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Preliminary study on the effectiveness of the A.A. Tomatis AudioPsycho-Phonological Method for the treatment of children with reading disorders.

Folgheraiter, Kati: Psychologist, specialising in Learning Psychopathology, University of Padua, who is an expert in Listening Therapy using the Tomatis Method. Menestrina, Anita: Psychologist and Psychotherapist at the Psychology Department of the Merano Health Centre, who is an expert in Listening Therapy using the Tomatis Method. Menestrina, Rosanna: Teacher at the Galileo Galilei School, Merano, who is an expert in Listening Therapy using the Tomatis Method.

Abstract This article outlines a preliminary study aimed at making an initial assessment of the effectiveness of the Tomatis Audio-Psycho-Phonological Method for treating children with reading disorders. The subjects of the research were 8 primary and secondary school children with reading disorders who were subject (on average) to 46 hours of treatment, or in other words less than 3 months of treatment (these 3 months included a minimum break of 6 weeks). The differences between the z points were calculated both in relation to the time and errors in reading performance before and after the treatment, and an endeavour was made to see if such improvement differences were greater than they would have been without treatment (Tressoldi, P.E., Stella, G., Faggella, M., 2001). This article provides an in-depth presentation of the results of two clinical cases with reading disorders both in phonological and lexical terms; in one case there were greater deficits in terms of the phonological aspect, and in the other case there were greater deficits in terms of the lexical aspect. In addition, the mean values and standard deviations for the changes in reading performances after the treatment are presented, which are calculated in relation to the 8 children with reading disorders. It emerged from this preliminary study that the mean increases after the treatment in relation to the reading speed in the MT Reading Test (correctness and speed) and the Words Reading Test were greater in terms of development than would have been the case without treatment. In the reading of non-words on the other hand, there was an increase in the reading speed which was close to what


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