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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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Claudia Nyffenegger,
Audiologist
Berard AIT Practitioner, Gard, France
Fee:
€ 1.440.-- (incl. VAT of 19.6 % =
237.60) for a total of 20 sessions of 45 minutes each AIT session. Consultation
and evaluation € 72.-- (incl. VAT 19.6 %= € 11.88) for 45 minutes.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
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Claudia Nyffenegger is an audiologist
with solid training about Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) diseases and
related disorders.
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She has extensive knowledge and
experience treating individuals with non-verbal communication disorders
as well as those suffering from
sensory disorders or
autism, including gestural communication, facial expression, and
behavioral communication.
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During several years of teamwork in
different European countries (Belgium, Italy and Germany) with
specialists in the area of developmental and perceptual problems, Mrs.
Nyffenegger acquired a great experience concerning
sensory processing disorders.
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Through the cooperation with the Ear,
Nose and Throat (ENT) specialists Dr. Robert Nyffenegger and
Dr. Guy Bérard, she
developed the Auricula training method for auditory integration
training.
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Her extensive international work has
brought her a great experience about the different cultures. Every
cultural circle implies certain attitudes and purposes and needs to be
handled with sensitivity in order to fully understand the individual
difficulties of the parents and their children.
ABOUT THE AURICULA TRAINING METHOD
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The Auricula method is based on more than
20 years of experience in working with individuals suffering from sensory
and developmental disorders especially auditory disorders.
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The first Auricula center opened in 1989 in
Switzerland.
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Since 1989, Claudia Nyffenegger continuously
integrated the scientific progress in her work related to
Berard AIT.
Claudia Nyffenegger has trained Auricula staff in three different
countries in the last 3 years in Austria, Germany, Mexico, Poland and
France.
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She also worked in collaboration with the
Socio-Paedriatic Centre in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
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The intense cooperation in the field of
visual perceptual problems with Martin Moser Foundation (MMUCEM -
Institut, University - hospital in Berne) leaded to the Auricula-Visual
perception training.
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The exchange with IR2I (Institut de
recherche en intelligence informationnelle) at the University 1 in
Montpellier leaded to the exchange in the chapter perception of Damien Bruté
de Rémurs book: "Ce que l'intelligence économique veut dire - Edition
d'Organisation".
Cooperation on this project also included
the Netzer Society in Israel, a Society of Parents of Children with
Emotional Difficulties and the cooperation, always interesting and
useful, with the German Federation "Hilfe für das autistische Kind".
The Auricula Centre gave financial support to the creation of a local
parental magazine "Wir Eltern von Kindern mit Autismus".
The Italian neurologist Dr. Parisi
(Sorrento, Italy) and Dr. V. Uttenweiler (ENT, University Hospital of
Heidelberg, Germany) provided precious information and knowledge about
sensory auditory disorders and contributed this way to the efficient
development of the Auricula training method.
The scientific study about the Auricula
training method during 1999-2000 was based on the procedure used by
research on human ethology.
Claudia Nyffenegger speaks five different
languages and worked in France, Germany, Israel, Jordan, Italy, England,
Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Mexico and the USA.
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