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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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Medical Precautions, Ototoxic Drugs and Berard Auditory Integration Training (Berard
AIT)
Try to avoid the
use of ALL medications that may
adversely affect the results of Auditory
Integration Training.
This
is a partial listing of those medications about which we have information.
There are undoubtedly others which we are not yet aware of, and new drugs
become available constantly, so this is NOT A COMPLETE LISTING.
It
is recommended that you check with your physician and pharmacist, or use
the Physician’s Desk Reference to check on medications.
Some medications can have ototoxic
side effects, such as causing ringing in the ears, loss of balance,
internal noises in the auditory system, dizziness, etc.
Elaine
Suss, author of
"When the Hearing Gets Hard" lists medications in three
categories: 1. most dangerous, 2. controversial, many consider potentially
ototoxic, 3. substances that in rare cases, may be ototoxic.
List 1. MOST DANGEROUS
OTOTOXIC MEDICATIONS
List
2: CONTROVERSIAL - POTENTIALLY OTOTOXIC MEDICATIONS
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Chloromycetin
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Erythromycin (E-Mycin)
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Ibuprofen
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Imiprimine (Tofranil)
List
3. IN RARE CASE AREOTOTOXIC MEDICATIONS
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Alcohol
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Ampicillin
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Hibiclens
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Antimicrobial
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Phisohex
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Chlor-Trimeton
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Tavist
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Anafranil
The
following medications also have potential side effects that might affect
the auditory system according to the Physician’s
Desk Reference:
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Bactrim
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Benadryl
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Beta Blockers (Propranolol, Corgard)
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Desipramine
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HCI (Norpramin, Gantricin, Garamycin,
Naltrexone (Trexan)
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Periactin
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Septra
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Suprax
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Tegretol IV Ceclor reportedly may
cause auditory hypersensitivity
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