The EASe CD #1 was created in 1996 by Vision Audio Inc. as a way to bring Electronic Auditory Stimulation technology to the general public. It is comprised of up tempo, emotionally positive, instrumental music encoded with high frequency burst equalization. This results in music that is mostly soft or dull with very short random bursts of high frequency information like cymbals. These bursts of high frequency energy help the brain to habituate to common noise.

Some children, because of a brain injury either before, during or after birth, are unable to cope with the range of sound volume that average people take for granted. These children become ultra-sensitive to sounds, even low volume sounds. When these children are 18 months and younger, they exhibit startle reflexes to a vacuum cleaner in the next room or many other normal acoustic events. By the time they reach three or four years old, some of these children appear deaf, and have developed defensive mechanisms to protect them from unbearable noise. However, their auditory defensiveness is not proper habituation. It is a global "shut down" that isolates them from the world and prevents them from acquiring language. In many cases these children are diagnosed as "autistic". In other, milder cases the child may be diagnosed with Attention Deficit disorder. In yet milder cases a child may not be identifiable as having any auditory issues but may not be achieving the academic levels that his intellect would indicate. Other individuals have become ultra-sensitive to sound for many other reasons such as brain tumor surgery. It has been speculated that as many as 20% of the general population is over or ultra-sensitive to common noise.

The EASe (Electronic Auditory Stimulation effect) compact disc series is a music product that is easy to use the in the home by parents, employing the simplest of tools such as a portable compact disc player and high quality headphones. The EASe CDs contain music that has been modified by a filtering system that removes the upper frequencies for the majority of the listening time (creating a soft, somewhat muddy sound) and then randomly and transiently boosts the high frequencies to much higher than nominal levels.This transient auditory stimulation has the effect of stimulating (and in doing so, helping to organize) the auditory areas of the brain, but because it is short in duration, does not elicit a defensive response. Eventually the listener acclimates to the presence of sound and is able to perceive it more normally.

It is important to note that EASe is not a cure for anything, especially ADD, Autism, ADHD, etc. EASe can help DESENSITIZE an individual to common noise thereby allowing other methods of intervention to be more effective. We frequently see improvements in a child such as improved language, eye contact, affection, balance, etc. However these secondary effects of EASe are a result of the child's ability to experience the world through their now uncluttered senses and the resulting neurological growth not as a direct result of EASe.

If you are a therapist trained and certified by Vital Links, please continue to purchase EASe 1-4 through them. We are happy to sell you all of our other products.