Therapeutic games and music for auditory hypersensitive, autistic, downs syndrome, pdd and add children.

EASe CD Instructions
CD player and Headphones for the EASe
(ELECTRONIC AUDITORY STIMULATION effect) CD

Best fidelity can be achieved by using a high quality CD player/headphone combination with the EASe CD. Below you will find recommendations for a system well suited to the EASe CD Series 1 audio Compact Disc.

1. A high quality compact disc player must be used. Most good quality players will work, however be sure to purchase one that can play the disc in Random order. Circuit City is a good source for portable machines in the United States.

2. High quality headphones must be used. The headphones supplied with most CD players are marginal. There are many different headphones that will work properly with EASe CD. The requirements for a suitable pair are as follows:

a. The headphones must fully cover the ear, the little foam units are not suitable.

b. The headphones must not be too large, they should fit comfortably on your child's head.

c. The headphones with the highest frequency response should be chosen, with a minimum frequency response of at least 20,000 hz as stated on their specifications.

3. Always use Random Play mode. This inhibits habituation of the stimulus and extends the useful life of the disc.

4. The volume is set only as loud as your child can comfortably listen and no louder. If you have a question regarding volume, error on the safe side. Start at a very soft volume and gradually turn it up over a period of several listening sessions.

Using the EASe CD

1. Remove the wrapping from the EASe CD. Open the jewel box but do not remove the disc.

2. Unpack the CD player and remove it from its wrapping. The unit can usually be operated either by batteries (not included) or by the power supply (included). Either install the batteries or plug in the power supply.

3. Push the OPEN button on the CD player. Remove the EASe compact disc from its jewel box (press on the center with one finger and raise it by the edges) and place it (printed side up) in the center of the CD player. Close the lid.

4. Push the Power On switch. You should now be seeing an active LED display.

5. Select Random play mode on the CD player.

6. Plug in the headphones.

7. Push the play button.

8. Adjust the volume to a soft level and put the headphones on yourself to check them. If your child is extremely hypersensitive, adjust the headphones to an even softer initial level. Some children will be able to hear a signal even when you cannot. Make sure your child is comfortable. After each session you can raise the level of the player very slightly until it is louder but still comfortable for your child.

9. The listening schedule can be modified for each individual child. The course used by Auditory Integration practitioners is a 1/2 hour session twice daily for 10 days. However, certain children may benefit from a different listening schedule. A child who is hypersensitive to touch and cannot wear headphones for long periods of time can be given a schedule customized for him, for example, two ten or fifteen minute sessions a day for a month. A very young child can even listen to the disc on high quality speakers directed toward her play area. Another approach is to place the headphones on the child while he is asleep. One half hour is the maximum time period per session.

Note: If your child wants the volume lower always cooperate immediately. Listening to the EASe CD should be a reward and should always be enjoyable. If for some reason it is not, stop immediately.

9. IMPORTANT! Never adjust the headphones to painfully loud levels. This CD is an audio source only and these instructions do not constitute a medical treatment. Remember, this should be an enjoyable experience for your child. We welcome any comments from parents. Write to: Vision Play LLC, 611 Anchor Drive. Joppa Md 21085. Profits from this project donated to charity to help brain-injured children.

EASe Schedule Options

EASe (Electronic Auditory Stimulation efect) is similar to AIT (Auditory Integration Training) in many ways. The signal on the disc is created with the same filter enhansing as the signal coming from an Audiokinetron. EASe is most efficient and effective when used with high quality headphones. Our favorites are Sony 7506's because of their exceptional high end response.

However EASe is fundamentally different from AIT in a number of significant ways. AIT is a procedure that is performed by a therapist in an office using a machine connected directly to a child via headphones. Signal from the machine is custom modified for that particular child.

EASe is a tool that is used by parents in their home using a simple compact disc player and headphones or speakers. The signal from the EASe disc is not modified, one set of stimulation frequencies is applied to everyone.

EASe is most efficient when used with headphones, however because parents control the disc in their own home and are not constrained by the same conditions that affect AIT, many different methods of delivering EASe are possible.

If a child is older and capable of and willing to sit still, then the AIT schedule of two, thirty minute sessions a day for ten days is perfectly fine. However if a child is too tactile hypersensitive or
small to wear the headphones, other inventive methods, discovered by our mothers have shown promise.

Speakers can be used with the understanding that the signal is not as pristine as with headphones and so not as effective. Room reflections mix with the direct signal from the speakers and dilute the waveform, robbing transient information. Because of this effort should be made to aim the speakers directly into the child's area. Some mothers have mounted speakers over their children's cribs and are playing the disc when their children are asleep. Mothers of older, tactile hypersensitive children are plugging the CD player into their car's stereo and taking their child for a thirty minute EASe ride. This is very inventive as it contains the child nicely and the speakers are not too far away from the child no matter where he is in the car. Try to drive slowely so as not to increase the ambient noise level. Some mothers are putting headphones put on their children after they are asleep.

We are seeing promising results from all these methods as expressed by the letters we receive from mothers.

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER should a child be forced to wear headphones. We have heard horror stories of people holding children down to make them wear the headphones for AIT .

EASe should always be a reward.

