Jeff’s Story

....Jeff is a tall, handsome 9 year old boy with straight brown hair and a confident manner. Until he speaks, you would not expect anything out of the ordinary...Jeff, as far as I can remember, has always been quite different. As a baby, he seemed to be able to amuse himself for hours on end...Play and language didn’t develop...talking playing, interacting, or interest in other children were not developed at all...

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Julian's Story

My autistic son is twenty-one. When he was diagnosed at age four, seventeen years ago, there was little in the way of 'therapies' or services for autistic children. He was placed in a class for the 'trainable retarded', and went to summer day camps run by Community Living, and that was about it! It was not until he was fourteen that I learned about The Listening Centre in Toronto

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Lance's Story

Two years ago, our son Lance was diagnosed with 'Pervasive Developmental Disorder/Atypical Autism'. He was three years old at the time. In our search for treatments for Lance, we came across a wonderful therapy called Tomatis auditory stimulation.

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Adam's Story

He was three years old when we travelled to The Listening Centre. He was diagnosed with PDD, had a history of ear infections, upper resiratory infections, allergies and other health problems. He had very few words, no functional speech, and mostly babbled. He could not filter noises and would completely shut down if there were too many sounds around him...

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Tyler's Story

Our experience with discovering the Toronto Listening Centre is filled with turning points for our seven year old son....at five and one half years old, "Tyler's" behaviour varied widely which kept us all somewhat confused. He became more challenging as sensory input increased....yet his language delay seemed to be a singular issue for an otherwise healthy, normal active boy who overtired easily or overwhelmed easily....The Tomatis Listening Training enabled our son to move forward developmentally in a remarkable way...."Tyler's" difficulty with language were specifically related to an Auditory Processing difficulty.

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Tony's Story

Our son's name is Tony. He is nine years old. His story will no doubt ring familiar with many....As a four month old, he suffered what was to be first of many ear infections....After many more assessments with various professionals, we were still no closer to finding help for our son. It seemed noone felt that there was anything that could be done for him. We were told he was autistic, ADHD, PDD, brain damaged, mentally retarded, but the one that hurt the most, "he should be institutionalized."

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Peter's Story

I am telling you about my two boys, Peter, eight, and Jason, six. Both were adopted three days after their birth. Peter was a very big baby, and because of that we were not worried by his being at the slow end of normal in his physical development. We were concerned enough to have him tested at the age of two because of his delay in language development. At seven months he could use words, and pronounce them perfectly, but he'd use them only once and never return to them. Throughout his second year, he learned all the words from songs. That was the only language he used. The testing showed that he had developmental problems with "autistic-like features...

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Jennifer’s Story

…As you are aware Jennifer has suffered from severe compulsive and obsessive behaviours…I am extremely delighted and happy to report to you, that Jennifer has had great success...

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John’s Story

John, who went to the Centre 22 years ago is doing great...A big change for a Hyperlexic, once slightly autistic boy…Because of Tomatis method he has a full and good life.

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Kira’s Story

Kira could be responsive, expressive, thoughtful, articulate, creative, empathetic, engaged… but only when the moment was right. Too much stimulation – and the evaluating environments were always very cluttered and stimulating – and she couldn't stay organized long enough to show what she could do. I knew she had tons of potential, but had no idea of how to unlock it…She had just turned 4 when we contacted the Listening Centre.

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