Tomatis Effect

French Doctor Alfred Tomatis is the man who coined the terms 'Mozart Effect' after he noticed an alleged increase in brain development that occurs in children under age three when they listen to the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and also noticed that Mozart created the greatest healing effect on the human body. This has been attributed to the rhythms, melodies, symmetry and high frequencies of Mozart's music. He discovered a way to increase energy in the Tomatis theory, certain sounds are transformed into energy and distributed by the cortex into the nerve system. The high frequency are those that gives the best results. 8000 Hertz is the frequency that gives the best energy boost. In the other hand, he discovered that certain sound produce the opposite effect, certain sound drains us, this is the case of Rock music according to Tomatis theory.

Nowaday, tomatis's discovery are used in therapy, the tomatis method is used for cure Attention deficit disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD), Dyslexia, Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD) and more. Tomatis Method successful cured more than 10 000 people suffering of dyslexia.

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