Congresses and Symposia

Documents in this section

• Research on the pathogenesis of stammering 1953

  Communication by Alfred Tomatis at the 13th Congress of the Société Française de Phoniatrie (Paris, 25 October 1953), published in the JFORL in 1954: audiometric examinations of stammerers at the Hôpital Saint-Michel, demonstration of a systematic hypoacusis of the directing ear, a pathogenic model founded on "transcerebral transfer", and the proposal of a treatment by hyperacusis of the directing ear.

• Audition and phonation 1961

  Communication by Alfred Tomatis at the 4th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (Helsinki, 1961): the audio-psycho-phonation triptych, the directing ear, the physiological delayed feed-back of stammering, the parallelism between auditory scotoma and vocal scotoma.

• "Disabled Childhood" Commission chaired by Dr A. E. Sidlauskas 1972

  Account of the "Disabled Childhood" Commission of the 2nd International Congress of Audio-Psycho-Phonology (Paris, 11-14 May 1972), chaired by Dr A. E. Sidlauskas (Ottawa). Exchanges between Prof. Tomatis, Dr Sidlauskas, Mr Baltz (Lyon), Dr Spirig, Dr Sarkissoff, Mme Joanny (Nancy) and a Canadian psychologist on children resistant to the techniques ("Holy Mothers"), the autism/schizophrenia distinction, introjection, Leboyer birth, and the theoretical scope of the Electronic Ear for understanding the structuring of personality.

• Analysis of the audio-phonology results in the mentally deficient 1972

  Communication by Dr Spirig (Nieuwpoort Centre, Belgium) at the 2nd International Congress of Audio-Psycho-Phonology (Paris, 11-14 May 1972): audio-psycho-phonological analysis of children received as mentally deficient, re-education through maternal voice and Electronic Ear, distinction of the three clinical groups. Followed by a discussion chaired by Prof. Tomatis on body image, space-time, sonic birth and Gregorian chant.

• Cerebral motor disabilities and the Electronic Ear 1972

  Inaugural communication of the 2nd International Congress of Audio-Psycho-Phonology (Paris, May 1972) by Bertrand Dubard (Nice Centre) on the contribution of the Electronic Ear in the re-education of children with cerebral motor disability, followed by the discussion chaired by Prof. Tomatis with Maeyaert (Antwerp), Sarkissoff (Geneva), Spirig (Nieuwpoort) and Mme Chambéry (Amiens).

• New theories on auditory physiology (2nd APP Congress, 1972) 1972

  Lecture by Alfred Tomatis at the 2nd International Congress of Audio-Psycho-Phonology (Paris, 13 May 1972) — New theories on auditory physiology and application of the Electronic Ear. Thematic summary of the 25 pages of the congress printing, with verbatim transcription of the introduction and the conclusion.

• Programmings under Electronic Ear 1972

  Communication by Mme Espinat (Paris Language Centre) at the 2nd International Congress of Audio-Psycho-Phonology (Paris, 14 May 1972) on programmings under Electronic Ear: filtered sounds, sonic birth, pre-linguistic period (filtered music, Gregorian chants, filtered sibilants), linguistic period with paternal voice. Followed by the discussion chaired by Mme Tomatis with Prof. Tomatis, Mr Dubard, Mme Zimmerman, Dr Sidlauskas and Dr Sarkissoff.

• Research on the Tomatis Effect 1972

  Discussion at the 2nd APP Congress (Paris, 11-14 May 1972) following Dr A. E. Sidlauskas's paper (Ottawa) on "Research on the Tomatis Effect": dichotic digits, hyper-rights/hyper-lefts, the danger of dethroning the directing ear, methodology of the "non-Tomatis" control group, the limits of statistical control, paternal language and bilingualism.

• Some observations concerning modifications in the presentation of the body schema in drawings by children with language and laterality disorders 1972

  Clinical communication by Mme Joanny (Nancy Centre) at the 2nd International Congress of Audio-Psycho-Phonology (Paris, May 1972): seven cases of dyslexic or poorly lateralised children followed under Electronic Ear, commented through their drawings (figure, house) before and after re-education.

