Auditory Integration Training

[Eveiebaby]

Was just wondering if anybody had any positive or negative experiences with AIT.

DD (3.6 ASD) seems to hear "too well" in some instances - for example can hear extrememly quiet sounds in the house etc..

She was observed at playgroup and Paed and SALT noted that her listening and receptive language skills were well below what should be expected for her age. Seems she cannot even follow a one stage direction at playgroup I was very surprised by this as she can follow directions at home so it made me think that maybe she has processing problems in loud environments.

Have also realized how bad her peer social skills are. Again, at home on a 1:1 basis she does not seem to have the amount of significant difficulties as in a group environment.
Expressive language is also way behind in social terms.

Anway, without rambling on further these are a few things that have made me think maybe AIT could help.

Any comments appreciated

My DS has Auditory Processing Disorder. His consultant has recommended a plan which I assume is AIT.

I am currently waiting to be roundly fobbed off by all involved as it is not currently available on the NHS.

I would be very interested in other's experiences of this so I hope you dont mind my jumping on your bandwaggon.

Hi Chegirl - no I do not mind you joining in at all Can I ask what type of symptoms your DS has - I am interested in gathering as much info as I can.

I'm not sure if you have looked at this site www.thesoundlearningcentre.co.uk - it has lots of interesting information

Hi

DS has learning delay (he does not have ASD)
He cannot follow instructins of more than 1-2 parts.
He seems to mishear words and phrases. He confuses words like Micky/Nicky Heaven/Devon/Haven etc. He cannot tell the difference at all.
He takes things literally. I cant think of exact examples but stuff like 'bite your head off' IYSWIM.
He has a very poor recall/memory.
He might seem to know something when you ask him - eg. days of the week, but when you ask him ten minutes later he cant repeat.
He sometimes seems not to hear you talking to him at all.
He has disordered speech. He still gets genders and tenses wrong. His grammer is pretty awful.
He cannot read yet
He cant write

He is 7 in March.

He pretty much ticks every box on the list of markers for APD.

He was dx at Great Ormond street in October.

Thanks for the site info. I will have a look. I think I may have visited it whilst waiting for a dx but I need to start researching again.

Hi
We had AIT for my dd two years ago.At first her behaviour
issues went bad to worse, because she was hearing differently then before.After few weeks we start noticing that she was taking interest in tv and start understanding more instruction. Before the ten days treatment she would only understand 1 to 2 words, now she understands a full sentence.She is still non-verbal but at least she is less hyper and concentrating more. If you want to know more please let me know, I am more than happy to share our experience.

I'm curious about this approach but as it's not available on NHS, I don't have a clue about how to access it.

Chegirl - thanks for explaining about your DS and his symptoms it has been a great help

Zakmum - may I ask how old your DD was when she had treatment.

Cyber - I'm not sure where you are but the Sound Learning Centre I mentioned in previous post is in London. It has lots of info on their website. Assessment and course of treatment will probably cost around £1200!

Can somebody give me a quick heads up as to what are the pointers that your dc has APD?

dd has moderate LDs and has aversion to certain noises.She has very limited speech.A recent hearing test showed it to be normal ,.When I asked her teascher she sadi it could be a processing disorder but it was hard to tell given dds other issues.Would be very interested TIA.

I have listed my DS's symptoms above Mavis. That might help. Otherwise if you google it you will get a list of markers.

DS met all of them but I was wary because a lot of them are common for children and specially those with LDs etc.

When I first saw consultant I told him all the things I was worried about and he seemed sure that DS didnt have APD. I got the feeling he got loads of innapropriate referrals. He was rude or anything.

DS had the tests and it turned out he did have APD and significant difficulties dealing with background noise and temporal processing problems.

Hi
My dd was nearly 6 when we had the treatment,but they start from 2yrs and 6 months.The children have to wear head phones for half an hour.My dd was very hyper, we had to practice this for two months with her favourate music on.