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Johansen Sound Therapy
(JST)Johansen
Sound Therapy or Auditory Stimulation Therapy was developed by Dr.
Kjeld Johansen, Director of the Baltic Dyslexic Research Laboratory in
Denmark, to address auditory problems in students. Although hearing is
usually found to be normal when tested, in some people the difficulty
arises with the processing and de-coding of language and the
organisation and storage of sounds, words and sentences within the
brain.
JST has been developed to assess and treat problems related to language processing. It works by stimulating the neural pathways into and within the auditory and language centres in the brain. Information may then be organised and stored more effectively and efficiently, enabling the child to learn more easily and make better use of the teaching she is receiving.
After an assessment to determine how the ears are hearing sound, the client is given an individualised, custom-made CD to listen to for six days a week for ten minutes per session over a period of approximately six weeks. Following this, a review of progress is carried out and decisions made about the next stage of therapy.
JST has been developed to assess and treat problems related to language processing. It works by stimulating the neural pathways into and within the auditory and language centres in the brain. Information may then be organised and stored more effectively and efficiently, enabling the child to learn more easily and make better use of the teaching she is receiving.
After an assessment to determine how the ears are hearing sound, the client is given an individualised, custom-made CD to listen to for six days a week for ten minutes per session over a period of approximately six weeks. Following this, a review of progress is carried out and decisions made about the next stage of therapy.
Indications of auditory
difficulties which may impede learning
- Being unaware of where sounds are coming from
- Finding noisy environments upsetting or distracting
- Having difficulty telling the difference between similar sounds
- Often misinterpreting questions and instructions
- Being unable to following more than one instruction at a time
- Often asking for remarks to be repeated and indicating that the information was not “heard” in the first place
- Having trouble putting thoughts into spoken or written form
- Having poor articulation, vocabulary and/or sentence construction
- Often talking off the topic of conversation and/or not following the conversation or lecture
- Having weak comprehension, reading aloud and/or spelling
- Behaving as if a hearing loss is present even if hearing sensitivity is normal
- Having difficulty understanding rapid or poorly enunciated speech
- Misunderstanding or failing to interpret the intent or intonation of communications
- Poor pragmatic/ social skills including inappropriate use of humour and social faux pas.
- Poor intonation / monotonous speech or reading aloud