RESEARCH AND ARTICLES
Here are links to a number of articles written by Alan Heath and others. Simply click on a link to open a PDF.
PUBLISHED RESEARCH
The Listening Program helps children with Down Syndrome
improve speech skills.
A pilot study completed in Nottingham, UK, by Gwyneth Jeyes and Caroline Newton published in the Journal, Music and Medicine, August 2010.
The Listening Program and children with Sensory Integration and
auditory processing concerns
A pilot study by Esteves et al. detailing the results of TLP with children with a range of diagnoses including ADD/ADHD, Autism, Brain Injury and Developmental Delay.
Using The Listening Program with Pervasive Developmental
Disorder
A peer-reviewed case study published in Occupational Therapy International in 2009 by Nwora and Gee.
The effect of The Listening Program on girls with Rett Syndrome
A study from a UK based Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Helen Francis on the benefits of TLP for a group of children with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD)
The Listening Program helps toilet train Liverpool children
This is a world first project, conducted by June Rogers, M.B.E., head of NHS Liverpool Community Health’s Integrated Paediatric Continence Service.
Liverpool Echo article
BBC Radio Merseyside report
An intervention to improve auditory processing in children with
Dyslexia
A pilot study following the gains made by a group of children with Dyslexia at the Education Centre in Nottingham, UK.
Exploring Porges’ theory of social engagement
The use of The Listening Program with an 8 year old boy with autism to improve social communication and interaction. A poster presentation supporting Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory.
A Pilot Study to Investigate the Efficacy of The Listening Program
in the Management of Auditory and Verbal Information
Processing Disorders.
A study completed by Dilys Treharne Department of Human Communication Sciences, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
ARTICLES
Auditory Focus
Using The Listening Program for enhanced communication and social skills. Exploring Dr Stephen Porges Polyvagal theory.
Good Vibrations
The impact of The Listening Program with added bone conduction input for Ben, a five-year old with Neurofibromatosis (NF1)
Music to his Ears – and theirs
Originally printed in the Times Educational Supplement in October 2007, this details the use of The Listening Program in a specialist Speech, Language and Communication Unit at Mayfield Primary School in Midlothian, Scotland.
INFORMATION LEAFLETS
Experience the sound
Information on the addition of bone conduction to The Listening Program
The Listening Program information leaflet
A general information leaflet on The Listening Program and how it can be used to improve listening, language, communication and other areas for all ages.
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