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Auditory Integration
Training (AIT)
AIT is the use of altered auditory frequencies
on random music selections to desensitise and re-balance
an individual to auditory input. The individual usually
listens via headphones for prescribed amounts of time over
a set period of time. It is thought to assist individuals
who are hypersensitive to sound, appear not to attend or
who are unable to filter out particular sounds. There are
numerous variations on the technique including Berard Method,
Samonas Sound Therapy and Tomatis Method.
Websites
American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement
on Auditory Integration Training and Facilitated Communication
for Autism
http://www.aap.org/policy/re9752.html
Society for Auditory Intervention Techniques
http://www.up-to-date.com/saitwebsite
Association for Science in Autism Treatment
http://www.asatonline.org/autism_info08.html
NAS factsheet: Auditory Integration Training
http://www.nas.org.uk/pubs/factsheet/docs/ait.pdf
The efficacy of auditory Integration training
http://www.autism.com/ari/aitsummary.html
Auditory Integration Training
http://www.vision3d.com/adhd
The Georgiana Instititute
http://www.georgianainstitute.org
The Listening Centre
http://www.listeningcentre.com
The Tomatis Method
http://www.tomatis.com
EASe CD
www.vision-audio.com
The Whole Idea (Samonas Therapy)
http://www.pikestone.co.uk/thewholeidea/catalog/cddesgen.htm
Samonas Auditory Intervention
http://samonas.com
Research Articles and Books
Amenta, C (1994) "A new dawn of awakening"
Autism Society of America Conference July 6-9 pp 229-237.
Berard, G (1993) Hearing equals behavior.
New Canaan, Keats Publishing.
Bettison, S (1996) "The long-term effects
of Auditory Training on children with autism" Journal
of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Vol 26 (3) pp 361-374.
Brown, M (1999) "Auditory Integration
Training and autism: two case studies" British Journal
of Occupational Therapy Vol 62 (1) pp 13-18.
Condon, W (1975) "Multiple response to
sound in dysfunction children" Journal of Autism
and Childhood Schizophrenia, 537 - 56.
Gillberg, C et al (1997) "Auditory Integration
Training in children with autism: brief report of an open
pilot study" Autism Vol 1 (1) pp 97-100.
Hayes, R & Gordon, A (1977) "Auditory
abnormalities in autistic children" Lancet 2
p 767.
Link, H (1997) "Auditory integration
training: Sound therapy? Case studies of three boys with
autism who received AIT" British Journal of Learning
Disabilities Vol 25 pp 106-110.
Mudford, O et al (2000) "Auditory Integration
Training for children with autism: no behavioral benefits
detected" American Journal on Mental Retardation
105 (2) pp 118-129.
Rimland, B & Edelson, S (1995) "Auditory
integration training in autism: a pilot study" Journal
of Autism and Developmental Disorders Vol 25
pp 61 - 70
Rimland, B & Edelson, S (1994) "The
effects of auditory integration training on autism"
American Journal of Speech and Language Pathology Vol
3 pp 16 - 24.
Stehli, A (1995) Dancing in the rain.
Westport: The Georgiana Organization, Inc.
Stehli, A (1991) The sound of a miracle:
a child's triumph over autism. New York: Doubleday
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