The philosophy of DAVIS CENTERS, Inc has evolved from its successes, making positive change for clients using sound based therapies. The founder, Dorinne S. Davis, MA, CCC-A, FAAA, with over 30 years experience as an Educational and Rehabilitative Audiologist, has developed a comprehensive, evaluative/diagnostic and sound based therapy protocol based upon an individual's auditory processing and learning needs. Not everyone needs every therapy. However, if therapies are prescribed, it is important that they be performed in the correct sequence to achieve maximum success.

Ms. Davis relates the levels of therapy to the life cycle of a tree. There is a root system, the trunk, the leaves and branches, and the overall structural maintenance of the tree. The root system pertains to the functioning of the ear; or one's hearing. The trunk reflects the overall auditory processing. It provides a balance between the way one processes sound transmission through air conduction and bone conduction and incorporates auditory processing and listening. The leaves and branches reflect the fine tuning of specific auditory skills necessary for learning and may include skills such as auditory memory, temporal processing, auditory sequencing and more. Finally, the maintenance of the overall structure of the tree corresponds to how the body maintains its positive changes.

There are specific therapies that relate to each of the levels. The root system is addressed by Dr. Berard's Auditory Integration Training (AIT). This method retrains the stapedius muscle in the middle ear, thereby affecting 'hearing'. The trunk system is addressed by the research and method developed by Dr. Alfred Tomatis. It brings balance to the auditory processing network using the transmission of sound via air and bone conduction. Dr. Tomatis' Method deals with listening. At DAVIS CENTERS, Inc., Dr. Tomatis' concepts are applied in the Listening Training Programs. The leaves and branches are addressed by other therapies that work on specific issues. Examples of these therapies are Fast ForWord™, which works on temporal sequencing issues that impact language and reading; and Earobics, which teaches specific auditory skills. Additional therapies that use partial components of Dr. Tomatis' Method are included at this level, i.e. The Listening Program™ and the Samonas Method. These programs are typically used for preconditioning prior to Fast ForWord™. Finally, the overall structural maintenance of the system is addressed with BioAcoustics™, a program of frequency specific identification using Dr. Tomatis' theory that the voice produces what the ear hears.

It has been consistently demonstrated by DAVIS CENTERS, Inc clients that when a therapy protocol, based on thorough diagnosis and evaluation, is administered in the correct sequence, positive changes have resulted. Further, when a client has discontinued their therapy protocol, successes have been limited. It is, therefore, important to commit to an overall ™program to achieve maximum positive change.