• The influence of words 1972

  2nd International Congress of Audio-Psycho-Phonology, Paris, 11-14 May 1972 — Communication No. 2 by Mlle Frédérique Gesta (Centre Hospitalier de Villeneuve-Saint-Georges) on "The influence of words": Saussurean analysis signifier/signified applied to the choice of texts for maternal voices and readings under Electronic Ear, the choice of sibilants, left voice vs right voice. Discussion chaired by Mr Baltz (Lyon) with interventions by Prof. Tomatis on the "Labdacos stage".

• The psychomotor examination of the child 1972

  Communication by Mr Waeyaert (Antwerp Centre) at the 2nd International Congress of Audio-Psycho-Phonology (Paris, 11-14 May 1972): methodical presentation of the psychomotor examination — psycho-motor profile, complementary tests (laterality, syncinesias, relaxation, breathing, tactile perceptions, auditory gnosis, rhythm), Van Roozendaal's mobility profile — differentiating dyslexics, stammerers, character-disordered children and the mentally deficient. Followed by the debate chaired by Dr Sidlauskas with interventions by Prof. Tomatis and Mr Dubard.

• The Tomatis apparatus and psychoanalysis 1972

  Communication by Dr Sarkissoff (Geneva Centre) at the 2nd International Congress of Audio-Psycho-Phonology (Paris, 13 May 1972) — The Tomatis apparatus and psychoanalysis. Theoretical articulation between Kleinian psychoanalysis and the Tomatis treatment; long discussion chaired by Tomatis; mythological conclusion linking Oedipus and Theseus.

• Various problems of electronics 1972

  Communication No. 6 of the 2nd International Congress of Audio-Psycho-Phonology (Paris, May 1972): Mr Karsenty (Société Hi-Fi) presents the choice of the REVOX tape recorder in a single-track version for the Tomatis Centres and engages in a technical discussion with Prof. Tomatis and several Centre directors on cross-talk, head calibration, stereophony, passive/active filters and the risks of "tinkered" setups.

• Music and the Child May 1972

  Communication by Alfred Tomatis at the 1st Regional Music Symposium (Pierrelatte, May 1972) on music as the principal mode of the bodily and linguistic education of the child: sounds of charge and of discharge, cortical recharge by the high frequencies, filtered Mozart under Electronic Ear, prenatal revival and the mother's voice, a plea for music and singing in the nursery and primary school.

• Considerations on the listening test 1973

  Fundamental document by A. A. Tomatis (June 1974, 48 pages) on the administration and interpretation of the listening test: ideal physiological curve, tripartition viscerality (125-1000 Hz) / language (1000-3000 Hz) / spirituality (3000-8000 Hz), maternal reading (left ear) and paternal reading (right ear), somatic correspondences (sexuality, colon, intestine, stomach), conduction/perception/mixed deafnesses, the depressive's curve, postures of high-frequency listening.

• Dyslexia, mental deficiency and the Electronic Ear 1974

  Communication by Dr K. Spirig (Antwerp Centre, Belgium) at the 4th International Congress of Audio-Psycho-Phonology of Madrid (13-15 May 1974): Tomatis Effect, directing ear, musical ear, ethnic ear, auditory selectivity and Electronic Ear for dyslexic and mentally deficient children.

• New means of psychological conditioning of athletes 1974

  Lecture by Prof. Alfred Tomatis given on 17 April 1974 at the Institut National des Sports in Paris before the National Directors of the various sporting disciplines: the ear as an organ of nervous recharge, lateralisation, body image, and application to elite athletes.

• On a case of autism 1974

  Communication by Madame Le Monnier (Centro Del Lenguaje, Madrid) at the 4th International Congress of Audio-Psycho-Phonology, Madrid 1974. Clinical case of José, aged 6, autism: APP intervention (filtered maternal voice + sonic birth) with spectacular improvement and then regression linked to the family context.

• The Electronic Ear and sport (Pierre Suire, Madrid 1974) 1974

  Communication by Pierre Suire (Association d'Aide Pédagogique d'Amiens, Fédération Française de Tennis de Table) at the 4th International Congress of Audio-Psycho-Phonology, Madrid 1974. Report on the experiment conducted at the INSEP on ten elite athletes under the supervision of Professor Tomatis: body image, laterality, cortical recharge and mastery of the vagus nerve.

