Genuine AIT, Is It Really AIT, AIT Method, Berard Method, Berard AIT, Auditory Integration Training

How to Know If It Is Really Genuine Berard AIT?

For detailed clarification about genuine Berard AIT, read more "What is Berard AIT?"

The Earducator, DAA Digital Auditory Aerobics, Audiokinetron and BGC are the current AIT devices used by AIT Practitioners.

Berard AIT is associated with extensive scientific research and many clinical studies done over decades.

Berard AIT is the only method that is designed to have a strong impact on the stapedius muscle.

Solid research shows hyper-sensitive hearing to be reduced or eliminated by Berard AIT.

In the year following Berard AIT, the brain reorganizes in response to improved ear function. The auditory system is there-by well-positioned for greater efficiency, and is an aid to learning and behavior.

This auditory re-training helps other types of therapies to be effective. Doing Berard AIT often helps other therapies to be more successful, including other sound interventions, auditory-related therapies and other therapies.

When Berard AIT isn’t accomplished first, and accomplished successfully, any existing imbalance in the acoustic reflex in the middle ear will remain.

Other therapies are less effective than they would be with a more balanced acoustic reflex and improved middle ear function.

A well-trained AIT Practitioner who keeps abreast of knowledge surrounding the field will not provide Berard AIT in some circumstances. There are conditions that are contra-indications for effective Berard AIT.

The following list of sound based therapies and auditory interventions, although they may be helpful, are absolutely NOT considered to be genuine Berard Auditory Integration Training.

None of these sound interventions address the core issues of hypersensitivity to sound (hyperacute hearing) and auditory processing distortions the exact same way that the scientifically proven Berard Auditory Integration Training method does, which was invented and used for over 40 years successfully by Dr. Guy Berard of France.

Advanced Brain Technologies
Bolles Sensory Learning Method
Bioacoustics
Brain Gym
Brain Train
Earobics
Ease CD
FastForWord
Dichonics
Samonas
Sensory Learning
Therapeutic Listening
Tomatis
Train Time
Vital Links

Warning to Parents on Take-Home Listening Programs and Berard AIT "Look-Alike's"

Home based, unsupervised types of casual listening programs are NOT genuine Berard AIT.

These programs DO NOT offer the intensity, effectiveness, the quantity of novel listening sessions OR the experienced supervision and expertise provided by a qualified AIT Practitioner who works closed with a Participant.

Some programs are simple – you just turn them on and have the Participant listen when you want - but Berard AIT is NOT this way. Berard AIT follows a specific protocal.

Parents seeking more detailed information on the various sound therapies are advised to read the important new book "Sound Bodies Through Sound Therapy by Dorinne Davis, who is a world expert and trained in all types of sound therapies.

It is important to be sure that actual Berard AIT is done first and effectively – then other sound interventions may follow a year in most cases a year or so after the Berard AIT, if indicated and add value for different issues.

The Berard AIT method requires a well-trained AIT Practitioner, using the Berard AIT equipment and approved music which is based upon the type music and frequencies that Dr. Berard found to be most effective.

Dr. Guy Berard worked for many years to arrive at the protocol now used.

Myth #1: Some may say, “My child cannot cooperate with audio tests, so doesn’t that mean we just need a generic program?”

When a child is NOT able to cooperate with the audio testing used to determine possible filters used with Berard AIT:

It is still essential to have a well-trained AIT Practitioner supervising the AIT sessions.

The Berard AIT always involves some individualized components that requires the professional judgment of the trained AIT Practitioner.

The last half of the Berard AIT sessions may also be administered differently from the first half of the Berard AIT sessions. This is aside from any filtering or testing issues.

Some Participants who cannot be tested at the start of Berard AIT can sometimes be tested at mid-point. When this is the case, narrow band filters can be selected.

Sometimes participants aged 4 and 5 (as well as participants with Autism (ASD) may manage to do a little testing before Berard AIT and/or at mid-point. AIT Practitioners or audiologist with patience and good rapport may get results that the AIT Practitioner can use to further individualize the Berard AIT sessions.

Sometimes that individualization is that no added filters are needed for AIT sessions. This type knowledge is helpful to have and is available to parents who work with qualified Berard AIT professionals.

Myth #2: Parents may see Berard AIT as a non-invasive intervention that any child should have because, “It can only help and certainly do no harm?”

While this may be true, they should not be misled!

Dr. Guy Berard has identified things that an untrained person can use the method in error, and in ways not in the best interest of the participant.
Well-trained AIT Practitioners are both caring and careful regarding the protocol as taught for their Berard AIT certification program.
There are a number of things that no qualified AIT Practitioner would not do! Untrained, in experienced non-Berard Practitioners could make mistakes that cause long-term difficulty for a participant.

Myth #3: It's ok to do a listening intervention similar to AIT, but with less intensity and just do it on your own time and schedule.

Providing 20 consistent sessions without schedule interruptions and other disruptions to the protocol is an important component of the Berard protocol.
The Berard AIT method proves to be successful for Participants when it is followed precisely.