Teenage After School Programme

Tomatis Programmes...

Dr. Alfred Tomatis (a French Ear Nose and Throat consultant) spent most of his life studying and researching the ear and communication. He recognised that the ear has a vital part to play in how a person is able to process information, pay attention, concentrate, and listen effectively.

Listening is the ability to ‘tune into’ selected sounds and understand their meanings and so is different from hearing, which is simply passive.  Many people have excellent hearing but very poor listening.

Teenagers who have difficulty keeping up in school often have a vestibular difficulty (the vestibular system is in the inner ear); they often have difficulty with maths, have poor hand writing and may be un-coordinated when moving. Others will have to put much more effort into processing language information and some may have both of these difficulties.

Dr. Alfred Tomatis developed a method, the Tomatis Method, and a piece of equipment - called the “Electronic Ear” - in order to remediate these difficulties. The Electronic Ear is a sophisticated computer which processes sound, classical music, and a young person’s own voice, in such a way that it retrains the way teenagers gather and process all types of information.

The benefits of this Tomatis programme are far reaching, long lasting and can affect every aspect of a young person’s life.