Auditory Integration Training

[sazza76]

Has anyone used Auditory Integration Training with their child with ASD? We are about to have a private SALT assessment and they suggested we should have a AIT asessment as well. Does anyone have any thoughts or experiences?

My DS1 and DD have done it and it was amazing. In fact DS2 is doing it on Mon.

DS1 has Aspergers. Previously to doing it he used to walk out of class about 5 times a day because class was noisy which was stressing him out.

Now he doesn't walk out of class anymore.

What AIT did was cure his hypersensitive hearing. Hypersensitive hearing meant that lots of things hurt his ears. Now he only has a tiny patch if hypersensitive hearing left.

As well as his dramatic behaviour change in school I also have before and after audiograms showing how much his hearing has improved.

Yes ds1 did it last May.

No longer hyper sensitive to noise

Thank you very much for your replies, it sounds like it's a good idea for an assessment then. Matthew is definately sensitive to certain noises, though not ones you would expect, like the noise of sellotape peeling off a roll.

How do you get an assessment done?

Very few places do AIT.

We went to the sound learning centre in London. It's very expensive - but like I said I'm doing it next week with my 3rd child, so for me it's definately been worth every penny.

The assessment costs £375. And they do an audiogram then which shows if he has the hypersensitive hearing.

Then the program takes 10 days and costs £800.

Odds are if he hates the sound of Sellotape peeling, then he has hypersensitive hearing at that frequency. And odds are the classroom, and life, will be much easier to cope with if you fix it.

here's a page I wrote after DD did AIT. Down the bottom are links to all the AIT providers I could find in the UK.

I went to Tracey Alderman - it was £500

Here is a link to the place near us that I mentioned (they cover Berkshire,Hampshire)

auditoryintegrationtraining.co.uk/

I will come back and let you know how we get on!

Hi sazza76,
I am sorry to contact after so many months - i'm new to the forum and read your post. My DS is sensitive with noises and has autism and dispraxia. I'd like to know if you went ahead with the therapy - who with - and the outcomes. Has anyone else done the distant program as they seem to be more affordable?
Thanks

My dd had some auditory therapy to correct over sensitivity to certain low frequencies so eg she would hear noises in pipes as disruptive when no-one else really noticed them. The repeated litening to the tales did the trick and now she has no issue.

She doesn't have ASD

My ASD relatives had sensitivity to various things -one is sensitive to touch and wears t shirts inside out as the seams are painful, one was oversensitive to noise and would cup his hand over his ears if there were two people talking in a car. Therapy was given and he can now self moderate.

There is a great thread on here on sensory issues which could help
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/special_needs/2132906-Sensory-Processing-Disorder-support-thread

Good luck