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| Auditory Integration Training Auditory Integration Training (AIT) was developed by a French physician, Dr. Guy Berard, who was concerned about losing his own hearing. Dr. Guy Berard originally invented AIT to rehabilitate disorders of the auditory system, such as hearing loss or hearing distortion (hypersensitive, hyposensitive, or asymmetrical hearing). Dr. Berard's premise is that "Everything happens as if human behavior were largely conditioned by the manner in which one hears." After more than thirty-five years of clinical practice and study, Dr. Berard determined that in many cases, distortions in hearing or auditory processing contribute to behavioral or learning disorders. In the large majority of Dr. Berard's cases, AIT significantly reduced some or many of the handicaps associated with autism spectrum disorders; central auditory processing disorders (CAPD); speech and language disorders; sensory issues including auditory, tactile or other sensory sensitivities (hyper or hypo); dyslexia; pervasive developmental disorder (PDD); attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity; anxiety; and depression. Auditory Integration Training was designed to normalize hearing and the ways in which the brain processes auditory information. AIT is accomplished by a device, the Audiokinetron, that randomly selects high and low frequencies from a music source and sends those sounds, via headphones, to the client. AIT can be done on any individual four years of age or older. It takes two thirty-minute sessions per day for a period of ten days. Each individual is given a hearing test prior to receiving Auditory Integration Training. The Audiokinetron is set to the individual's audiological profie. Half way through the ten-hour treatment, the client is given another hearing test and any necessary adjustments are made. Gains from AIT include:
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