WHAT IS
JOHANSEN SOUND THERAPY?

Johansen Sound Therapy (JST) is one form of Sound Therapy or Auditory Integration Therapy. It has been developed in Denmark by Dr. Kjeld Johansen, Director of the Baltic Dyslexia Research Laboratory (see www.dyslexia-lab.dk) from original work by Christian A. Volf. The programme involves listening to a series of specially recorded music CDs or tapes, for 10 to 15 minutes per day, for a period of approximately 9 months. The CDs/ tapes can be listened to at any time of the day, through headphones on a personal stereo or on a more sophisticated music centre.

The music, developed in Denmark by Bent Peder Holbech of Rotna Music, is pleasant and easy to listen to and is usually customised to the specific needs of the individual. Individualised CDs are recorded using Sensograph's newly developed computer technology and software. Please see www.sensograph.com for further information. The music is designed to stimulate the nerve pathways into and within the brain - in particular the areas dealing with language - and thus improve language processing abilities.

Click here for a sample of the music

Concentration, listening and understanding of language are all enhanced as incoming information is dealt with more quickly and efficiently, and gains in reading and spelling are also often seen, as the ability to analyse the sound structure of words is strengthened.

Johansen Sound Therapy is known as Hemisphere Specific Auditory Stimulation (HSAS) in the USA and Auditory Discrimination Therapy (ADT) in Scandinavia.

Other forms of Sound Therapy include The Listening Programme, The Tomatis Method, AIT (Auditory Integration Training) and Samonas Sound Therapy.