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Understanding Chirophonetic Therapy

What is Chirophonetic Therapy?

Chirophonetic Therapy is an Anthroposophical body therapy that works with the sounds of human speech as a therapeutic means. It was developed in the 1970s by the speech therapist Dr. Alfred Baur in Linz, Austria....

How Chirophonetic Therapy works

Based on a medical or curative diagnosis and observation of the patient, the therapist develops the sound program that is tailored to the individual patient's needs....

Origin and Development

Chirophonetic Therapy was developed in the early 1970s by the speech therapist Dr. Alfred Baur (1925-2008), who worked in Linz, Austria. In 1953 he established a Speech Therapy practice there, together with his wife Dr. Ilse A Baur, an Anthroposophical physician....

Who was Alfred Baur?

Alfred Baur was born on 31 August, 1925, in Wels, Austria, and as a young man was initially interested in mechanical engineering. After military service and imprisonment in Russia he studied German language, History and Philosophy in Graz....