In effect, they act as transducers of physical sound into electrical energy. Each program is individually orchestrated with variations on a theme so there can be differences of length and time, depending on the individual. Each session generally lasts two hours, while, most programs vary from 20 to 40 days. The Passive Phase Aligning with the anthropological and developmental models of listening and hearing the Tomatis Method begins with the passive phase. The client listens to the music of Mozart gradually filtered -through the electronic ear.
Sound passes to the listener through both bone and air conduction in the headset.
Two channels - one for low tones and the other for high open and close intermittently through an electronic gate that further alters the listening experience. Unfiltered Gregorian chants from the Abbey of Solemnes is used for relaxation. We often see an increased desire to listen and communicate in this phase. In the active phase, the listener becomes more personally involved. Following the reverse process of defiltering the music and mother's voice, called the Sonic Birth, clients begin to tone, sing and repeat words and phrases into a microphone.