The document presents case studies of five children undergoing therapeutic listening to address various developmental challenges including social skills, communication, motor skills, and sensory sensitivities. Each child's initial evaluations detail specific areas of concern and subsequent improvements observed after therapy sessions, highlighting enhancements in interaction, emotional expression, fine motor skills, and attention. The outcomes indicate overall positive transformations in behavior and capabilities, demonstrating the effectiveness of therapeutic listening.

2. Case studies
1. Darren
2. Partho
3. Urbi
4. Utkarsh
5. Ishaan

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Darren 7.1 years, is receiving Occupational
Therapy since last two years.
Started with Therapeutic Listening from 24th April
2013.
Initial evaluation- Functional listening
questionnaire

4. Parents Concern Areas:1.
Handwriting issues
Spacing in between words,
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Difficulty in copying from the board
independently.
2. Social Skills
Wants to stay aloof,
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Difficulty in playing kids of his age,
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5. Throwing objects,
 Biting himself when he is corrected for some
activities,
 Dislikes touch and hug from unknown people,
 Difficulty in getting adjusted to new environment
at relatives or others house.
 Has difficulty in language expression flat monotonous voice
 Sometimes there is difficulty in expressing
emotions verbally
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Tactile issues- dislikes tooth brushing, haircuts
and nail trimming.
Oral Motor - seeking shows- sucking of fingers
and putting toys in mouth, biting toys
Visual issues-Copying from chalkboard to
paper, Short attention span in reading
/copying, Needs finger to keep place while
reading, Rereads or skips words sometimes.
Auditory issues- Can hear sounds of motorbike &
helicopter when they are very far.
Oversensitive to pain.
Dislikes fish odor.

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Child listened to two CD’s-first CD was selected
according to the information filled in the functional
listening questionaire.
Subsequent CD’s were selected on the information
filled in the follow up forms.

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Reduced aloofness,
Started playing with other kids.Peer interaction improved.
Communication and language use has increased.
Gives quick responses.
Throwing objects has reduced.
Improved fine motor skills like pencil grip and
writing. Improved attention & eye hand
coordination.
Improved eye contact,

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Improved attention & eye hand coordination.
Improved eye contact,
Started understanding emotions like Mom getting
angry,
Started understanding feelings like getting
hurt, happy, sad.
Expresses curiosity for knowing
new things.

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Partho, 6.7 years old boy is receiving Therapy
since last 3 & ½ years.
Started on Therapeutic Listening from September
2013.
Initial evaluation- Functional listening
questionnaire

11. Parents Concern Areas:1. Eating:-Has a major issue of: Food texture,
 Food color and
 Mixed food textures,
 Likes specific food eg. Dal,Rice and vegetables.
 Oral motor sensitivities-Examines objects by
placing in mouth

12. 2.Grooming-He dislikes hair brushing/combing
3. Social Functions/ Community-In any social
function, Partho doesn’t sit at one place. He either
runs or lies on the ground.
4. Social Interaction-Exhibits aggressive behavior
like pinching and hitting.
5. Daily Environment-Not able to tolerate loud
sounds like of crackers or loud speakers. Closes
his ears with his fingers
6. Play Skills- Avoids messy activities

13. 7.School Skills/Visual Related Skills- Struggles with: Copying from board to paper
 Reverses letters
 Uses too much of graded pressure
 Not able to stabilize paper while drawing/writing.
8.Movement Skills
 Confusion between Left and Right
 Poor body scheme awareness
 Doesn’t exhibit safety awareness

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Completed 15 sessions of listening 5 days a week
for 30 mins.
The CD was selected according to the information
filled in the functional listening questionaire.

15. 1.Eating
Gradually started biting crunchy foods now
2. Emotions Started expressing emotions like angry, happy.
 Started understanding emotions .
3. Regulation Improved orientation.
4. In General Command following improved.
 In centre, running around behavior reduced.

