NeuroNet

This is the website http://www.neuroacoustics.com.

We have been doing Neuro net for 7 months now and I have to say frankly that it is the best therapy we have done. It is also the only therapy my son has not minded doing.

Now it is not widely available so that can be a problem.

Dear Beth:

Could you describe what types of activities you are to do on
the Neuronet program? How long do you work with your child, daily? What specific gains has your child made and why do you
think that it is better than other therapies you’ve tried?

Sorry so many questions! It sounds like Neuronet might be something that would help my daughter. It is my understanding
that this program really zeros in on the vestibular system well.
You can write to me privately if you want, but I would suspect
that most here would like to hear more about it…you are one
of the few that has actually tried the program.

Melissa

Melissa,

We spent about 1/2 hour a day on the program. The activities have really changed over time. The thing that has stayed the same is integrating movement, rhythm, and speech. We started out with a big bouncy ball that my son clapped his hand and legs as he bounced. He started out with saying his name and then the letters of the alphabet. Name a, name b, name c. At that point my son would skip lmn and say f for x. By the end of one week he was no longer doing that. The eqiv. exercise six months later is for my son to say a new three syllable word each time he does the exercise and push his hands from his shoulder to outreached above his head. So it is pineapple a, pineapple b. This works the vestibular system and memory, as well as coordinating speech and movement. For my son, there seems to be some dyspraxia which this exercise is also working on.

He has about six exercises he does at any one time. They each take between a minute and five minutes.

He moves up in difficultly as he masters one level. He still has not mastered any area although he is close on a spinning one that works the vestibular system. He started out on a rotation board. I think he just tried to spin it for some period of time like a minute. This was hard for him but noone else in the family. Now he is doing what she terms circle jumps. He jumps twice and turns 180, jumps once again, and then turns. He counts on—ne, tw–0 to the jumps (one syllable one each jump). He goes to ten and then does the other way.

This all sounds a bit odd but we’ve seen some neat things. My son now doesn’t do everything fast. He can ride a bike at the speed of a slow walker. He can do a hula hoop. His reading fluency has improved. His memory is better.

Hope this helps. It is a really good program. It is my favorite of the ones we’ve done or are doing. And it is the only one that my son really doesn’t mind doing. For a kid who has vestibular based problems, like mine, I don’t think there is a better program out there. I checked into OT as well but I really liked the daily work part of NN.

Beth

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My 5.8 yr old son has ben doing NeuoNet for 6 months. It’s the first therapy he’s had that has properly focused on his vestibular needs. In the past, we approached his needs as being entirely language based. This particular therapy seems to address his core needs….poor lang. development was just a symptom of his true underlying vestibular dysfunction. It’s therapy that definitely requires parental commitment…but well worth the investment.