiokids offers 2 auditory programs:
- SAMONAS Sound Therapy
- Therapeutic Listening
SAMONAS Sound Therapy
Ingo Steinbach is the developer of SAMONAS Sound Therapy who has created a recording method in which the spatial essence of the recording is optimally preserved and the high harmonics of the music are “activated” in order to be energizing and regulating. The CD’s are especially beneficial for refinement of modulation, attention, and higher level motor and communication skills.
Therapeutic Listening®
Therapeutic Listening is an expansion of Sensory Integration. It is an auditory intervention that uses organized sound patterns inherent in music to impact all levels of the nervous system. The emphasis of TL is on blending sound intervention strategies with postural, movement, and respiratory activities. Therapeutic Listening uses CD’s that vary in musical style, types of filtering, and level of complexity. The music on the CD’s is electronically altered to elicit the orienting response which sets up the body for sustained and active listening.
The auditory intervention programs coupled with Sensory Integration work on improving:
- Attention
- Organized behaviour
- Self regulation
- Postural control
- Bilateral coordination
- Praxis
- Fine motor control
- Oral motor/articulation
- Social skills
- Communication
- Visual motor integration