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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.
The cost of the DAA system, available for purchase through the Georgiana Institute, is $4,775.00 plus $50.00 shipping and handling in the U.S., $100. S&H elsewhere. Credit cards accepted. Please email Annabel Stehli at georgianainstitute@snet.net for details or call her at 860-355-1545.
DAA equipment, including the twenty CD's, is owned free and clear by the purchaser with no encumbrances.
Training: Although the DAA manual is comprehensive and training is not required, it is available for an additional charge of $500. If desired, instruction in the use of the MAICO MA-39 Audiometer for on site listening tests is included in the training although it is not required. Audiometers may be purchased separately through the Georgiana Institute or directly from Lipin-Deitz in Guilford, CT, 203-453-8888, for an additional $1,125. plus shipping.
Annabel Stehli is available to conduct seminars on AIT and book signings for $500 plus expenses. All proceeds benefit the Georgiana Institute. CEU’s (Continuing Educational Units) are awarded to professionals attending her lectures.
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, 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."
Help support our endeavor; please send your tax deductible donations to:
The Georgiana Institute, Inc.
A Nonprofit Organization
Annabel Stehli, President
P.O. Box 10
Roxbury, CT 06783 USA
Telephone: (860) 355-1545
Email: georgianainstitute@snet.net
The Georgiana Institute is a tax-exempt corporation
under section 501 (C (3) of the Internal Revenue code.
Federal EIN & tax-exempt no. 06-1500430.
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