THE SCIENCE OF SOUND
Sound is not background. It is biology.
WHAT IS THE SCIENCE OF SOUND?
We tend to think of sound as something we hear. It is also something the body measures — and responds to.
Sound is vibration, and the body is rhythmic and responsive: in the nervous system, in tissue, in heart rate and breath. The Science of Sound is the study of how vibration and frequency interact with human physiology — and how that understanding can be applied, responsibly, to wellbeing.
We teach it the way a good museum would: honestly, curiously, and grounded in what the evidence actually shows — distinguishing what is established, what is promising, and what is still being explored.
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Three places sound meets the body
The Body
How acoustic vibration travels through tissue and bone, and what research suggests it does to circulation, muscle tone and the body's relaxation response
The Nervous System
The vagus nerve, autonomic balance and the state we call still point — how sound can shift us out of stress and into calm, and what that means for health.
Practical Application
From tuning forks to breath and listening practices — evidence‑informed tools you can understand, experience, and use with confidence in your own life or practice.
DID YOU KNOW
A tuning fork held to the body produces a measurable vibration. Landmark research found that this vibration prompts cells to release nitric oxide — the same molecule whose discovery won a Nobel Prize in Medicine — triggering a cascade that influences circulation, immunity and the body's relaxation response.
Furchgott, Ignarro & Murad, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1998 · Beaulieu & Stefano, on acoustic vibration and nitric‑oxide release. We teach what the evidence shows — and where questions remain.
WHY LEARN IT HERE
A clinician who became a teacher of sound
Claudette Currie Latré spent years in clinical massage and integrative care — including more than 3,000 hours of hospital‑based integrative medicine alongside oncology, cardiology, neuroscience and trauma teams, as well as private and clinic practice — and an equal devotion to the study of sound. CodedHealing is where those two worlds meet: rigorous, curious, and committed to teaching what the evidence actually shows.
3,000+
hours in hospital‑based integrative care
900
hours of formal training
10+
years studying sound & vibration
WAYS TO LEARN
Four paths into the science
We are building each of these carefully, one at a time. Here is the roadmap — and how to be first through the door
COURSES
Online, self-paced
Beginning with Introduction to the Science of Sound, built from your tuning-fork curriculum
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PROFESSIONAL
For practitioners
Evidence-informed CPD for wellness, coaching and healthcare professionals
In development
WORKSHOPS
Live & in person
Immersive sessions online and at Kaapsehoop, Mpumalanga
Dates coming soon
LIBRARY
Free resources
Guided listening, breathing practices and explainers to start today
Free · growing
INSIGHTS
Questions worth exploring
THE SCIENCE OF ... 6MIN
How a tuning fork ended up in a Nobel-Prize story
What nitric oxide is, why its discovery changed medicine, and how sound enters the picture.
PRACTICE · 4 MIN
Listening to your own nervous system
A simple exercise for hearing the sound of your inner state — and what it can tell you.
MYTH VS EVIDENCE · 7 MIN
"Everything is vibration" — useful metaphor or real science?
Separating what the research supports from what belongs to story and tradition.
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EXPLORE WITH US
Curiosity, delivered occasionally
Join the list for new explainers, course openings and the occasional experiment in sound. No hype, no pressure — just things worth understanding.