INSIDE MUSIC
by Rosemary Conte
Tomatis “Earobics”
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to the Rescue of
Musicians & Singers!
During the past few months, I’ve
witnessed a flow of ideas, and
factors coming together in what
seems like a cosmically orchestrated dance creating positivity and
healing in the lives of musicians
and singers.
All his life my artist friend Kevin
wanted to sing, write songs, and
play guitar; but he couldn’t because he was dyslexic, and he
couldn’t perceive pitches correctly. After recovering from those socalled deficits through the Tomatis
Listening Method, which included
“Earobics,” daily exercises to improve his listening skills, Kevin
began voice coaching and songwriting sessions with me.
New Jersey Stage
I was fascinated by Kevin’s story.
He cried with joy the day he could
finally hear music and speech the
way they really sounded. All his
life, he had been unaware that he
was not hearing the full spectrum
of sound from music. He knew he
couldn’t sing in tune because people told him so. Only his left inner
ear and brain were coordinated in
listening, instead of both ears and
hemispheres.
Such mismatching results in
communication and memory
problems; a myriad of “learning
disabilities” like auditory processing syndrome, ADD, ADHD,
autism, depression, and more.
Children with these problems
December 2014
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