Re: OT - Auditory issues - Info on AIT?

[Guest guest]

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Check out The Listening Program which is cheaper than doing Berard's AIT and

is based on the same principle. You can do this therapy at home and you will

be able to repeat the program as often as necessary since you will purchase

your own CDs for the therapy. My grandson did Berard's AIT 1 1/2 years ago.

It was very helpful but he eventually lost some of the benefits after a few

months. AIT therapy does have to be repeated a few times for some people before

the progress sticks with them. The Listening Program will give us the

advantage of being able to repeat the therapy when necessary.

Ann

[Guest guest]

>>>Does anyone have some personal experience they could send my way in

terms of AIT? My daughter doesn't process well, and has some serious

memory/grammar issues. I am looking into getting her some therapy - and

all I am finding are these centers that charge you an arm and a leg. Has

anyone implemented an AIT program? Or maybe even know of a list that

discusses this?

Thanks,

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I have also been interested in some auditory programs for my son b/c he

seems to have clarity and processing issues. I recently took him to the

Center in Budd Lake, NJ, for an evaluation b/c there are so many

different therapies out there. I wanted to get a better handle on what might

work for him. I'd rather not do anything than do the wrong thing.

Originally, I had been thinking of doing the Berard AIT since a woman was

doing a training locally over spring break and it wasn't too expensive. I

found out from the Center that my son really is not candidate for AIT

b/c he still has tubes in his ears. The Center recommended 2-3 session

of Tomatis but there is just no way in the world I can afford the cost of

the training PLUS live up there for 15 days at a time!!!!! How do people do

this? Can you get grants from foundations to cover these costs???

So, for now all that is on hold. Sammy is gaining language skills but I

always wonder whether or not he would be gaining them faster if he had the

auditory therapies.

Don't know if that helped or not.

[Guest guest]

>>> The Listening Program which is cheaper than doing Berard's AIT

and is based on the same principle.

This is the one I have been considering. Maybe this summer. I talked

with someone from the company and they said it helped with motion

sickness too. I asked how it work physiologically to improve the

auditory processing. I was looking for a real concrete reason and not

something like:

- I don't know, it just works

- something magical happens

- the wavelenghts align your personal magnetic field with the planets

She said the different wavelengths in the selected discs that one

listens too exercises various muscles and neuro-pathways in the ear.

This strengthens them or further develops them. This makes

sense...just as you exercise your muscles to strengthen them for

better physical performance. And I know that motion sickness has to

do with the inner ear.

Here is a group I was in for a while on auditory therapies (there are

probably others around):

AuditoryProcessing/

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[Guest guest]

We have The Listening Programme and whilst we haven;t seen anything dramatic

(par for the course for my little man) I think it was worth the expense.

Started using it again last night, this time we will do just the Speech and

Language extension CD for a while before the main TLP programme. The peopl that

make

it also do a CD for the computer called Brainbuilder with some exercise aimed

specificaaly at imporving processing and auditory and visual memory. Worked

for me and its very inexpensive (compared to TLP, whichi s inexpensive compared

to centre based AIT LOL)

www.advancedbrain.com

HTH

MAndi in UK

> Does anyone have some personal experience they could send my way in

> terms of AIT? My daughter doesn't process well, and has some serious

> memory/grammar issues. I am looking into getting her some therapy - and

> all I am finding are these centers that charge you an arm and a leg. Has

> anyone implemented an AIT program? Or maybe even know of a list that

> discusses this?

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Ann,

This is great.

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From: bpwatts@... [mailto:bpwatts@...]

The Listening Program will give us the

advantage of being able to repeat the therapy when necessary.

Ann

[Guest guest]

Awesome, Thanks .

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Here is a group I was in for a while on auditory therapies (there are

probably others around):

AuditoryProcessing/

.

[Guest guest]

Thanks Mandi!

Re: OT - Auditory issues - Info on AIT?

www.advancedbrain.com

HTH

MAndi in UK

[Guest guest]

We have done 2 rounds of AIT for my almost 4 year old. I noticed huge

gains in speech with each round. We did them about 10 months apart. We

did two rounds for my son's auditory sensitivities. I maybe noticed a

20% improvement in sound tolerance with the first round and we are only

one month out of the second round. I do notice much more improvement

with the hypersensitivity to noise with this round. Its not gone, but

better. The speech and auditory processing is better. He now says

things like " you guys, yeah you got it " more phrases and much more

conversational also. Usually there is 3 months after the AIT that you

see the most change. We live in AZ and travel down to Tuscon to do it,

because a speech therapist does it and she has a DDD contract. She

bills under ST and actually my primary insurance has paid for it both

times! It didn't even have to go through DDD, but she said she has

never been denied. Here in Phoenix, there is an audiologist that does

the AIT, but she doesn't have a contract with DDD so you have to pay out

of pocket. I would totally recommend AIT to anyone. You don't really

always get what you want out of it and are surprised at what your child

gets out of it. I prayed totally for the noise stuff to go away, but

what a thrill to see his speech progress so quickly!!! I have talked

with a lot of parents, one mom told me the first day her son did it he

slept through the night for the first time ever!!! (he is still

nonverbal, but the mom was so grateful to finally get some sleep - a

gift she didn't expect). The ST that did Noah's AIT was trained by

bel Stehli, the woman responsible for bringing AIT to the US. A

wonderful book of her story and how her child " recovered " from autism

using AIT is called The Sound of A Miracle. AIT is amazing, some

children walk in nonverbal and come out speaking, but some have no

noticeable effects. I feel like it is definitely a worth while

adventure. You can never wear headphones again after AIT. And also I

keep Noah home from school on fire drill days. You have to be careful of

sudden noises the first 3 months or so after AIT. If you want more

info, please email me directly. I hope this helps. This list has

helped me so much!

Mom to 2 beautiful blue eyed boys - Noah (4), pdd-nos and verbal

apraxia, and Luke (1), NT and unvaccinated