When most people are faced with the fact that they may be losing their hearing, they will often opt for denial. This is partly because hearing loss is usually very gradual, so you adapt to it and don’t realise it’s happening. The tendency is to think ‘I’ll deal with this later when the problem gets [...]
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Finding a Sound Therapy Consultant
Our portable Sound Therapy program is offered in two ways. One is to buy from our head office directly and be your own support person. The other is to purchase through one of our Independent Consultants, who sell our Synergy brand. For those who would like to deal with a local person and have a [...]
Continue Reading →Dystonia and Sound Therapy
I recently saw a segment on the ABC about Dystonia being treated with magnetic brain stimulation. This was presented as a new, experimental therapy which may help the condition. Dystonia is “a movement disorder that causes the muscles to contract and spasm involuntarily,” according to the dystonia foundation. Sound Therapy is used to treat some [...]
Continue Reading →New study finds Sound Therapy reduces stress
Today most people are exposed to levels of stress which affect wellbeing and long term health. Concerns such as the economy, climate change and daily survival affect us all. Added to these are events like bushfires, drought, floods, and then individual family events such as conflict or illness. None of us is exempt from stress. [...]
Continue Reading →Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Neuroplasticity and Sound Therapy
PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, was originally known as “shell shock”, and is one of the most common disorders among returning veterans. The condition of PTSD can occur in anyone who has suffered a high degree of trauma, and this may include rape victims, battered women, abused children, or emergency service personnel. Those suffering from [...]
Continue Reading →What does Neural Plasticity have to do with OCD?
And where does Sound Therapy come in? In the new field of neural plasticity we are being given the opportunity to shape our own brains. The discovery of neural plasticity was made over the last two to three decades through the work of numerous pioneering scientists. One of the key innovators was Dr Michael Merzenich, [...]
Continue Reading →New Neuroscience Research Explains Sound Therapy
Exciting new research information is now coming to light, updating the science behind Sound Therapy and why it is so effective. There is much enthusiasm for the new book Polyvagal Theory by Neuroscience writer, Stephen Porges. I came across a link to some reviews of the book which give an excellent, comprehensive dialogue about the [...]
Continue Reading →How can ear infections lead to autism?
Did you see the segment on Four Corners last Tuesday night about the brain gut connection? I was surprised to see this knowledge presented as cutting edge, almost unrecognised information. I am aware that the Mindd Foundation has been holding annual conferences for over ten years on the gut brain connection. This is an annual [...]
Continue Reading →Olympics for the ear
We don’t generally think of listening as an Olympic sport do we? We don’t think of training or improving our hearing or listening ability, or developing our ear muscles? However, when we look at hearing and listening from a Sound Therapy perspective this changes! I started thinking about this the other day when I spoke [...]
Continue Reading →What is Auditory Processing?
Most people are a bit unclear on what is meant by Auditory Processing. Is it a problem children have, or is it something we all do every day when we use speech and language? In fact auditory processing is essential for talking on the phone, reading a book or having a conversation. This is why, [...]
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