Human BioAcoustics™ & Sound Health, Inc

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, May, 2004 by Jule Klotter

Imagine speaking for a mere 45 seconds into a microphone that connects to a computer and from that voice sample gaining insight into the status of your musculoskeletal system, biochemistry, hormones, genetics, emotions, even exposure to environmental and biological toxins. Sound Health, Inc., aka Signature Sound Works, has developed such a program. For over thirty years, founder Sharry Edwards, MEd, has been investigating sound frequencies that emanate from the human body. Her work has led to the development of voice spectral analysis as a diagnostic tool. In addition, she has found that exposing clients to their individualized frequency formulas (sound presentation) promotes healing.

In the years since the first TLfDP article on Edwards' work (July 1997), voice spectral analysis and Human BioAcoustics[TM] has blossomed. Sound Health now offers several experimental computerized diagnostic programs for home use. At the Sound Health Research Institute in Albany, Ohio, Edwards teaches courses on using these programs and provides more extensive training for practitioners interested in using the programmable Self Management Auditory Device (SMAD). The SMAD and its portable version called Square One deliver beneficial analog sound frequencies. Edwards is also an adjunct faculty member of Capital University's Integrative Medicine Program in Washington D.C. During an interview, Dr. Roman Chrucky, Medical Director of North Jersey Developmental Center (Totowa, New Jersey), said that he has worked with many alternative therapies, but "[BioAcoustics] is very, very special."

Doctor referrals have been the primary source of Edwards' clients. Viewing BioAcoustics as a complement to other forms of health care, Edwards has always sought the help of medical practitioners and researchers to verify and expand upon the information she gets from her investigation of sound frequencies. Her case studies show how voice spectral analysis, aka vocal profiling, can provide clues to the etiology of puzzling disorders. Every muscle, every organ, every nutrient, every organism, and every substance has a frequency. By looking at stressed (overabundant) or missing frequencies in the computerized voice print, a practitioner can gain understanding about the factors contributing to a dysfunction. Sound Health files also contain many examples of how the presentation of carefully-chosen sound frequencies can harmonize the energy field and temporarily relieve the body of its disorder so that it can heal. In many of these examples, present medical knowledge has had little to offer the people seeking help.

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One young boy seen at Sound Health Research Institute exhibited uncontrollable aggressive behavior. The first minute of a videotape showed Trevor kicking a bean bag chair across the room and then forcing his mother out of the chair in which she was sitting and spanking her. The mother told Edwards that his doctors had "literally exhausted all pharmaceuticals." Less than a minute after his individualized sound formula--based upon his vocal profile--began to hum from the SMAD in the room, Trevor sat down in a chair and asked to play with a Lego-type building set. Thirteen minutes later, according to the clock on the video recorder, he had constructed a robot and calmly left the room to get a drink of water, telling Edwards and his mother: "Nobody crash it down." Normally, Trevor would have crashed it down himself, his mother said. She was astounded at how quickly the sound affected him. When Trevor returned to the research institute the next day, he quietly organized several toy figures and responded to queries about them. I can personally testify to the quick effect of sound presentation. While visiting with Sharry Edwards, I listened to the frequency for oxygen on a portable Square One analog device and was startled to find myself feeling energized and a bit giddy within 30 seconds of putting on the headphones.

Sometimes, BioAcoustics provides a clue to the primary cause of a condition. Jocelyn was diagnosed with a form of autism, hypolexia (inability to generate speech), at age 3. A voice analysis of the child revealed a sensitivity to bovine milk protein. After several months of a milk-free diet and low frequency sound presentation to support her system, Jocelyn's behavior became normal. The autistic symptoms, however, return within minutes if she accidentally eats even a tiny amount of milk protein. The symptoms are minimized within 2-3 minutes with the use of a Square One device. In another case, Nicole, an eighth grader with long-term learning problems and noticeable physical and emotional immaturity, was evaluated at Sound Health Research Institute. Her vocal profile found that four out of five growth hormones were stressed. By listening to an individualized set of sound frequencies keyed to the frequencies of those hormones (their Frequency Equivalents[TM]), Nicole visibly matured and her school performance improved within months.