Listening/Sound Therapy and Adult Attention Deficit HyperactivityDisorder (ADHD): Two Case Reports

Sound or Listening Therapies, carried out by audiopsycho-phonological methods, which are accepted as passive music therapy type, argue that listening action is different from hearing. Sound therapies are psychoeducational programs carried out with passive listening firstly and then with some active audio-vocal activities within a certain period and program specific to the individual through air and bone conduction. It is assumed that these programs re-arrange the pathways between the ear and brain and the entire nervous system in terms of neuropsychological, neurophysiological and neuroanatomical, and it has started to be used especially in neurodevelopmental disorders. In his study, two clients/cases diagnosed with Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) were given listening therapy for a total of thirty sessions five days a week, two hours a day. Listening Skills Checklist, Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale, Continuous Performance Test (Moxo d-CPT), Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory were applied before and after the program. Positive feedback was obtained from the patients and their significant others, and the results were found to be satisfactory. The possible effectiveness of these listening programs are discussed within the framework of the literature, through two case reports. As a result, Listening or Sound Therapy can be a complementary method in reducing the cognitive, emotional and behavioral symptoms that occur in neurodevelopmental disorders, and may be the subject of further studies.