Research summaries for autism therapy: auditory integration training (AIT)

definition of auditory integration training: Non-biologic alternative therapy for autism involving repeated exposure to sounds.
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Auditory Processing Disorders: Can They be Treated?, Summarized Oct 6, 2009

Auditory (sound) processing training may not improve reading, spoken language, or attention in children with autism.

The author of this article compared 6 studies of auditory training program for children with auditory processing problems. Children with autism may also have auditory processing problems. They may have good hearing but have trouble processing sound input. The author said that commercial auditory training programs can be helpful for improving auditory processing. Nonspeech training and simple speech training were helpful. However, reading, spoken language, or attention were not improved. The author also said that there are few well-controlled studies on this subject, and some poorly-designed studies may be misleading.

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Autism, Summarized Sep 11, 2009

There are many therapy options for people with autism, and some of them are supported by scientific evidence indicating that they may be likely to help.

This review article summarizes published scientific studies of how well different autism therapies might work.... The other categories are dietary interventions, drug therapy, and non-drug treatments like auditory integration training and chelation therapy. The therapies listed as "likely to be beneficial"include: ABA, Autism Pre-school Programme, Child's Talk, More than Words, Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), and methylphenidate for hyperactivity.... Read more...

Scientifically Unsupported Therapies in the Treatment of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Summarized Dec 11, 2008

Many parents use scientifically unproven therapies to help their children with autism.

This article reviews a few therapies that are used to treat autism (vitamins, sensory integration therapy, facilitated communication, auditory integration therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and others). The author states that while some treatments can improve autism in many children, the above therapies have not been proven to work in research studies. Vitamin therapy includes vitamins A, C, B6-magnesium complex, folic acid, and B12. Sensory integration therapy is designed to help children learn to process the input from their senses. Facilitated communication involves having a person guide the child with autism as he or she talks through a computer. Read more...

The Analysis and Treatment of Problem Behavior Evoked by Auditory Stimulation, Summarized Dec 4, 2008

ABA therapy may be able to improve problem behaviors that happen in response to noise.

As many as 40% of children with autism do not like noise and respond to noise with problem behavior. Despite this fact, few studies have looked at treating the response to noise as a way of treating problem behaviors in people with autism. This case study described a child with autism who had a bad response to music and was treated with applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy. The authors noted that it was very hard to find the real cause (establishing operation) of the problem behavior. The authors describe other therapy approaches that might have worked such as teaching the child to walk away from the music. Read more...

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Synonyms for auditory integration training (AIT) include: AIT, audio, audiologist, audiology, auditory, auditory brainstem response, auditory input, auditory integration, auditory integration therapy, auditory integration training, auditory processing, auditory therapy
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