The Listening Program® Overview Features, Program Components and System Requirements
Put on a pair of headphones, ease into a comfortable chair, put in
The Listening Program CD 1, adjust your volume and
press play. You will hear Mozart Divertimento #1 in D major K136 as you have never heard before.
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The piece sounds familiar, relaxing yet energizing, re-arranged, performed by skilled and sensitive musicians in a
unique way. It's as if Mozart wrote another version to guide you to listen, not just to the melody, but to the discrete
notes of each instrument.
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The violin starts to move through your head, back and forth, as spatial dynamics engage both brain hemispheres to
synchronize and work together.
The Listening Program What is The Listening Program? The Listening Program
The Listening Program
is a Music-Based Auditory Stimulation method that is used to train the auditory skills needed to
effectively listen, learn, and communicate.
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The Listening Program consists of an extensive series of high-quality audio CDs that integrate specially produced
acoustic music,
primarily classical, with innovative sound processing techniques.
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The Listening Program benefits people of all ages starting as young as age two. And, is the only Auditory Stimulation
method that has a patent pending process of music production and sound engineering.
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Advanced Brain Technologies, LLC (ABT) developed The Listening Program building upon key concepts originated by the
late Alfred Tomatis, M.D., a pioneer in the field of auditory intervention.
The Listening Program Who Can Benefit? The Listening Program
Anyone can benefit from improved listening function.
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The Listening Program is used by people of all ages, starting as young as age two.
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Empirical evidence has demonstrated benefits for;
Those interested in improved communication and speaking skills, musical ability, learning potential, and creativity
The Program The Listening Program
A minimum of 40-60 hours is recommended for initial gains to be achieved with continued listening as goals for listening
change, or as needed.
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Standard Listening Schedules and Variations of 20 hour cycles encompass daily (5 days per week, 2 days off) listening
of 15-30 minutes over the course of 8-16 weeks.
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Preparatory listening of 2-10 minutes daily is done with sensitive listeners prior to beginning a Standard Schedule.
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Programs are individualized using the A, B, C design and CDs of varying levels of intensity and purpose as needed.
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Programs are self-administered under the monitoring and consultation of a trained
Authorized Provider of The Listening Program.
The Listening Program Unique Patent Pending Design The Listening Program
The modular design of each sixty-minute The Listening Program CD includes 4 fifteen-minute segments. There are 3
five-minute tracks per segment. The first track of a segment is "A", the second is "B", and the third is "C".
The A track supports listeners as they gradually adjust to the experience of filtered sound and prepares them to be
receptive to the B track, which presents the greatest intensity of filtered sound with audio bursting. The C track
helps organize the experience and return listeners to their natural listening environment.
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The Listening Program is a clinically tested cognitive training product that maximizes human potential by improving
the foundational processing abilities of the brain. Over 30 years of clinical experience with neuroscience, music,
acoustic, and brain research went into The Listening Program's development.
The Listening Program The Music The Listening Program
Classical, classically inspired, improvised, folk, and children's music produced by ABT Music and performed by the
award-winning members of The Arcangelos Chamber Ensemble.
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High quality nature sounds are also interwoven into many of the soundscapes.
All music and nature sounds produced for The Listening Program are digitally spectrally analyzed to confirm frequency
spectrum.
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The music selected and recorded for The Listening Program
Classic CDs 1-8 include compositions by Mozart,
Vivaldi, Bach, Salieri, Tartini, and Lawrence with many compositions interwoven with high quality sounds of nature.
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All music and nature sounds produced for The Listening Program
are digitally spectrally analyzed to confirm
frequency spectrum.
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The Listening Program System Requirements for The Listening Program
The Listening Program can
be used with a CD Walkman with non-skip technology, a CD bookshelf system
or a home stereo system. Note: when using any type of stereo
system all filtering, equalizers and Dolby Noise Reduction must be off.
Standard stereo system headphones that do not have any type of
noise reduction.
Quarter inch to eighth inch jack adaptor to connect the headphones to the walkman
(the headphones may come with this piece).
