FAQ

Frequently asked questions:

1. What exactly is an audiotherapy tool?
2. Are audiotherapy tools a form of medication?
3. Are there audiotherapy tools for treating all types of illness?
4. How are audiotherapy tools to be used?
5. What are the components of the coded stimuli in the audiotherapy tools?
6. How do audiotherapy tools work?
7. What are the strategy and context for using audiotherapy tools?
8. Is an audiotherapy tool an expensive product?
9. Can I copy an audiotherapy tool?
10. Are audiotherapy tools reliable products?
11. Why is it that stress affects some specific organs for some people and not for others?
12. Is stress always a negative thing?
13. Are there remedies other than audiotherapy tools for treating negative stress?
14. What are the problems which can be addressed by the audiotherapy tools which are
currently available?
15. What are the contra-indications?

1. What exactly is an audiotherapy tool?
An audiotherapy tool is a stereo recording with therapeutic properties which uses several psycho-acoustic techniques. It always uses several voices, sound and visual stimuli, sound effects and music. It is usually sold on either a CD or an audio DVD. The message texts have been designed by doctors and specialists in psychosomatics.

2. Are audiotherapy tools a form of medication?
No, an audiotherapy tool is a complement to medication. It is the psychological answer to a stress-related problem, whereas the medication is the physiological answer. The active ingredient in a medicine is a substance to be absorbed by the body, whereas the active ingredients of an audiotherapy tool are audio and visual stimuli. It is administered through the ears of the patient. Some audiotherapy tools nevertheless have an effect which as powerful as that of certain medicines. This is born out by the fact that for some operations under loco-regional anaesthesia, they have totally replaced intravenous injections of sedatives and analgesics. Nevertheless, for any use outside the hospital environment, that is, any use without supervision by medical personnel, and any preventive use in your own home, we strongly advise you to ALWAYS use the audiotherapy tool as a COMPLEMENT to your medical treatment. An audiotherapy tool never replaces medication or psychotherapy treatment, but it is a useful complement to these. It is the psychological answer to your problem for use at home.

3. Are there audiotherapy tools for treating all types of illness?
No, only for stress-related illnesses.

4. How are audiotherapy tools to be used?
Stereo headphones must be used, as some stimuli are only sent to the right ear, and others only to the left ear and the sound effects created play an active part in the "letting go" which is indispensable for optimal contact with the subconscious. Even so, if you listen to an audiotherapy tool on a normal hi-hi system without using headphones, there will nevertheless be some relaxing effect. But the effect of the suggestions will be limited, as the listener will not be hearing in stereo, the signals sent to the left and right ears being mixed simultaneously in each ear.

5. What are the components of the coded stimuli in the audiotherapy tools?
The auditory stimuli are made up of soothing voices, guided sophronical-type relaxation, suggestions aimed at the subconscious, extracts from pleasant sounds heard in the countryside, peaceful background music and repetitive sound stimuli adjusted to specific frequencies which are able to reduce the cerebral rhythm (from 5 to 10 hertz or cycles per second). Together with the auditory stimuli, visual stimuli are also included, which ensure that the subject reaches a state of relaxation which implies optimal receptiveness. In order to be able to see these visual stimuli, you must purchase a pair of goggles equipped with LEDs and an electronic decoder which, when connected to your disc-man, will transmit the visual stimuli to the goggles.

6. How do audiotherapy tools work?
The seat of the emotions in the brain is linked via the nervous system to all parts of the body. As soon as the human body is subjected to any type of stress, and more specifically to emotional stress, the whole nervous system is affected, which has an immediate impact on all the body’s organs. If the stress continues over a long period of time, these organs can start behaving abnormally (abnormal increase in gastric secretions, heart rhythm problems, spastic colon, hormonal problems, sexual problems, breathing difficulties, tension headaches, difficulties in getting to sleep and, in general, a pre-depressive condition). By using an audiotherapy tool regularly at home, you will maximize the possibilities of getting over stress-related problems. However, before you use these tools, you must consult your general practitioner, so that you will be using the audiotherapy tool in the context of an overall medical treatment, and never on its own. In this way, you will avoid the errors and excesses which are the inherent risks of self-medication.

7. What are the strategy and context for using audiotherapy tools?
There are very precise instructions for use. The listening conditions must be complied with, otherwise the overall effect will be cancelled out: you must be alone and not be disturbed by other people, you must use the tool regularly during your siesta or before going to sleep at night and listen to it repeatedly as stipulated in the instructions supplied with each audiotherapy tool so as to get into the habit of relaxing.

8. Is an audiotherapy tool an expensive product?
No, an audiotherapy tool costs 24.20 Euros including taxes in France. It can be used for many years by several people in the same family. It will not wear out, and can, to all intents and purposes, be used indefinitely.

9. Can I copy an audiotherapy tool?
The copyright laws forbid the making of copies to be supplied to third parties. So it would be illegal to make a copy for a friend. But for your own personal use you may make a copy and keep the original “unused”. In fact a CD does get slightly worn over a number of years. Please note however that the coding system producing the visual stimuli cannot be copied using MP3 or any other digital compression system. Only a complete digital copy will enable you to save all the coded data.

10. Are audiotherapy tools reliable products?
Yes, these products have been developed by fully-qualified medical staff (doctors who are specialists, physiotherapist, psychologists etc). Furthermore, the technology used in each audiotherapy tool has first of all been tested in a hospital context during more than ten years and the results obtained are such that we can guarantee that these tools will have some degree of effectiveness, which is, however, variable from person to person and with respect to the problem to be treated. The hospital departments in which audiotherapy tools have been tested are: sleep laboratory, antenatal clinic, post-operational observation ward, loco-regional anaesthesia, preventive medicine, dental surgery.

11. Why is it that stress affects some specific organs for some people and not for others?
Some people have weaknesses in certain organs and some in other organs. Also, some problems are correlated to certain specific psychological profiles.

12. Is stress always a negative thing?
NNo, moments of acute stress are positive and produce a dynamic reaction on the part of the person concerned. Negative stresses are stress that is to some degree chronic and which does not allow for any response or reaction on the part of the sufferer, and stress which is described as "chronic", which somatize in the body.

13. Are there remedies other than audiotherapy tools for treating negative stress?
Audiotherapy tools have not yet been developed for treating all the types of stress-related problem. Besides this, there are many other ways of fighting against negative stress: sporting activities, a healthy diet, food complements, yoga, relaxation, etc.

14. What are the problems which can be addressed by the audiotherapy tools which are currently available?
General depressive states, tendency to bulimia, sleeping difficulties, generalized stress, tension headaches, smoking, heavy drinking, drug abuse, angina, palpitations, states of anguish, psychogenic hyperventilation, asthma, sexual problems (erection problems, occasional frigidity, etc.), stress related to childbirth.

15. What are the contra-indications?
Do not use audio-medicine while driving a vehicle because multi-evocations relocate the attention.