Berard AIT is a procedure which enhances aspects of hearing perception, by listening to modulated music that helps to normalise hearing and sharpen listening skills.

Dr. Guy Berard from Annecy, France, an Otorhinolaryngologist (Ear, Nose & Throat Specialist), developed AIT for his own hearing problems. He had Tinnitus, an uncomfortable ringing in the ears, and he was told that he was losing his hearing. He worked with dr. Tomatis and found his program too long – resulting in him designing his own electronic device. In practice he worked mainly with LD and Dyslexic children.

Auditory Integration Training (AIT) reduces the degree of acoustic sensory distortions and increases the client’s ability to interact with his or her physical world. The novelty of the listening gives the neural circuitry a physical synaptic workout.

Berard AIT aids the ear structures, as well as the processing of the sounds in the brain. The middle ear structures are given a work-out through the sound vibrations of the music. The vestibular system is also stimulated. (The vestibular apparatus affects balance, coordination and proprioception.) These behavioural responses also affect the small muscles that control eye movements, as well as how erect we hold ourselves, how we walk and how we integrate input.

An individual’s hearing might be asymmetrical, erratic, hypersensitive or disorganized.
Distortions in hearing can sometimes be a significant contributing factor in the folowing conditions:
•  Attention Deficit Disorder, with or without Hyperactivity and / or Impulsivity (ADHD)
•  Autism
•  Asperger Disorder
•  Tourette Syndrome
•  Rett Syndrome
•  Pervasive Developmental Disorder
•  Pervasive Developmental Delay
•  Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)
•  Closed Head Injury
•  Learning Disabilities (LD)
•  Language Impairments
•  Dyslexia
•  Depression

Thirty years of clinical work, research and follow-up of more than 8 000 auditory cases, verifies following:
•  There is a direct connection between poor hearing and disruptive classroom behaviour.
•  Hearing problems have a direct effect on behaviour – more than just acting out.
•  There is a variations in hearing dysfunction – either abnormal sensitive or abnormal insensitive to certain 
   frequencies. This is associated with many behaviour and learning problems, including hyperactivity and
   dyslexia.
•  A re-education of the hearing mechanism brought about a normalisation of the response to the frequencies
   and an amelioration of the behaviour or learning problem. 

Three-quarters of the cases showed very positive results and the remainder demonstrated noticeable partial improvement. None failed to show some benefit.

Two more “emotionally” based problems related to hearing dysfunction:
•  Suicidal Depression:  93% of the 233 patients treated were cured after the first couse of AIT. 4.7% were cured
   after 2-3 courses.
•  Autism – 11 Year Old American Girl, Georgie. Refer to Annabel Stehli’s book: The Sound of a Miracle.

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