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Digital Auditory Aerobics is a sound and music therapy implemented primarily by Occupational Therapists, Special Education teachers, Speech-Language Pathologists, Audiologists, and other professionals in the field of special needs.
DAA's auditory integration training system modifies sound-related perceptual distortions, “unbalanced” and amplified hearing, and sound sensitivity. Randomly filtered and modulated, pre-recorded music is played through high-quality stereo headphones. Although the training is sometimes given without setting specific filters, DAA provides a proprietary device substantially similar to an electronic stereo equalizer for filtering frequencies experienced as painful or uncomfortable.
A listening test or audiogram identifies hyperacute frequencies and auditory distortion whenever possible.
The DAA protocol consists of twenty half-hour listening sessions and can be repeated yearly. Improvements in socialization skills, behavior and academic performances are commonly reported post AIT. Candidates for AIT are diagnosed with autism, PDD, ADD, ADHD, Dyslexia, CAPD (Central Auditory Processing Disorder), language delay, learning disabilities, and related conditions. Improvements in hearing loss and depression have been reported although research has not been conducted on DAA as a means of remediating these conditions and therefore claims may not be made.
Equipment Cost and Training
The price of a Digital Auditory Aerobics System is $4,775 (including shipping and handling) within the United States. To order, and for training and certification options, please call The Georgiana Institute, (203) 994-8215. Payment is by credit card (Visa, Master Charge, or American Express), check, or wire transfer.
Copies of Sound of a Miracle, Dancing in the Rain, and Sound of Falling Snow may also be ordered.
Requirements for purchase in the United States (or internationally) are a Master's degree in Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Audiology, Social Work, Special Education or a field related to special needs, or a Bachelor's degree and five years’ experience working with the special needs population.
DAA equipment, including the twenty CD's, is owned free and clear by the purchaser with no encumbrances.
DAA, classified as an educational device for the remediation of impairments in auditory discrimination by the FDA in 1998, is the first AIT equipment to be officially “exempted from scrutiny” by the FDA.
Digital Auditory Aerobics Components:
1.) Twenty (20) thirty-minute compact discs, each containing music licensed from FirstCom Music Corp., Dallas, TX. 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.
2.) One (1) EQattenuator, a proprietary device substantially similar to an electronic equalizer with stereophonic attenuation capabilities. The EQattenuator contains frequency select cut-offs (filters) for eight hearing-level frequencies that allow for a particular frequency to be decreased in intensity by approximately 50 percent. The maximum average volume level achieved by the device is 85 dB. Also the device can be set to reduce volume by about 30 percent in either ear.
3.) One (1) beyerdynamic Model 250 professional headset. Additional headsets are $250 each.
4.) One (1) manual of operation, explanation of AIT/DAA and the application of the ten-day therapy.
The manufacturer of this new AIT system has been informed by the FDA in writing that “the product is not a device subject to FDA regulation.”
Since 1998 The Georgiana Institute has been designated a non-profit organization, tax-exempt under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, ID#06-1500430. Contributions are tax deductible. The Institute gratefully accepts donations made by credit card, personal or corporate check. Thank you!
The Georgiana Institute, Inc.
A Nonprofit Organization
Annabel Stehli, President
822 Harmony Street
New Orleans, LA 70115 USA
Cell phone: (203)994-8215
Email: georgianainstitute@snet.net
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