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Berard
AIT
is a 10 hour auditory intervention. There are 20 supervised
listening sessions of 30 minutes each, completed over 10 or 12
consecutive days. AIT has many
scientific studies. The minimum age recommended is 3
years.
AIT
Practitioners
are trained
professionals.
AIT Session
prices in the USA
range from about $1,200 to 2,000. Prices will vary
internationally by county.
All information
provided here is for
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Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and Auditory Integration Training
(Berard AIT)
Many parents and practitioners alike are eager to know more about Sensory
Processing Disorder (SPD) and the how those who have sensory processing
issues can best benefit from educational training methods and therapies
available. Auditory Integration Training has provided significantly gains
to individuals with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD).
Comments
by the Parent of a Child with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD):
4 weeks after Auditory Integration Training in July of 2005:
“The
only word that I can use to describe B's progress is amazing!!!
His
anxiety level has decreased dramatically. I can
calm him down in almost any situation. He
is also playing differently (a lot of make believe) and speaking in
longer sentences. I haven't changed much of his other therapies so I
have to give the credit to the Auditory Integration Training.”
Comments
by the Parent of Child with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD):
8 weeks after Auditory Integration Training in August of 2005:
“He's
still improving and making jumps - even his sensory issues seem to be
improving.
If you decide to come back next summer I definitely want B to do Auditory
Integration Training again.”
Symptoms of Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD):
- A
child with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) has a vestibular system
that is out of balance.
- A
vestibular system that is out of balance is a strong indication for
Auditory Integration Training.
The vestibular
system of those with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is either
over or under-reactive.
- Sensory
Processing Disorder (SPD) is not conducive to efficient learning, appropriate
behavior, or even-tempered emotional response.
- Sensory information
is distorted compared to that of neuro-typical individuals
- a person will be either hyper-sensitive or hypo-sensitive,
either seeming to have too much or too little stimulation.
- Sensory information
is not efficiently integrated and processed.
- The individual is
sensitive to loud sounds.
- The person with Sensory
Processing Disorder (SPD) has poor large and small motor skills.
- Sounds may be difficult
to discriminate, especially in the presence of background
sound.
- Hyper-sensitivity
to touch, smell, taste and textures of food
may be present.
- Movement,
balance, vision and orientation can be negatively impacted.
Benefits
for Children with Sensory
Processing Disorder (SPD) After
Auditory Integration Training
- Improved hearing and
listening ability
- Improved understanding
- Improved social interactions
- Improved attention
span
- Improved ability to
follow directions
- Improved ability to
organize ideas
- Improved sensory processing
capabilities
- Improved coordination
and balance
- Improved expressive
language (clarity, sentence length, content)
- Increased comfort
levels, increased calm
- Increased comprehension
of auditory input
- Increased discrimination
of sounds
- Improved school performance
- Increased tolerance
and decreased sensitivity to sound
- Increased tolerance
to changes in environment and routine
- Decreased sensory
overload
- Decreased tactile
defensiveness
- More even temperament
- Decreased and less
frequent anxiety
How Does Berard Auditory
Integration Training Help those with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)?
- Berard
AIT
uses
20 sessions of intensive frequency-modulated music over 10 (or 12) days
to present intensive and novel sensory stimulation to the ears and auditory
system as a whole.
- Berard
AIT is designed to be an enjoyable
experience.
- Berard
AIT
the retrains the ears and improves the efficiency of hearing
and auditory processing
- Berard
AIT exercises the stapedius muscle, thus
improving the acoustic reflex.
Auditory Integration Training Results
in a Healthier Stapedius Muscle (Acoustic Reflex) That Impacts the Vestibular
System in these ways:
- Positively affects
the vestibular system in the inner ear. When
the acoustic reflex and the vestibular system are functioning efficiently,
information is sent to the brain without confused and mixed-up signals.
- Helps the ears screen
out background noise.
- Eliminates
or reduces distortions (a person can be hypo-sensitive, hyper-sensitive,
or both)
- Helps focus and concentrates
hearing.
- Reduces the sounds
of one’s voice, swallowing, chewing.
- Helps to correct control
of eye movement.
- Properly activates
the function of the inner ear structures.
- Assists to
combine the acoustic reflexes with those of the visual and proprioceptive
systems for control of movement and body awareness.
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