2. Overview What is iLs? How does iLs work?
What is the science behind the method?
What is the equipment like?
How long is the iLs program?
Is there supporting research?
What is the cost of a clinic program?
Summary

3. What is iLs?
Combines auditory training with balance and visual activities
Stimulates parts of the brain involved in learning, communication, emotion, memory and balance
Evolved from proven therapies used to help with dyslexia, attention, auditory processing, coordination, communication, cognitive function and optimal performance
Show system, balance board, balls while speaking
Neuroplasticity
Improving the ability to process information

4. Proven Techniques, New Technology
iLs combines sound and movement therapies:
Tomatis Method – sound therapy, 40 years in Europe, $50k for equipment/training
Kinesiology & Yoga – movement therapy known for its neurological stimulation
Brain growth occurs through stimulation - a concept known as “neuroplasticity”.
iLs’ combined sound and movement programs stimulate the learning and communication parts of the brain.

5. How Does Integrated Listening Work?
Information from our environment is conveyed through our senses: taste, touch, smell, hearing, seeing, vestibular (balance) and muscle awareness.
These sensory systems are very inter-related, especially the eyes, ears and vestibular.
An example of the inter-relatedness is the act of reading:
As your eyes move from letter to letter your ear (cochlea) translates each letter into a sound.
The vestibular system coordinates the eye movements and aids the synchronicity of the eyes and ears.

6. Information Integration & Processing
The vestibular and cochlear systems, located in the inner ear, work together to relay sensory input to the brain.
They play a key role in our ability to integrate our senses, and their successful interaction is essential for language development, sensory processing and motor function.

7. iLs Equipment
Custom-fitted headphones > air and bone delivery > vestibular stimulation
Mini-amp powers headphones
iPod holds processed music
Beltpack: simultaneous sound and movement
Playbook: weekly guide for movement activities

8. iLs Listening Component
Receptive and Expressive Phases – training the brain’s processing for input and output
3 frequency zones correlating to the body, communication and cognitive function
Audio techniques: frequency filtration, gating, bone conduction
Each program is customized for the individual

9. iLs Music – frequencies stimulating specific areas of the mind

10. iLs: Receptive & Expressive Phases

11. Program Structure Receptive Phase Expressive Phase (optional add-on)
Sessions
Each session is 60-minutes combined listening and movement (movement activities ~ 15 min)
3-5 sessions per week
total program 2-3 months
Expressive Phase (optional add-on)
Excellent for expressive language issues
Begin toward last 1/4 of Receptive Phase
10-20 min per session – make it fun!

12. iLs Receptive Programs
1- Sensory Motor: a 60-session program for those with sensory integration and developmental challenges as well as those on the autistic spectrum; gentle program focusing on lower frequencies
2- Concentration & Attention: a 40-session program for those with attention deficits; focuses on the frequencies of zones 1 & 2
3- Reading/Auditory Processing: a 40-session program for reading-related and auditory processing skills; focus is on zone 2 frequencies
4- Optimal Performance for Teens/Adults: a 48-session program to improve memory, processing, mood and balance; excellent for seniors, too; focus is on zones 2 & 3 frequencies

13. iLs Expressive Phase (optional add-on)
Equipment: microphone, amp, headphones & voice
Conditions the ear/voice feedback loop
Improves reading, listening, attention, voice quality and self-confidence
Exercises designed to improve the following skills:
Auditory memory
Phonemic awareness (decoding of sounds)
Auditory processing speed
Left and right ear perception and processing
Concentration & listening skills
Auditory figure ground (language amidst background noise)

14. See the Research pages of www.integratedlistening.com
Auditory Processing
The Effects of Tomatis Method on APD by Dr. Ross-Swain
41 APD subjects showed average improvement in overall auditory processing skills of 49% ( ; to be published in 2007)
Hillside Health Center Study, Dr. M. Fraval, H. Armytage
30 subjects showed average improvement in auditory processing
skills of 78% (2006)
Reading
Longitudinal Study by Dr. J.A. Calhoun, 2006 – 3 month trial
36 students K-2 showed average gain in reading of 2 years
Hope Charter School Study by B. van Houten, R.N.
6 case studies showed average gain in reading of 2.2 years after 4- month program (2006)
See the Research pages of

15. Summary
iLs is a natural and safe therapy, the only side effects being a strong chance of improved self-esteem
iLs programs are effective for helping with learning, attention and balance problems, for those on the autistic spectrum; mild head injury (whiplash); mood; improved cognitive skills; energy and enthusiasm for life
iLs addresses the cause rather than the symptoms
iLs is fun, most kids and adults enjoy their listening

16. Follow Up Q & A Hands-on listening
Schedule a complimentary Pitch Discrimination Test or Symptoms Checklist Assessment