Do you feel stressed or anxious?
Do you find it hard to learn new things?
Can you follow a conversation in a cafe or restaurant?
Do you find it difficult to fall asleep?
Age-related or industrial hearing loss can create difficulties with our balance, posture, muscle tone, energy levels and communication.
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Stress can be beneficial in small amounts but repetitive and long term stress often damages the hearing system.
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We hear with our ears but we process sound or listen with our brain. Not everyone processes sound in the same way but it is possible to improve how we recognise, process and respond to sounds thereby improving quality of life.
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If you have always struggled to read or write or communicate with others, you are not alone.
Is homework a battle in your house?
Movement programmes work on primitive and postural reflexes
Tutoring using structured literacy and / or developmental activities
We look into the underlying causes of Dyslexia and other learning difficulties to identify the developmental "gaps" required for optimal, cognitive learning. We start with how the ears are functioning because the ear is greatly involved in learning and brain development.
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The Tomatis® Method uses the natural auditory pathways and the same mechanisms as mother nature to stimulate different centres in the brain. Programmes use rapidly alternating filters on music from Mozart and Gregorian Chants, as well as the human voice.
For over 60 years these programmes have demonstrated lasting changes in a person’s listening skills and have greatly improved people’s lives.
In additional to the Tomatis® Method listening programmes, Active Listening also offers movement programmes and tutoring programmes.
Movement programmes work on sensory integration, vestibular system, posture, motor planning, body schema, hand / eye co-ordination, the development of bi-lateral integration and ocular motor control. For greater effectiveness it will be necessary to complete specific exercises every day at home as it takes 6 weeks of repetition for new neurons to grow and automaticity to occur.
One to one tutoring is available at the Active Listening centre or online. Tutoring programmes will be discussed on an individual basis as every child will need different things and have different starting points..
Whether you're ready to book a consultation with Active Listening, or would like to find out more information about the services we provide, feel free to get in touch with us.
Contact UsHi. I'm Jan, and I wake up every morning with one goal in mind: to help put the smile back on my clients' faces and the joy back into their lives. As a teacher, I always questioned why some people found it so much easier to learn than others. After 30 plus years teaching and completing a Masters in Education I still had this burning question. Finding answers to that question led me to start this business. I now use customized therapies that improve the body and brain connections so that my clients can lead happier, healthier lives.
Jan Ward-Allen is duly licensed by TOMATIS DEVELOPMENT S.A. which is the owner of TOMATIS, TOMATIS + LOGO, SOLISTEN, TALKSUP Trademarks www.tomatis.com.
The TOMATIS® Method is an Educational Program, and is considered neither a medical treatment nor a means to establish a medical diagnosis. The content of this website is for informational purposes only. It should be neither considered as nor substitute for medical advice.
Active Listening acknowledges, and express gratitude for information in these pages which is provided by tomatis.com and tomatis.co.nz
