What is the therapeutic listening?

Therapeutic listening is a type of music therapy to help children with sensory processing and many other disorders, including autism, learning disabilities, downy syndrome and ADD/ADHD. Therapy generally includes listening to music through headphones, at home and at school. Therapeutic listening sessions usually last from half and 45 minutes and are usually done about twice a day. The evaluation sessions are usually required every three weeks and the typical course of therapeutic listening takes about three months. This type of therapy is said to help improve coordination, communication, engine management, physical functions, social skills and organization. As a result, children can have problems with regulating body functions, communication, moving through the environment, pay attention and concentrate. They may miss good social skills. The expression of emotions or perception and understanding of the emotions of others may also prove difficult. Therapeutic listening is trying to solve these problems by exposing regularlyChildren and encourage them to perform various physical and mental tasks.

Experts believe that music therapy can have a number of advantages for children suffering from sensory processing and other types of disorders that affect the function and concentration of the brain. Many children were found to sleep better and exercise more control over body function after music therapy. They will usually display stricter hand and eye coordination and finer motor skills. Balance and posture is said to improve, as well as manuscript, speech and emotional expressiveness. Children generally feel more relaxed after undergoing this type of music therapy and are better able to perform social skills necessary to establish relationships and bonds with parents and carers.

Tasks considered central for therapeutic listening may include exercises, drawing and building with blocks. Therapists usually choose specialized music designedto release a child and stimulate the function of the whole brain. It is assumed that the music used during therapeutic listening helps children to concentrate and learn more efficiently. It can help support the function of internal ear structures that regulate balance and coordination. This music can help children better perceive sounds and emotions and can help stimulate parts of the brain responsible for oral communication and body language.