- J.M., Teacher

I had originally decided to begin using The Listening Program for my son Seth's expressive speech delay. Little did I know that many more added benefits would happen along the way. After initial bumps in the road, which Melissa explained are a sign The Listening Program was working, fantastic things began happening.

"Not only did Seth start making new attempts at unfamiliar words, he also became more physically active and much more coordinated. His articulation improved dramatically during the program. He also was sleeping better, had better posture, and his focus was amazing. He was sitting for extended periods of time and staying with one task for up to 30 minutes! Pretty good for a 3 year old…

"Seth has always been a very emotional, huggy, cuddly little boy, but the hugs and kisses even increased. His sentences became longer and longer and his vocabulary grew daily. I can just imagine what was going on in his little brain!!

"His speaking and vocabulary is now age appropriate, but his sentence structure and articulation still need work. I know that if it weren't for The Listening Program and the wonderful help and support of our Provider Melissa East, Seth would not be at the stage he is now, or have made such amazing progress

- M. E., Parent

At the beginning of January my son (who was diagnosed with dyslexia and hyperactivity disorder 2.5 years ago) and I started on the program. In my son's case, improvements began on the second week. By day 9, my son asked me for a book to read, and to my surprise he read it in a week and started a second one. To make a long story short, he has read 4 books in the last six weeks. He, a child who never before read more than 1 page at a time! When he reached week 4, his English teacher reported improvements on his writing and by the 6th week, his regular teacher indicated that his handwriting has improved so much that he was even making fewer mistakes with letter and word. Also he started to control his hyperactivity, after a couple of weeks of being out of control. He is finishing the program today and still making progress.

- N. R., Parent

Before my 6 1/2 year old son started the Base Schedule of The Listening Program, he was frustrated with not being able to express himself. If he couldn't understand something his teachers or I told him to do, he would become very angry. He displayed this through nasty faces or a defiant attitude. His teacher sent home notes about his behavior nearly every day. The day after he started The Listening Program he started being nicer to everyone and he was less frustrated at school and home. After week number 3, we had a parent-teacher conference and the teacher asked what we had done. She thought we had started him on medication! By the end of the 8 week program I had talked to his teacher and she said she was amazed at the difference in him and how he listened so much better and had a much improved attitude overall.

- J. B., Parent

I am a fifty seven year old male with hearing loss diagnosed as severe to profound. Hearing aids roughly equal in strength to the Grateful Dead's amplifiers have enabled me to continue as a productive business person and to function at least passably in the hearing world.

The Listening Program was introduced to me over a great deal of skepticism. Unfortunately I have no real baseline from which to measure the success of the program, but I now hear better and rely less on the hearing aids in day-to-day activities.

The noticeable benefits include:

• The ability to hear sounds (such as the directional signal on a car) which previously required the hearing aids.
• The ability to carry on a two way conversation hearing more sounds and spoken words being misunderstood less often.
• Reduction in the amount of hours daily that I need to wear hearing aids.
• Renewed enjoyment in listening to recorded music which I can now hear with amplification, but without hearing aids.
• Increased sensitivity to ambient sounds (telephones, door bells, other small sounds) without aids.

While I haven't shouted, "Eureka I'm cured!" I am amazed at the significant improvement in hearing brought about by The Listening Program. Without professing to understand it all, I can wholeheartedly recommend the program to those with profound hearing loss that want to rely less on hearing aids to hear more sounds clearly.

Thanks for your innovation and dedication in making The Listening Program a reality.

- R. R. Executive

One of our receptionists at work used The Listening Program for her son who is dyslexic. After the third week she told me that he had suddenly started to say "sh" - whereas before this he used to say "s" - and did not understand when he was corrected by others. The following week he actually took a written telephone message, something he had never done before. He had previously always refused to take messages as he had problems writing them down.

- M. E.., Engineer