Restore Hearing Naturally

Chapter 1. It is a Good Start if You Know Where You’re Going

Any biological being has the ability to heal itself. We all experience this every day. We stub our toe on the table leg, cut our finger, or knock our ankle against the wall. It hurts, maybe it bleeds, but it immediately compels our body to heal itself: After an injury, the body, from its inherent ability, immediately starts the regulation and regeneration process. This capability is part of all living things.

In this book, we consider that process under the special perspective of hearing: why do we hear worse, why we no longer hear as before. What are the causes of hearing loss? How can we have the ability to regenerate and regulate our whole system--including our body with all its features, our soul, and our mind? A healthy system responds and always works as a whole. If parts are affected, will this impact the whole?

The practical approach presented in this book is novel, unconventional, and connects different areas of knowledge in the fields of physiology, biology, anatomy, physics, psychology, trauma therapy, field theory, and brain research. The approach goes beyond the purely mechanical notion that damage to the mechanism in the ear--for example, bent hairs in the inner ear--is responsible for hearing loss and prevents hearing improvement.

Sounds constantly change and influence our lives. They determine how we feel, whether we relax or go on alert. Our whole system of perception is always included and involved. My hearing is constantly “on.” Even when I sleep, I react to noises. We don’t stop listening. As soon there is an unusual sound, our bodies awake. Our consciousness constantly scans the environment by hearing--hearing never sleeps.

By listening, we want to understand--what are we hearing? We listen to each other, we listen to ourselves. We want to understand in ourselves what the world “out there” is telling us. This is a very complex process, in which many aspects of our senses interact and work together. Our task, therefore, is to learn to hear again. We can rebuild our sense of hearing again by training the acoustic detection and processing of auditory information in the brain. For this we don’t need to regrow or replace anything. The hardware or the physical components of our sense of hearing are just as they are right now. Our task is to fully and correctly use this existing hardware again. How and why this works is explained in this book. Precise instructions for training can be found in Chapter 5 as well as complementary strengthening exercises in the following chapters.

SAMPLE EXERCISE

This test works best with a running water tap, so that we can reliably vary the volume and strength of the water jet. When testing with a tap, water is consumed. I am aware of that, but in my opinion, the end justifies the use of this resource. Also, the costs are manageable, at least in developed countries.

1st level: Determination of General Hearing

Procedure for this level, step by step:

• The person sits relaxed and comfortable in the training area. The companion sits opposite them on a chair. He has pen and paper ready to record important observations and answers. The faucet is off.
• The attendant asks the person to close their eyes. Then he quietly goes to the faucet and slowly turns it on, just a little.
• The companion goes back to the chair across from the person being tested, and asks from the front: “Can you clearly hear the sound of water?”
• As long as the person does not hear the water noise significantly, the faucet is continually turned on more in steps. For this, the companion goes to the faucet to open it up a little more, and then back to the chair opposite the person and the question is asked again. This process is repeated until the person can hear the water running very clearly.
• The volume can be increased by, for example, placing a pot under the faucet, or else something else "tinny," which amplifies the sound.
• If you’ve reached a volume in this process that is well heard by the person, compare this volume with that of a normal conversation. If the water noise is louder, this indicates a weakness of our sense of hearing.

2nd level: Testing the balance of the right / left auditory field

This tests whether we hear equally well with both ears. Procedure for this level, step by step:

• With the faucet running, at a level the person can hear, the person remains relaxed, sitting with eyes closed. The attendant looks at the person and checks:

• What is the position of the head?
• Is the head straight?
• Is the head is rotated and / or held at an angle?
• Are the shoulders about the same height or is one higher than the other?

A different strength of the left and right auditory perception, a unilateral hearing loss, is almost always reflected in a more or less imbalanced posture and body geometry. Usually, a specific ear is rotated forward, usually the “stronger” ear. In particular, if the head isn’t directed straight forward, this is considered a very strong indication that a listening field--one side--is stronger than the other. This relationship of imbalance and hearing will be further investigated in the 3rd level test.

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION Rebuilding Our Connection to the World

The Three Pillars of the Method How to Use This Book

PART 1
The Basics and the Basic Method
Understanding Hearing Loss and the Potential for Regeneration

1 A Great Start Means Knowing Where You’re Going: Orientation to the Basics
Each Person Can Hear
The Process of Hearing
The Ability to Learn through Training
Relearning the Hearing Process
Physics and Acoustics
Technical Implementation of the Naturschallwandler (Natural Sound Transducer)
EXERCISE: How Well Do I Hear?

2 Return to the Center: Balancing the Body to Self-Regulate Orientation and Hearing
Human Consciousness and Hearing
Hearing Is a Learning Process
Locating the Source of Sound from a Reference Point
The Reference Point
The Body’s Reactions to Stress
Let’s Take a Look in the Mirror

3 Our Desire to Hear and Feel: Our Ears Connect Us to the World
The World in Our Ears
How Trauma Affects Hearing
The 3 Types of Hearing Trauma
It Hits Me: Where Do I Notice It in the Body?
Disorders of the Ear

4 Everything Has a Beginning: The History of Sound Research
All We Can Do We Once Learned
What We Are Today Has Been Going on for Thousands of Years

5 The MUNDUS Method of Regenerating Hearing: The Step-by-Step Process
Training Location to Rebuild Order
EXERCISE: The Basic Therapeutic Method Using a Natural Sound Source
The Basis for the Effects of the MUNDUS
Basic Method Building Trust and Communication
EXERCISE: The Basic Therapeutic Method Using a Natural Sound Transducer
Conclusion to the Basic Method
Part 1 Ends--Part 2 Begins

