Guest guest Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 We are about to start therapeutic listening with our 4 yr old. I have asked around with other parents and most parents say either it did a lot for their child, a little, or nothing at all. Only one parent said something different: she said, " I listened to the CD and it was a lot of crazy pinging and ponging and I wasn't going to put that into my kid's head. " Which made me reconsider. Has anyone here either done it, or have an opinion about it? Maggie d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 We did it. My son LOVED! it. Unfortunately we did it at the same time as HBOT so I can't say for sure what it did. I can just say that he looked forward to the sessions and relaxed in my lap from start to finish. He was not a kid to just sit back and relax without some motion so that was an accomplishment in itself. My best, TamiW Gavin's mom > > We are about to start therapeutic listening with our 4 yr old. I have asked around with other > parents and most parents say either it did a lot for their child, a little, or nothing at all. Only > one parent said something different: she said, " I listened to the CD and it was a lot of crazy > pinging and ponging and I wasn't going to put that into my kid's head. " Which made me > reconsider. > > Has anyone here either done it, or have an opinion about it? > > Maggie d. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Maggie - WE did therapeutic listening for both my twins, for about 2 years, off and on. IT was really great and if you work with a knowledgeable therapist, they can tailor the program to your child's needs. Both our SLp and our Ot used it, so we were able to target both speech and OT goals through the cd's. Our benefits including improved regulation, improved auditory processing, increased/more complex speech, improved awareness in space, etc. It does sound weird to listen to, but there is real science behind it. I suggest you do a bit of research if you are apprehensive, but for us, it was a great, relatively inexpensive therapy. Good luck, Ruth On Nov 14, 2008, at 3:07 PM, Maggie da Silva wrote: > We are about to start therapeutic listening with our 4 yr old. I > have asked around with other > parents and most parents say either it did a lot for their child, a > little, or nothing at all. Only > one parent said something different: she said, " I listened to the > CD and it was a lot of crazy > pinging and ponging and I wasn't going to put that into my kid's > head. " Which made me > reconsider. > > Has anyone here either done it, or have an opinion about it? > > Maggie d. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Good, interesting read. > http://www.sensory-processing-disorder.com/therapeutic-listening.html On Nov 14, 2008, at 1:51 PM, Dan & Ruth Setlak wrote: > Maggie - WE did therapeutic listening for both my twins, for about 2 > years, off and on. IT was really great and if you work with a > knowledgeable therapist, they can tailor the program to your child's > needs. Both our SLp and our Ot used it, so we were able to target > both speech and OT goals through the cd's. Our benefits including > improved regulation, improved auditory processing, increased/more > complex speech, improved awareness in space, etc. > > It does sound weird to listen to, but there is real science behind > it. I suggest you do a bit of research if you are apprehensive, but > for us, it was a great, relatively inexpensive therapy. > > Good luck, > > Ruth > On Nov 14, 2008, at 3:07 PM, Maggie da Silva wrote: > >> We are about to start therapeutic listening with our 4 yr old. I >> have asked around with other >> parents and most parents say either it did a lot for their child, a >> little, or nothing at all. Only >> one parent said something different: she said, " I listened to the >> CD and it was a lot of crazy >> pinging and ponging and I wasn't going to put that into my kid's >> head. " Which made me >> reconsider. >> >> Has anyone here either done it, or have an opinion about it? >> >> Maggie d. >> >> >> > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 We did that for about 1 year and then added Samonas to it for about another year. We had great results. My sons vestibular system was way too strong. He couldn't feel movement at all hardly. It worked well for him in receptive/expressive language and vestibular needs. Also helped with self regulation - probably due to vestibular work. I tried to listen to it once and almost threw up. I have the opposite problem. I have a very *weak* vestibular system. I get car sick easily. It would definitely help me if I had the gumption to do it but I really don't want to go through it. I would have to start off with much shorter time periods and work up and honestly, I just don't have the time or energy to do it with everything else I do. But it did help my son *a lot*. I still pull it out for him every once in a while. Cheryl ~Check out my blog: http://www.gryffins-tail.blogspot.com/ On Nov 14, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Maggie da Silva wrote: > We are about to start therapeutic listening with our 4 yr old. I > have asked around with other > parents and most parents say either it did a lot for their child, a > little, or nothing at all. Only > one parent said something different: she said, " I listened to the > CD and it was a lot of crazy > pinging and ponging and I wasn't going to put that into my kid's > head. " Which made me > reconsider. > > Has anyone here either done it, or have an opinion about it? > > Maggie d. > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > ======================================================= > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Hi Cheryl My name is Sharon and my son did Therapeutic Listening for quite a while and it did work, took him awhile to get used to the headset - I would buy the one they suggest - excellent quality - but when I bought mine many years ago it was like $150. I just bought a cheap cd player, you dont need everything they say on it, no volume lock, repeat is good. Sharon From: Cheryl <zander_research@...>Subject: Therapeutic Listeningautism Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 9:11 PM Hello everyone, I am new here and I was hoping for a little help. Has anyone does therapeutic listening? I have a son who will be 3 in May and his OT wants to try therapeutic listening to see if he'll benefit from it. It's sounds good and if it works like they say it's supposed than I will be so thrilled. I am hoping that it will help with some of his behavior issues. I was wondering if anyone had any luck with this and I was also wondering which CD Player to buy. I know that there are a few requirements (random play, volume lock and be able to turn the bass off), but I am having trouble finding one that has these features. Does anyone have one that you can tell me which one it is?Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010  Like Sharon we bought a good quality headset but did not concern ourselves so much with the CD player. We have used various Listening programs thro the years.....I sometimes think we have tried everything!! ..lol.. and are now doing the Holosync Solution Awakening. The tape relaxes me so much it almost puts me to sleep..lol.. Therapeutic Listeningautism Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 9:11 PM Hello everyone, I am new here and I was hoping for a little help. Has anyone does therapeutic listening? I have a son who will be 3 in May and his OT wants to try therapeutic listening to see if he'll benefit from it. It's sounds good and if it works like they say it's supposed than I will be so thrilled. I am hoping that it will help with some of his behavior issues. I was wondering if anyone had any luck with this and I was also wondering which CD Player to buy. I know that there are a few requirements (random play, volume lock and be able to turn the bass off), but I am having trouble finding one that has these features. Does anyone have one that you can tell me which one it is?Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 So basically the features that the CD Player has are not that important? I actually bought one yesterday that has random play and the volume lock but it doesn’t allow you to turn the bass off. Would that be okay? I was going to return it but if that works I will go ahead and keep it. The headphones I actually ordered from Vital Sounds already, they were $145. His OT rents the headphones but after about 12 weeks I could’ve paid for it myself so we decided to just buy them instead of renting them. Thank you both for you input. It is appreciated. Cheryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 This is new to me. Do you use it at night or can I use it to calm my granddaughter during the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 anytime, but they cannot use it during playing a game station game, watching t.v., Danny used to use his right when he came home from school he would jump on his tramp, do his pacing, do his homework, just about anything just can't have a t.v. on or stuff like that no DS. You get the idea. Sharon From: tenderplace4me@... <tenderplace4me@...>Subject: Re: Therapeutic Listeningautism Date: Monday, February 22, 2010, 8:02 AM This is new to me. Do you use it at night or can I use it to calm my granddaughter during the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 I guess it is supposed to be done twice a day for 30 minutes each time. They wear the headphones and listen while they are playing, eating, whatever. They just can’t do it while watching TV, playing video games or anything like that. You can buy the headphones and everything else but you’d have to get the CDs from the occupational therapist. I guess it is not something that you can do on your own it has to be done through the therapist. I am hoping that it works. From: autism [mailto:autism ] On Behalf Of tenderplace4me@... Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 9:02 AM autism Subject: Re: Therapeutic Listening This is new to me. Do you use it at night or can I use it to calm my granddaughter during the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 we did it at home and at therapy. It takes awhile but it did work for my son. Sharon From: Cheryl Gallion <zander_research@...>Subject: RE: Therapeutic Listeningautism Date: Monday, February 22, 2010, 1:58 PM I guess it is supposed to be done twice a day for 30 minutes each time. They wear the headphones and listen while they are playing, eating, whatever. They just can’t do it while watching TV, playing video games or anything like that. You can buy the headphones and everything else but you’d have to get the CDs from the occupational therapist. I guess it is not something that you can do on your own it has to be done through the therapist. I am hoping that it works. From: AutismBehaviorProbl emsgroups (DOT) com [mailto:AutismBehav iorProblems] On Behalf Of tenderplace4me@ aol.comSent: Monday, February 22, 2010 9:02 AMAutismBehaviorProbl emsgroups (DOT) comSubject: Re: Therapeutic Listening This is new to me. Do you use it at night or can I use it to calm my granddaughter during the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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