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Bridging Audiology and Psychology

INTRODUCTION 17
1. A GREAT OBSERVER 19
An atypical doctor 20
A Strange coincidence 21
Audiometry, a test of the voice 21
Singing with the right ear 25
Learning from Caruso 27
Unexpected effects 32
The musical curve 34
Times of trouble 38
Audio-psycho-phonology 40
2. ENERGY ACCORDING TO TOMATIS 43
The ear-brain symbiosis 44
Ensuring stimulation 45
Seeking Gravity 47
Activating the ear 47
Sensory deprivation 48
Ear, energy and reticular formation 50
3. EAR PHYLOGENETICS 53
Jellyfish ear 56
Jellyfish ear 57
History of the Middle Ear 60
Reflections on phylogenetics 63
Notes on Ontogenetics 64
4. A NEW AUDITORY THEORY 68
Tomatis versus Bekesy 71
New Hearing Diagnostics 73
Andrew Bell's Frog 75
Rescuing Helmholtz 77
Auditory neurology according to Tomatis 80
Reflections on auditory physiology 81
5. THE LISTENING TEST 93
Ear and voice, mirrors of the soul 93
Administering the listening test 94
Listening test interpretation 96
Audiometry: A personality test 122
Audiometry: The postural test 129
Audiometry as a health test 132
Audiometry of stress 136
Audiometry of languages 139
Audiometry: A test of development 146
Audiometry and dyslexia 149
6. THE EAR IN PSYCHIATRY 153
The ear and depression 155
The ear and schizophrenia 158
Dementia 164
Stress 165
Autism 166
Vestibular Keys 169
Mental health and cancer 176
7. EAR AND HEALTH: SOME OTHER LINKS 179
Ear, kidney and heart 180
Sudden infant death 181
Presbycusis 183
Tinnitus 186
Acoustic drugs 188
8. MOTHER’S VOICE AND NEWBORNS 191
The end of the tunnel! 192
A fortunate mistake 193
Speaking English 194
Surprising voice 196
Pre- and perinatal hearing 197
Feminine and masculine 201
Full speed vestibule 202
Vestibular music 203
I'm crying for you to understand me 205
What the ear says about you 205
9. THE THERAPY OF A. TOMATIS 207
Uses of therapy 208
What usually happens 208
The Therapy: How it works 210
The present and future of the therapy 214
Other hearing therapies 216
The power of music 217
Music and health 218
10. EAR AND LEARNING 225
The vestibular system and dyslexia 226
Ancient wisdom 228
Learning to talk 229
Vision and hearing 234
Driving on the same highway 236
Intelligence 238
I move, so I hear 240
APD 242
Otitis 245
ADHD 247
11. WITH AN EYE ON THE FUTURE 251
Ultrasounds 251
Sound and DNA 254
Cosmic Vibration 255
GLOSSARY OF TERMS 259
ANNEX 265
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