PART 2
The Journey Is the Goal
Exercises that Further Support Hearing Regeneration

6 Being in the Present to Process the Past: Exercises to Find and Reflect On the Triggering Event
The Three Central Pillars
Tension and Balance
If You Believe It, You Will See It!
Resolving Trauma
EXERCISE: Finding the Triggering Event

7 I Hear, Therefore I Am: Exercises to Recover Orientation
Holograms Connect and Resonate with the World
Regaining Vitality

8 Each Ship Has a Helmsman: Exercises to Take Control and Restore Order
The Brain, Our Holographic Hub
Our Body Stores All Our Experiences
The Brain as Control Center
Make Decisions That Work

9 No Pain, No Gain: Exercises for Resonance, Regulation, and Repetition
Training Brings Knowledge to Action
Everything Flows
The Goal Is Integration
Breaking Down Barriers
Repetition of the Exercises

10 Nothing Is Impossible: One Step at a Time
The Approach of Conventional Medicine and the Failure of Hearing Aids Training for Hearing Aid Users
The Importance of Setting Goals
In the Here and Now, Easily

11 A New Beginning: Four Principles for a Successful Life

APPENDIX A Directory of Exercises

APPENDIX B Reproducible Templates

References

About the Author

Index

Anton Stucki is an audio expert, well known in Germany for his hearing recovery system. For over 10 years he has helped thousands of people restore their hearing and has trained medical practitioners and therapists to use his system. He lives in Brandenburg, Germany.

“Anton Stucki provides practical exercises and tools that will enable you to retrain your ears to hear better and listen with joy to what is meaningful in your life.” VATSALA SPERLING, M.S., Ph.D., PDHom, CCH, RSHom, author of The Ayurvedic Isolation Diet

"It’s generally agreed that physical damage to the inner ear, and the resulting hearing loss, cannot be reversed. What Anton Stucki is telling readers is that the perception of sound vibrations can be improved despite physical impairments. He explains that our experience of hearing depends, not only on the mechanisms of the ear, but also on the cognitive processing of sound vibrations transmitted through those mechanisms. What we can improve, according to Stucki, is that cognitive processing. The information regarding sound and hearing which he presents is cutting edge. His explanations of how stress and trauma diminish our ability to hear are also scientifically anchored, as well directly connected to the growing field of mind/body/spirit. The theory comes first in this book, aimed at making readers believe (which Stucki says is a major key to accomplishing hearing recovery). The 20 simple yet powerful exercises in his hearing recovery system come at the end of the book. He will be the first to tell you that this is not a quick fix, just like anyone who’s followed the Twelve Steps to sobriety will tell you that requires work. If you are willing to do the exercises faithfully, he promises better hearing, better balance, and possibly, a reduced risk of dementia." JEDRZIEWSKI, InannaWorks.com

"Ably translated into English for an American readership by Iren Izabella Toms, Restore Hearing Naturally: How to Use Your Inner Resources to Bring Back Full Hearing by Anton Stucki is enhanced for academia and the non-specialist general reader with the inclusion of two appendices (Directory of Exercises; Reproducible Templates), a five page listing of References, a seven page Index, and a one page listing of Books of Related Interest from Healing Arts Press. While especially and unreservedly recommended for both community and academic library Health/Medicine collections in general and Hearing Loss Treatment supplemental studies reading lists in particular, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of medical students, physicians, academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that Restore Hearing Naturally is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $20.99). Mary Cowper, Midwest Book Review

HEALTH/HEARING

“Anton Stucki provides practical exercises and tools that will enable you to retrain your ears to hear better and listen with joy to what is meaningful in your life.”

--VATSALA SPERLING, M.S., Ph.D., PDHom, CCH, RSHom, author of The Ayurvedic Isolation Diet and Classic Tales from India

Through hearing we are connected with everything that surrounds us. Yet millions of people suffer from hearing loss, which disrupts this special connection with our surroundings as well as friends, loved ones, and coworkers. Onset hearing loss and other conditions of the ear canal, such as tinnitus, industrial hearing loss, and vertigo, are not part of our normal physiological aging process. The brain has a natural ability to compensate for hearing loss, even in situations with loud background noise. As we age we lose this adaptive ability.

In this step-by-step guide, author Anton Stucki explains his revolutionary hearing recovery system, complete with detailed instructions for 20 simple, practical exercises you can do at home to train your senses. Drawing on multiple disciplines, the author eschews the notion that physical damage alone is responsible for hearing loss. He shares stories from people who used this method to compensate for deafness in one ear, even after multiple unsuccessful surgeries, and others who have been able to ditch their hearing aids completely as well as the positive effect restored hearing has for patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s. The program does not regenerate inner ear growth directly--the practices work by developing and training your perceptual system to be able to grasp whole meaning from incomplete or partially understood information. This unique system helps to establish contact with the inner self and enhance the brain’s self-regulation of the five senses.

The author reveals how onset hearing loss can be a manifestation of an inner state of imbalance, often driven by trauma and stress, and how finding the “triggering event” stored in our bodies and dissolving the trauma surrounding it can help restore your hearing. Offering a way to reconnect with the sound environment, Stucki shows how improved hearing can restore physical, mental, and emotional balance to our lives.

ANTON STUCKI is an audio expert, well known in Germany for his hearing recovery system. For more than 10 years he has helped thousands of people restore their hearing and has trained medical practitioners and therapists to use his system. He lives in Brandenburg, Germany.