Bridging Audiology and Psychology

027+(5¶6 92,&( $1' 1(:%2516 served as the family chauffeur [...] The girl had started talking when one day her father said: -Listen, doctor, I don’t know what's going on, but something seems strange to me. We have four children, my wife and I. That makes it difficult for us to isolate ourselves at home to tell each other things they shouldn't hear. So, we solved the problem: when we need to say something about those sorts of things, we use English, which we both speak fluently. Our daughter being treated at your center gives the impression that she understands English better than French. Naturally the girl has never taken English classes in her life... -Perhaps your wife spoke English during the pregnancy... -During the pregnancy? Oh no! Not at all! Out of the question. And that is how we left it. Busy with my work, I forgot about this story. Eight days later, the girl came for a routine check-up, accompanied by her father. -Ah!" said the father when he saw me, "I must apologize! -Apologize? -Yes, last week I was wrong. I was very sure of myself but after making inquiries, it seems I was wrong. I asked my wife and she reminded me that while she was pregnant with the child, she was employed as an English translator in an import–export company. -May I ask at what stage of the pregnancy?” -Only the first three months. I believe that this anecdote will enlighten us better than a long theoretical argument. And I hasten to point out that it is just one of many that I could tell. I hear testimonies like this every week, if not every day, and without asking! I have cited this case because it is one of the most recent and therefore fresher in my memory. The elaboration of listening is done in the deepest uterine night: I place its beginnings in the first days of conception. And I maintain this. I do not go even further back, like others, to a hypothetical previous life 3HUVRQDOO\ , KDG QHYHU VHHQ DQ\WKLQJ OLNH WKDW XQWLO D IHZ \HDUV DJR , IRXQG P\VHOI LQ DQ DOPRVW LGHQWLFDO VLWXDWLRQ $ ER\ ZDV EURXJKW LQWR P\ FRQVXOWLQJ URRP ZKR KDUGO\ VSRNH DW DOO DQG OHDVW RI DOO WKH ODQJXDJHV RI KLV HQYLURQPHQW 6SDQLVK DQG &DWDODQ +RZHYHU 6HH QRWH You ca nd this book on Amazon