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The current Berard Auditory Integration Training (Berard AIT) protocol requires that a Participant listen to modulated music on device developed for Berard AIT, using high quality headphones for a total of ten (10) hours, over 10 (or 12) consecutive days under the supervision of a professional trained AIT Practitioner. |
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The cost for Auditory Integration Training sessions
typically ranges between $1,200 to $2,000 (in the USA) depending on
your geographic location and the
AIT Practitioner used.
Auditory
Integration Training is an
educational intervention.|
"Everything happens as if human
behavior were largely conditioned by the manner in which on hears." |
Dr. Berard developed a scientific method of retraining the
ear's acoustical reflex
muscle
- known also as the stapedius muscle so that the
Participant will be able listen and to process sounds more normally
without distortions and delays.
Auditory
Integration Training retrains a disorganized auditory
system. The end result is that there is a more
efficient processing of auditory information as a result of
the 10 day Berard AIT program.
Auditory
Integration Training is designed to be a comfortable, pain free,
non-invasive and pleasant experience.
The
Earducator device is used by certified
Berard AIT Practitioners
worldwide for Auditory Integration Training. This device has
been used since 1998 and was approved by Dr.
Guy Berard for use in his AIT method. Purchase of this device is only made
available to trained and certified Berard
AIT Practitioners. Music used with the Earducator is selected by the
Practitioner from an approved AIT music list.
The
Digital Auditory Aerobics (DAA) is another device
also used by many certified AIT Practitioners worldwide for Auditory Integration Training.
The DAA device works on the same exact principles as the Earducator, but
provides Practitioners with easier clinical use because the 20 CD's for AIT
sessions, each containing licensed music licensed.
The music has a wide frequency spectrum and, during the recording process, it is
randomly modulated so as to be an exact
replication of the output produced by the
AudioKinetron.
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Audiokinetron Device and BGC Device: A few of the remaining older Audiokinetron and BGC devices are still in use for Auditory Integration Training. However, both these two much older devices are now phased out and are no longer manufactured or serviced. |
The volume of the music used for Auditory Integration Training is
set well under the safety guidelines established by
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA).
Berard
protocol requires a total of 20 sessions. Each Auditory Integration Training session is 30 minutes per day, two (2) times per day with a minimum of 3 hours in between listening sessions.
Berard protocol allows that the 20 sessions may occur either:
The Ear Check and Audio Tests for Auditory Integration Training are done to determine the true nature of a Participant's hearing.
If a Participant is able to cooperate with such tests,
they are the basis for determining if filters - if any
- will be used during Auditory Integration Training
sessions.
Audio testing must be done
by a qualified audiologist or qualified professional trained to administer such test who is able to
provide the specific information required
by the Berard
Audiogram Testing Protocol
and who also has experience interpreting such tests.
In most cases, children under the age of 5 and
those with special needs may have difficulty
cooperating with the tests due to the nature of the
audio testing required to use filters.If a Participant gets an fluid in the ear or an ear infection during Auditory Integration Training sessions must stop immediately!
Ear Health Check: Be sure to consult a qualified health
care professional before beginning Auditory Integration Training
listening sessions to have the ears checked thoroughly.
FOOD:
Absolutely
NO EATING is allowed during Auditory Integration
Training sessions.
AVOID: ALL ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRE ANY FINE MOTOR SKILLS.
Any subsequent set of 20 Berard AIT sessions should NOT occur in
less than six (6) months from the date of the completion of the
previous Berard AIT session.
Autistic Children Repeating Berard AIT: repeating Auditory Integration Training for any subsequent set of 20 Berard AIT sessions should NOT occur in less than one (1) year from the date of the completion of the previous Berard AIT session.
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