Because the EASe CD belongs to the parent, time constraints that apply to the hourly cost of AIT do not apply. If a child will wear the headphones for fifteen minutes instead of thirty, then let him wear them for fifteen minutes, but extend the number of days to twenty or thirty. If a child will only wear them for five minutes at first, then, today make it five and tomorrow make it seven and the next day make it ten, until you can get the necessary time in.

Instructions on using the full 10-disc set:

If your child is able to accept a full 30 minute session, two times a
day, I suggest the following schedule, using one CD per day for both morning and afternoon/evening sessions.

Day 1 morning - EASe #1 for 30 minutes.
Day 1 evening - EASe #1 for 30 minutes.
Day 2 morning - EASe #2 for 30 minutes.
Day 2 evening - EASe #2 for 30 minutes.
Day 3 morning - EASe #3 for 30 minutes.
Day 3 evening - EASe #3 for 30 minutes.
Day 4 morning - EASe #4 for 30 minutes.
Day 4 evening - EASe #4 for 30 minutes.
Day 5 morning - EASe #5 for 30 minutes.
Day 5 evening - EASe #5 for 30 minutes.
Day 6 morning - EASe #6 for 30 minutes.
Day 6 evening - EASe #6 for 30 minutes.
Day 7 morning - EASe #7 for 30 minutes.
Day 7 evening - EASe #7 for 30 minutes.
Day 8 morning - EASe #8 for 30 minutes.
Day 8 evening - EASe #8 for 30 minutes.
Day 9 morning - EASe #9 for 30 minutes.
Day 9 evening - EASe #9 for 30 minutes.
Day 10 morning - EASe #10 for 30 minutes.
Day 10 evening - EASe #10 for 30 minutes.
Day 11 morning - EASe #1 for 30 minutes.
Day 11 evening - EASe #1 for 30 minutes.
Day 12 morning - EASe #2 for 30 minutes.
Day 12 evening - EASe #2 for 30 minutes.
Day 13 morning - EASe #3 for 30 minutes.
Day 13 evening - EASe #3 for 30 minutes.
Day 14 morning - EASe #4 for 30 minutes.
Day 14 evening - EASe #4 for 30 minutes.
Day 15 morning - EASe #5 for 30 minutes.
Day 15 evening - EASe #5 for 30 minutes.
Day 16 morning - EASe #6 for 30 minutes.
Day 16 evening - EASe #6 for 30 minutes.
Day 17 morning - EASe #7 for 30 minutes.
Day 17 evening - EASe #7 for 30 minutes.
Day 18 morning - EASe #8 for 30 minutes.
Day 18 evening - EASe #8 for 30 minutes.
Day 19 morning - EASe #9 for 30 minutes.
Day 19 evening - EASe #9 for 30 minutes.
Day 20 morning - EASe #10 for 30 minutes.
Day 20 evening - EASe #10 for 30 minutes.
Day 21 morning - EASe #1 for 30 minutes.
Day 21 evening - EASe #1 for 30 minutes.
Day 22 morning - EASe #2 for 30 minutes.
Day 22 evening - EASe #2 for 30 minutes.
Day 23 morning - EASe #3 for 30 minutes.
Day 23 evening - EASe #3 for 30 minutes.
Day 24 morning - EASe #4 for 30 minutes.
Day 24 evening - EASe #4 for 30 minutes.
Day 25 morning - EASe #5 for 30 minutes.
Day 25 evening - EASe #5 for 30 minutes.
Day 26 morning - EASe #6 for 30 minutes.
Day 26 evening - EASe #6 for 30 minutes.
Day 27 morning - EASe #7 for 30 minutes.
Day 27 evening - EASe #7 for 30 minutes.
Day 28 morning - EASe #8 for 30 minutes.
Day 28 evening - EASe #8 for 30 minutes.
Day 29 morning - EASe #9 for 30 minutes.
Day 29 evening - EASe #9 for 30 minutes.
Day 30 morning - EASe #10 for 30 minutes.
Day 30 evening - EASe #10 for 30 minutes.
Day 31 morning - EASe #1 for 30 minutes.
Day 31 evening - EASe #1 for 30 minutes.
Day 32 morning - EASe #2 for 30 minutes.
Day 32 evening - EASe #2 for 30 minutes.
Day 33 morning - EASe #3 for 30 minutes.
Day 33 evening - EASe #3 for 30 minutes.
Day 34 morning - EASe #4 for 30 minutes.
Day 34 evening - EASe #4 for 30 minutes.
Day 35 morning - EASe #5 for 30 minutes.
Day 35 evening - EASe #5 for 30 minutes.
Day 36 morning - EASe #6 for 30 minutes.
Day 36 evening - EASe #6 for 30 minutes.
Day 37 morning - EASe #7 for 30 minutes.
Day 37 evening - EASe #7 for 30 minutes.
Day 38 morning - EASe #8 for 30 minutes.
Day 38 evening - EASe #8 for 30 minutes.
Day 39 morning - EASe #9 for 30 minutes.
Day 39 evening - EASe #9 for 30 minutes.
Day 40 morning - EASe #10 for 30 minutes.
Day 40 evening - EASe #10 for 30 minutes.

The advantage of this schedule is that your child will have ten days between hearing a disc. This will keep the discs "fresher" for a longer time. By day 40, your child has only listened to each CD 4 times. If you are having success, you could extend this schedule to 100 days, or just over 3 months. At this point, stop and observe the changes in your child. If after six months to a year, you see some of the hypersensitivity returning, you can start the EASe program again.

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