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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.

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Auditory Integration Training: Frequently Asked Questions About Berard AIT

DOES BERARD AIT REALLY WORK?

Yes. AIT is an educational intervention that efficiently retrains a disorganized auditory system. Auditory Integration Training is a scientific method of retraining the ear to listen and to process sounds in a more normal manner, without distortions and delays. While no guarantees can be made, AIT is documented to have profound positive effects on many different types of individuals.
IS THE BERARD METHOD OF AIT A MEDICAL INTERVENTION?

No. It is considered to be an educational intervention.
ARE THERE ANY SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ON BERARD AIT?

Absolutely! The Berard Auditory Integration Training method has over 30 years of scientific research and 28 published clinical studies documenting it's effectiveness as an educational intervention.
WHAT AMOUNT OF TIME IS REQUIRED?

Participants listen to specific music using high quality headphones for a total of ten (10) hours for a total 20 sessions over a 10 or 12 consecutive day period, for 30 minutes per day, twice a day with a minimum of 3 hours in between listening sessions.
WHAT IS THE TYPICAL COST FOR THE 20 SESSIONS?

Cost of AIT Sessions varies in the USA and Internationally, depending on the geographic location and AIT Practitioner used. Any audiological tests required are typically at an additional fee.
WHAT IS THE MINIMUM AGE TO PARTICIPATE?

Berard AIT may be done for any Participant age 3 and up who can cooperate with the Berard method and demonstrates the need.
IS A PARTICIPANT CLOSELY MONITORED?

Yes! The Berard AIT Practitioners go through an extensive certification and training. Their certification requires that they follow the Berard protocol. Berard AIT is always done under the supervision of a professionally trained and properly certified AIT Practitioner.
ARE THERE ANY AUDIO TESTS NEEDED?

Certain audio tests are administered if a Participant is old enough and/or can cooperate with auditory testing. Audio tests may be given prior to sessions and during sessions to provide information about a Participant's auditory pattern and are the basis for determining the use of filters, if any. The use of filters is NOT required for success with Berard AIT.
IS SPECIAL MUSIC REQUIRED?

Yes. The Berard Auditory Integration Training protocol requires that a Participant listen to a selected type of modulated music on special device developed for Berard AIT.
WHO INVENTED BERARD AIT?

Dr. Guy Berard. of France developed Auditory Integration Training as a procedure to efficiently retrain a disorganized auditory system. He treated and reviewed cases for over 8,000 clients during his 40 year career. He is the author of the ground-breaking book "Hearing Equals Behavior". Through his years of research, Dr. Berard determined that when auditory processing is not working correctly, it prohibits the efficient processing of information. Dr. Berard believed that hypersensitivity to sound, hearing distortions and delays in the auditory signals contribute to inefficient learning.
HOW DOES BERARD AIT ACTUALLY WORK?

Berard AIT uses electronically modulated and/or filtered music to retrain the ear and auditory system to work properly. Current research confirms that Berard AIT retrains the acoustical reflex (stapedius) muscle of the inner ear. How we listen to and processed auditory information and sound affects our alertness, attention span, concentration, information processing, and the way we express ourselves, both verbally and in writing. When the listening process or the auditory system is not working properly or integrated, it can interfere with our entire system and our ability to function optimally.
WHAT CAN CAUSE THE DAMAGE THAT REQUIRES SOMEONE TO NEED BERARD AIT?

There are many situations that can result in damage to auditory processing, sound sensitivity, hyposensitive or hypersensitive hearing. or hearing distortions in people of all ages. Some of possible causes of sound sensitivity include such things as: birth trauma, repeat ear infections as an infant or young child, frequent use of antibiotics, vaccine damage, use of ototoxic medications, heavy metal toxicity, exposure to loud noises, head injury, traumatic brain injury, stroke and many other situations.
ARE THERE ANY SUCCESS STORIES ABOUT BERARD AIT?

Absolutely! Read the many success stories and testimonials written by parents of special needs children and also adults who completed the Berard method of AIT - with remarkable gains!
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER BERARD AIT?

Once the cause of the auditory processing or hearing problems are corrected - such as hearing distortions, hypersensitive hearing, hyposensitive hearing, sound sensitivity - then other therapies and educational programs become more effective in producing changes that enable the individual to achieve a new level of success.