Main description:

What we hear, and how we process it, has a far greater impact on our daily living than we realise. From the womb to the moment we die we are surrounded by sound and what we hear can either energise or deplete our nervous systems. It is no exaggeration to say that what goes into our ears can harm us or heal us.

Joshua Leeds - a pioneer in the application of music for health, learning and productivity - explains how sound can be a powerful ally. He explores chronic sensory overload and how auditory dysfunction often results in difficulties with learning and social interactions. He offers innovative techniques designed to invigorate auditory skills and provide balanced sonic environments.

In this revised and updated edition of THE POWER OF SOUND, Leeds includes current research, extensive resources, analysis of the maturing field of soundwork and a look at the effect of sound on animals. He, also, provides a new 75-minute CD of psychoacoustically designed classical music for a direct experience of the effect of simplified sound on the nervous system. With new information on how to use music and sound for enhanced health and productivity, THE POWER OF SOUND provides readers with practical solutions for vital and sustained well-being.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Preface: 2010 and Moving Forward--The Decade of Sound!

Introduction


Part One
Sound

1 What Is Sound?

2 The Physics of Sound

3 The Mechanics of Hearing

4 Resonance, Entrainment, and Pattern Identification

5 Frequency Medicine: The Work of Alfred Tomatis

Part Two
Sound Awareness

6 A New Awareness of Sound

7 Sonic Safety

8 Neuroscience and Music

9 Music and Sound in Your Life

10 Progressive Sound Health for the Hospital Environment

11 Animals and Sound

12 Current Sonic Media

Part Three
A Guide to Soundwork Techniques and Applications

13 A Matter of Distinctions

14 The Building Blocks of Therapeutic Sound

15 Sonic Neurotechnologies

16 Applied Psychoacoustics for Health Care Practitioners

17 Advanced Sound Tools and Techniques

18 The Anatomy of Psychoacoustic Music Creation

19 The Sound and Music Alliance (SAMA)

Epilogue

Glossary

ThePowerOfSound.com

Sound Remedies Catalog

Music for The Power of Sound

CD Track Listing

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author

Index