Hearing Affects All Areas Of Life
Distortions in hearing or sensitivity to certain sounds can contribute to inappropriate or antisocial behavior, irritability, lethargy, restlessness and high tension levels. These hearing anomalies also affect speech and language development and learning ability. Auditory processing problems are very common among individuals with autism and those who have sustained head injuries. Listening to music that has been processed to send random high and low frequency sounds ensures that the individual cannot anticipate the sounds and, as a result, is trained to "tune in." This method aggressively stimulates the auditory processing system and usually results in improvements in the auditory processing of sound, as well as overall improvements in academic and social skills.
Our Auditory Equipment
Our advanced system plays pre-recorded music selections that the individual listens to through headphones. This system uses a proprietary device to electronically manipulate the music while filtering out frequencies associated with "peaks" in the participant's hearing. This can cause auditory perception to become normalized and allow more natural behavioral responses to develop.