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The improvement of the speaking
and singing voice can be considered as the historical field of
application of the Tomatis method.
It was when practising in
occupational medicine that Doctor Tomatis came to make the
discoveries which now bear his name and which concern the
links between phonation and hearing. He demonstrated that it
was possible to correct either one of these essential
functions.
Tomatis's first fundamental discovery, called the 'first
Tomatis law' can be stated as follows: the voice only contains
what the ear hears, or to put it differently, 'the larynx only
emits the harmonics which the ear can hear'.
For Tomatis, a quality vocal emission not only requires good
listening to the acoustic message coming from the outside, but
also and especially good self-listening, that is to say the
ability to use one's own voice as the sound source to be
analysed and controlled in terms of accuracy, intensity and
quality.
This self-listening is possible provided that the perceived
sound vibration is correctly regulated through bone
conduction, the transmission of sound by all the bones in the
body and in particular by the skull.
This bone regulation itself depends on the harmonious
functioning of two muscles situated in the middle ear, whose
role is to control and absorb all of the vibrations
transmitted to the inner ear.
The purpose of audio vocal re-education under the electronic
ear is precisely to implement a mechanism of quality
self-control.
Thus, depending on the vocal problem being dealt with, the
action of this procedure can focus on:
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The lack or loss of the desire
to sing
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Difficulty speaking or singing
without feeling a need to force or push the voice
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The lack of verbal fluidity
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The lack of accuracy and
precision
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The lack of or the imbalance of
timbre, giving rise to voices which are too dull, too
high-pitched or too nasal
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The lack of expressivity in the
voice, due to an absence of modulation or intonation
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The loss of control over
intensity, whether resulting in a voice that is too faint or
too loud
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