Books
Alfred Tomatis published thirteen books between 1963 and 1996 — from the founding work L’Oreille et le Langage to the great synthesis Écouter l’univers.
This section gives their bibliographical reference. For each work: its presentation, its contents, an extract and its place in the œuvre. It is not a sales catalogue — the books are presented for what they are: milestones in a body of thought.
Documents in this section
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L'Oreille et le Langage (1963)
Fact-sheet on Alfred Tomatis's founding book, L'Oreille et le Langage (Le Seuil, 1963; new edition 1990). The author lays here the foundations of audio-psycho-phonology: the Tomatis Effect, the Electronic Ear, the directing ear, laterality, body image. The first work in an œuvre that would comprise some fifteen titles.
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Éducation et Dyslexie (1972)
Fact-sheet on Alfred Tomatis's second major book, Éducation et Dyslexie (ESF, 1972). A synthesis of more than twelve thousand clinical cases, the work defends a then unprecedented thesis: dyslexia is a disorder of listening, which is re-educated through the Electronic Ear. Fundamental reading for educators, speech therapists and researchers.
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La Libération d'Œdipe (1972)
La Libération d'Œdipe (1972) — From intra-uterine communication to human language
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Vers l'écoute humaine (1974)
Vers l'écoute humaine (1974) — the master work in two volumes
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L'Oreille et la Vie (1977)
L'Oreille et la Vie (1977) — itinerary of a research, in collaboration with Alain Gerber
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La Nuit utérine (1981)
La Nuit utérine (1981) — perinatal listening and its extensions
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L'Oreille et la Voix (1987)
L'Oreille et la Voix (1987) — we sing with our ear
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Les Troubles scolaires (1988)
Les Troubles scolaires (1988) — checkmate to school failure
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Neuf mois au paradis (1989)
Neuf mois au paradis (1989) — prenatal education re-read through listening
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Vertiges (1989)
Vertiges (1989) — Ménière's syndrome and the true physiology of the ear
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Nous sommes tous nés polyglottes (1991)
Nous sommes tous nés polyglottes (1991) — the ethnic ear and the learning of languages
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Pourquoi Mozart ? (1991)
Pourquoi Mozart ? (1991) — the mystery of the Mozartian 'because'
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Écouter l'univers (1996)
Écouter l'univers (1996) — from the Big Bang to Mozart, the great cosmic synthesis
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Books about Tomatis
Secondary bibliography: works devoted to Alfred Tomatis and his method, by other authors — distinct from the books Tomatis himself wrote.