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Since the 1980s,
a lot of research has been done to prove the existence of a very
intense mental and sensorial life in the foetus. This data has
only confirmed Tomatis's positions on intra uterine life, as
stated 30 years earlier.
Indeed, since the 50s, Tomatis
had asserted that the maternal voice was perceived by the
foetus, and that for the latter the maternal voice constituted
a kind of primordial emotional-acoustic substance which was
capital for its development, both physically and mentally.
Furthermore, for Tomatis, hearing this voice enabled the
foetus to stock up the basic structures of its native
language, that is to say its rhythms and its intonation
contours.
It is well established that when the mother is expecting her
child, she will transmit the whole range of her affective and
emotional states to the child, both positive and negative.
This is why it is important that during this period which is
exceptional in terms of communication, the future mother is in
the best possible conditions of relaxation and serenity.
The electronic ear sessions will enable her to free
herself of the anxiety and stress which can invade her,
whether due to difficult external circumstances or out of fear
of the pain associated with birth.
However, in all
cases, it is very important that the pregnant woman succeeds in
relaxing and eliminating her anxiety and her
stress, not only for herself but also for her child. Indeed, the
more a woman is subjected to anxiety and tension, the more she
will feel physically unwell, all the while transmitting these
negative emotional states to her child.
Apart from fighting against
anxiety and preventing pain, the sessions will therefore
provide relaxation and energisation at the
same time.
But they will also enable to
free breathing and prevent bad physical attitudes,
thus helping the future mother to adopt the most adequate
posture in relation to her physical shape. They will have also
a beneficial action on the regulation of sleep,
as well as a major preventive action on the drop in
energy frequently occurring after birth.
And finally, they will have the effect of contributing
to the development of the child's communication abilities,
abilities which, for Tomatis, originate in this acoustic
relationship with the maternal voice first formed in the
foetus during the intra uterine experience.
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