Therapeutic Listening® (TL)
is an expansion of Sensory Integration (SI). It is an auditory
intervention that uses the organized sound patterns inherent in music
to impact all levels of the nervous system. Auditory information from
Therapeutic Listening® CDs provides direct input to both the
vestibular and the auditory portions of the vestibular-cochlear
continuum. The emphasis of TL is on blending sound intervention
strategies with vestibulo-proprioceptive, core development, and breath
activities so as to sustain grounding and centering of the body and
mind in space and time. Providing these postural, movement, and
respiratory activities as part of the TL program is critical.
Therapeutic Listening® utilizes numerous CDs that vary in musical style, types
of filtering, and level of complexity. The music on Therapeutic
Listening® CDs is electronically altered to elicit
the orienting response which sets up the body for sustained attention
and active listening. Above taken from Vital Links 2006 Newsletter http://www.vitallinks.net/
Therapeutic Listening® coupled with SI tends to speed the
emergence of:
