The heritage of Alfred Tomatis

Alfred Tomatis (1920-2001) was a French ear-nose-throat physician. A substantial part of his activity concerned the links between listening, voice and language — a body of work he gathered under the name audio-psycho-phonology, and whose best-known instrument is the “Electronic Ear”.

His work spread internationally; it has also raised, and still raises, discussion and controversy. This site neither defends nor promotes it: it preserves and orders its documentary record.

A site of archives and memory

This site brings together the documentary heritage relating to Alfred Tomatis: articles, scholarly communications, interviews, facsimiles of original documents. It is intended for researchers, students, journalists, biographers and historians of science.

It is a reference site — plain, sourced, with no commercial purpose. Documents are presented with their sources and, where available, their original facsimiles, preserved and downloadable.

The English version is being completed progressively. The French site is the most complete.