Dr. Kjeld Johansen – a brief Biography
Kjeld Johansen qualified as a Teacher in 1963 and taught maths, science and special education before becoming
vice-principal of his school on the island of Bornholm, Denmark. He also has an MSc in Psychology and a PhD in Education.
Having met and worked with Dr. Christian Volf, a Danish American who had developed his own auditory stimulation programme
he believed, like Volf, that the right and left ears functioned in different ways. Johansen IAS has been developed to make
use of audiometric information gained during assessment and to target specific areas of difficulty according to that information
in order to increase the effectiveness of auditory stimulation.
Together with Bent-Peder Holbech, a musician working on Bornholm, he produced and developed the Johansen IAS music.
The music is synthesised and draws on influences from medical, educational and musical theory from around the world. It is
pleasant to listen to and can be used without additional customization for young children or those who cannot fully cooperate
with audiometric assessment. When customised, it allows for maximum flexibility to organise the listener’s auditory processing.
Kjeld Johansen has worked with Mediacenter AB in Sweden to develop the Sensograph technology for customising Johansen
IAS music.
Dr. Kjeld Johansen ran his first UK training course in 1994. Since 2002, Johansen IAS National Directors have been
appointed in eighteen countries. Their role includes:
- Training
- Promoting Johansen IAS
- Supporting Providers using the programme
- Developing international links, common goals and common standards of training and working
- Promoting research
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