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We are the most comprehensive
Berard AIT resource website for parents.
Auditory Integration Training is an
Educational
intervention.
Berard AIT is an auditory intervention that
consists of
10 hours (20 sessions) over 10 or 12 consecutive days, under the supervision of
professionally trained
AIT Practitioners
who follow the
Berard AIT protocol.
The minimum
recommended age for AIT is 3 years of age.
AIT is a sound therapy
with many
scientific studies.
All information
provided here is for
educational purposes.
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AIT Devices:
Equipment Used for
Auditory Integration Training
Information about DAA Digital Auditory Aerobics, Earducator,
Audiokinetron, BGC Equipment
DAA: Digital Auditory Aerobics
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DAA exactly replicates the auditory output of the French-made AudioKinetron,
the original AIT device.
Research using the
Audiokinetron applies to results achieved with the DAA device.
DAA Digital Auditory
Aerobics was released for sale in the USA after the FDA informed the
manufacturer in writing, in September, 1998, that "the product is not subject
to FDA regulation."
Earducator
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 The
Earducator is a device used by many
Berard AIT Practitioners
worldwide for Auditory Integration Training.
The
Earducator device was originally
developed by Rosalie Seymour,
SLP/A who engaged the services of a gifted electronics
engineer for it's further development and manufacturing. By August
1998, the
Earducator was released for use throughout
the world for Berard
AIT and was given Dr.
Guy Berard's approval and endorsement. It was well
received at the first International Association of Berard
Practitioners conference in Antwerp, 2000.
Audiokinetron Device for Auditory Integration Training
The older Audiokinetron
device was invented by
Dr. Guy Berard
in France. This device is now being phased out and is no
longer manufactured or serviced.
The official FDA position is that if the Audiokinetron is used solely as
an aid to education, it is not
considered a medical device and is not subject to FDA regulation.
How Does the Audiokinetron Work?
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A great variety of music was
used with the Audiokinetron, including jazz and reggae.
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The AudioKinetron
is a two stage device.. It splits music into low and
high frequencies, and into soft and loud amplitudes, sending them
alternatively to the headphones.
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The Audiokinetron
randomizes loud and quiet sound levels and also low and high pitched sounds.
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The first stage is a
simple cuts only graphic equalizer that is designed to lower certain sound
frequencies by forty decibels.
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The second stage
functions by taking music and creating from it a series of powerful, short
duration, random, high frequency pulses.
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Overall loudness is gradually
increases during the 10 day
Berard method AIT
sessions.
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As the participant
listens to the music, the participant's auditory system is fed the
accompanying pulses. At first, the hypersensitivity causes the brain to
react. But by the time participant's brain overcomes the time delay, the
pulse is gone. The brain no longer has anything to defend against so it
relaxes. Eventually the brain learns it is futile to either try to
predict or respond to the short duration stimulus, so hyperactivity starts
to diminish.
BGC Device for Auditory Integration Training
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Bill Clark, an
audio engineer familiar with the Audiokinetron was the developer of
the BGC device.
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The BGC was made in the
USA to duplicate the French Audiokinetron device.
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Dr. Steve Edelson researched
the scientific efficacy of the BGC and
the AudioKinetron in 1992 and found them to be comparable.
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This older BGC device
is still in use by a few AIT Practitioners. However, it is no
longer manufactured or serviced.
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