3 History

This section covers the development of the method and key scientific discoveries about how the brain is affected by sound.

You will learn about:

• Tomatis, the remarkable doctor behind the development of Sound Therapy and what prompted his key discoveries.
• The evolution of the method into its portable form, and the role of Patricia and Rafaele Joudry in this process.
• The unique advantages that are made available through the portable method.
• Other offshoots and applications of Tomatis’s work, and how they differ from our program.
• How our understanding of tinnitus has evolved through the work of several pioneering scientists to help us understand the mechanisms of Sound Therapy on the ears and brain.