• The neuro-physiological foundations of music therapy (Grenoble, April 1974) April 1974

  Summary of Dr Alfred Tomatis's paper at the Information Days on Psycho-Musical Techniques, Grenoble Conservatory, 1-2-3 April 1974. A programmatic text grounding music therapy in the neuro-physiological knowledge of the human body as the ideal instrument of resonance, at once creator-emitter and oscillator-receiver. An outline of a sonic pharmacopoeia.

• Treatment of dyslexia by the Tomatis Effect technique 1976

  Controlled experimental study presented by John S. Gillis and Agatha E. Sidlauskas (University of Ottawa) at the 2nd AFAPP Congress, Pau 1976. First direct manipulation of the variables 'ear laterality' and 'frequency modification' in 10 dyslexic children treated under Electronic Ear for four months. Empirical confirmation of the privileged role of the right ear and of the amplification of frequencies above 1000 Hz in reading.

• Phonosensitivity and listening tests (Feldman, Bordeaux 1981) 1981

  Communication by Dr David Feldman at the AFAPP Congress, Bordeaux (22 November 1981): critique of traditional listening tests and presentation of a multi-modal phonosensitivity test (AC/BC/BC) under the patronage of the AFAPP.

• Where has my body gone? The ideological-ontological hiatus 1981

  Communication by Dr J. Raynaud at the AFAPP Congress of Bordeaux (22 November 1981). Against a Western science that has evacuated the body from the question of language, the author confronts Chomsky's mentalism, Soviet dialectical materialism (Sechenov, Pavlov, Léontiev, Luria), Marxist anthropology (Morin, Piattelli-Palmarini) and Marcel Jousse's anthropology of the gesture, to rejoin the audio-psycho-phonological practice of Tomatis: speech as resonant sonic symbol.

• Sound and Symbolism of Drawing March 1984

  Paper by A. A. Tomatis at the TOMATIS Network Seminar (Île de Bendor, March 1984) on the Symbolism of drawing in the Electronic Ear treatment: neurophysiological aspects (vestibular, visual, cochlear integrators; Platonic definition of the object) and archetypal themes of drawings gathered at the 5 stages (Sonic Return, intra-uterine Memorisation, Sonic Birth, Pre-language, Language). 16 original diagrams.

• Digital or analogue 1994

  Alfred A. Tomatis's reply (Forum Paris 1994) on the choice of analogue rather than digital in Audio-Psycho-Phonology: comparison of cortical projections (Japanese experiments), the role of the Electronic Ear and the integrators, the neuro-physiological requirements of cortical recharge.

• The 60th Anniversary of the Tomatis Effect - 2017 Symposium 2017

  60th anniversary of the publication of the "Tomatis Effect" 1957-2017 - APP/AAT 2017 Symposium - Post-Symposium Letter - The Polyvagal Perspective - Tomatis…

• Listening to space

  Communication by Dr Michel G. Mouret at the 3rd National Congress of the AFAPP: an essay on the symbolic dimension of treatment through sounds and drawing, between Christian Tradition, alchemy and psychoanalysis.

• The action of audio-psycho-phonology on stammering

  Experimental study by Dr P. E. Van Jaarsveld (University of Potchefstroom, South Africa) on 30 young adult stammerers: effect of auditory training under Electronic Ear on severity, dysfluencies, rate, attitude, audiometry and vocal spectrum. Results significant at the 1% threshold on all parameters.

• New theories on auditory physiology — Application of the Electronic Ear

  Lecture by A. A. Tomatis at the 2nd International Congress of Audio-Psycho-Phonology (Paris 1972): genesis of the Electronic Ear at the Aeronautics Arsenals (1947), parallelism between the deafness of singers and that of workers, spectrographic analysis of Caruso's voice, Pavlovian conditioning by gating, stammering and laterality, ethnic ears, and a new theory of auditory physiology (bone transmission via the sulcus tympani, cortical recharge by high frequencies).