Press Articles
This collection brings together press articles devoted to the Tomatis method and the centres that practise it, published in the French regional and national press between 1997 and 2011.
These are not texts by Alfred Tomatis himself — those are gathered elsewhere in the Archives — but rather the view journalists took of audio-psycho-phonology: field reports, portraits of centres, echoes of controversy. These clippings bear witness to the public reception of the method, between enthusiasm and criticism.
Each article is transcribed in full and accompanied by its original facsimile. They are presented in chronological order.
Documents in this section
- Poueyferré. Re-educating through listening
18 February 2011
Brief article in La Dépêche du Midi (2011) on a presentation of the Tomatis method by Martine Renous, at the invitation of the association Premiers Pas, in Poueyferré (Hautes-Pyrénées).
- The controversial conference
5 February 2010
Sud Ouest article (2010): in Carbon-Blanc, a conference by the association Lien parental relaying the Tomatis method is cancelled and a municipal subsidy called into question. A critical article, accompanied by a biographical box on Alfred Tomatis.
- Gérard Depardieu's wounded soul
27 July 2009
Le Figaro article (2009) on a documentary devoted to Gérard Depardieu: sent as a young man to Professor Tomatis for his speech problems, the actor reportedly came out transformed, with a developed memory and an enriched vocabulary.
- Grants against failure
27 February 2001
Sud Ouest article (2001): students at the ESC business school in Bordeaux launch the association "Faire échec à l'échec" to fund access for struggling young people to specialised methods, including the Tomatis method.
- Children with a well-stimulated ear
21 May 1997
Sud Ouest report (1997) on the Centre Tomatis Aquitaine run in Bordeaux by Danielle and Joël Fromenteau: audio-psycho-phonological assessment, education under the electronic ear, language-integration courses.