A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource. Explains the Tomatis Method, a program of auditory stimulation and counseling used to assist children, adolescents, and adults with learning and communication disorders. Presents a meta-analysis of data from five research studies evaluating the efficacy of this method in assisting children with such disorders. Suggests that effect sizes favoring children who participated in the program were consistent with clinicians' reports of beneficial effects. (Read More)

Paris, Tenn. – With its “Sounds of Hope” program, the Henry County Medical Center’s Center for Wellness and Rehabilitation has helped the community achieve something special.

HCMC’s certified speech therapists traveled to Colorado to obtain certification in a new form of sound therapy. Suzanne Jackson, Tina Vine and Jan Hosford together have implemented the Integrated Listening System (ILs) at the Center for Wellness and Rehabilitation.

A new study by Northwestern University researchers suggests that Mom was right when she insisted that you continue music lessons -- even after it was clear that a professional music career was not in your future.