Bridging Audiology and Psychology

7+( /,67(1,1* 7(67 on getting up at the thought of having to go to work. She wanted to stay in bed, not from laziness, but anguish. She had been like this for a few months and things were getting worse. Music, her great passion, no longer enthused her. She had lost the color of her voice and her guitar sat sadly in a corner. A complete medical checkup concluded that everything was fine, which reassured her, but disconcerted her. The audiometry results were quite good, with the characteristic rising profile of musicians: The left ear presented a curve inversion in the low-frequency region, something common in children, but in adults it warns us of problems. However, Cristina's most striking feature was her notable left-side auditory laterality. Her whole face moved to the left when speaking or singing. I proposed she should try to improve the quality of her voice by using the electronic ear to induce right-side laterality. The results were exceptional. In a matter of weeks Cristina returned to her classroom with enthusiasm. She undertook new projects, even involving herself in activities outside the school. She did a lot of active-phase sessions in my center, singing with the electronic ear. She loved it. Her voice regained its brightness and she took up the guitar again. In a short time, her audiometric curve evolved like this: