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Berard AIT Procedure

Berard AIT Normalises:
• Listening Perception
• Neural Processing of Auditory Information

AIT was designed to normalize the entire auditory system, of which the brain is a crucial part. The training is thus also aimed at changing the way the brain processes and organizes input received from the ears.

The ear:
• is important in the regulation of balance and posture, as well as the movement of our bodies;
• helps to regulate eye movements and spatial awareness, and it is of course essential to the ability to use language;
• has strong connections to the central nervous system and plays a vital role in developing human potential.

The entire brain and spinal cord can be instantaneously activated by a loud sound. Berard AIT works on a wide variety of problems, because of the rich interconnections between the ear and the brain stem, the cerebellum and the higher cortical centers. The pathways in the brain through which the sound stimulation travels determines some of the benefits that the person may derive.

Berard AIT consists of three Listening Profiles and a series of 20 half-hour listening sessions.

Dynamic music with a wide range of frequencies is processed through a system of filters in the AIT device – the Earducator or the Audiokinetron.

Earducator Audiokinetron

• The music presentation is heavily processed to randomly attenuate different frequency bands, as well as random volume shifts.
• The volume and tone of the music are constantly and randomly modulated.
Randomized frequencies mobilize and exercise the muscles that control the three ossicles of the middle ear.
• The music is selected from compact disks, which present the full spectrum of frequency ranges.
• A Listening Profile is done before, mid-way between the sessions and at the end of the training.
This will determine if there are frequencies for which the client is hypersensitive and will be filtered out for the training duration.

The training is structured as follows:
• Each session involves thirty minutes of listening time. Two sessions are done daily for ten consecutive days.
• A break of at least three hours is needed between sessions.
• A break of not more than two days may be taken after the first five days.
• A mid-point assessment is done after ten sessions to reassess the trainee’s listening and note any changes.
Any necessary changes to the filters on the electronic device is done at this stage.
• A third assessment is given after the completion of the twenty sessions.
• After twenty sessions, the trainee’s listening skills should show significant improvement with all or most frequencies perceived
within normal ranges.

Some behavioural changes may be seen within a few weeks of training. Other behavioural changes involve a learning and re-organization process and will generally become evident over the course of three to six months. It can take up to a year for all behavioural changes and benefits to become evident.

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