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Urbi, a 10.4 year old girl diagnosed with
Autism
Has been taking therapy for 5 years
Therapeutic listening started recently

17. Initial evaluation- Functional listening
questionnaire
Main parental concerns:
 Motor skills
 Baby talking
 Difficulty in understanding
 Spinning around herself
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Additional questions in the FLQ revealed the following
things:
Required too much sleep- at least 10 hours
She gagged on foods
Does not like same type of foods, wants a variety
everyday
Difficulty sucking though a straw
Avoids tooth brushing, hair brushing, face washing
Lack of safety awareness
Poor fine motor skills such as drawing, coloring,
handwriting
Poor visual perceptual skills such as reading
comprehension, tracking a moving object

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Completed 15 sessions of listening to the first CD.
Changes seen at home:
 Some disorganization seen in terms of:
 Holding mothers hand even when sleeping, does
not want to part with mom
 Become very moody, will beat her brother without
any reason

20. Positive changes as reported by mother:
 Smell sense increased
 Has become more aware, grown sensitive towards
incidental touch
 Spinning around herself has decreased a lot
 Fine motor skills better than before, now can finger
count, tie her lace
 Tries to sing in different pitches and tone

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Prenatal – Placenta Previa,
Natal – C – section , premature delivery ( at 8
months & 3 days )
Post natal – kept in incubator for 4 days, Seizure
and high fever at the age of 8 months,
Mother claims to have noticed symptoms at the age
of one and half years when he started being lost
and his speech decreased considerably.

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In the areas of Attention , Speech, Eye contact and
Socialisation.
Easily going from whimper to intense cry,
Atypical repetitive behaviours like Visual fixing ,
Spinning , Clapping etc.
Struggle playing with other kids ( playing alongside
other children)
Struggle with Drawing , colouring , copying , using
too much of pressure
Having irritation with noisy appliances like hair
Dryer and Blender ( switches it off)
Difficulty in sitting still

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Utkarsh listened to four CD’s and each time this
was decided on the basis of the follow up forms
given by the parents.
Therapeutic Listening was given to the child for 15
sessions and each session consisted of 30 minutes
of continuous listening.

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Change as a person ( Stubborn to emotional , compliant
and flexible )
Command Following,
Understanding , ( emotions like anger , happy )
Better tolerance to noise ( sat in theatre for full movie)
Attention Span ,aware , alert,
Eye contact
Sleep regulation,
Grooming and Dressing Skills,
Social interaction,
Playing video games on his own , changing channels on
TV and then coming back on the same channel

25. Name of Child – Ishaan
Age/ Sex – 7.5 Yrs/ Male
Taking therapy since – 4.5 yrs
Therapeutic listening started from February 2013

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Hyperactivity
Restlessness
Difficulty in understanding or paying attention
Screaming and shouting at times
Poor sitting tolerance
Difficulty in sleeping
He gagged on food, doesn't like white color foods,
fruits
Avoids tooth brushing and requires reinforcer for
haircuts.
Poor eye teaming and eye tracking

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Lack of safety awareness
Aggressive behavior towards himself
Stimulatory behaviors like hand flapping, smelling
things, mouthing objects
Becomes excited or closes his ears with excessive
auditory input
Poor articulation and difficulty expressing
emotions

28. Ishaan listened to four CD’s chosen in the basis of
follow up reports submitted by parents.
Therapeutic Listening was given for 15 sessions five
days a week for 30 minutes continuously
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Undisturbed continuous sleep for 9-10 hrs
Tries more variety of foods, better tolerance on
different textures of foods and no gagging.
Sits for haircut without reinforcer
Better visual perception and eye contact
Fine motor skills better than before, writing skills
improved
Sitting tolerance improved and shows proper
emotions.

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Stimulatory behaviours like flapping hands and
laughing for no reason has reduced to some
extent.
Waiting skills increased and has become
interactive.
Better play skills and better participation.

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Preeti Patel
Arohi Atre
Kritika Prakash
Shradha Edlabadkar