Brief Report: The Effects of Tomatis Sound Therapy on Languagein Children with Autism

摘要

Due to the myriad of problems associated withautism, parents often consider alternative treatments. Theinvestigation was undertaken to determine the effects of theTomatis Method on language skills in children with autismutilizing a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled,crossover design. The results indicated that although themajority of the children demonstrated general improve-ment in language over the course of the study, it did notappear to be related to the treatment condition. The percentchange for Group 1 (Placebo/Treatment) for treatment was17.41%, and placebo was 24.84%. Group 2 (Treatment/Placebo) showed-3.98% change for treatment and 14.15%change for placebo. The results reflect a lack of improve-ment in language using the Tomatis Method for childrenwith autism.