Auditory Integration Therapy
in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Research by Laila Y.
Al-Ayadhi, AIT Practitioner, Riyadh and Abdul Majeed Al-Drees, and Ahmed M. Al-Arfaj,
King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia.
Link:
https://www.la-press.com/la_press_news.php?pa=view&news_item_id=3085
Posted Mon,
Apr, 15, 2013
Published in
Autism Insights is a new original research article by Laila Y. Al-Ayadhi, Abdul
Majeed Al-Drees, and Ahmed M. Al-Arfaj. Read more about this paper below:
Title
Effectiveness of Auditory Integration Therapy in Autism Spectrum
Disorders—Prospective Study
Abstract
Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of
auditory integration training
(AIT) in people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
Method: Seventy two (72) subjects with ASD aged up to 17 years old (70 male and 2
females) were recruited for the study. All subjects were screened by Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, (DSM-IV), and assessed by CARS
(Childhood Autism Rating Scale). Pre-intervention scores and post-intervention
(3 and 6 months) scores were calculated for each child using CARS, Social
Responsiveness Scale (SRS), and the Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC).
Auditory integration training was performed over 2 week, 30 minutes, twice a
day.
Results: All subjects demonstrated improvement
3 and 6 months following the AIT. ASD subject showed 22% and 26%
percentage improvement in SRS scoring 3 and 6 months respectively following the
AIT intervention. Those changes were attributed to statistically significant
changes in social awareness, social cognition, and social communication. Similar
results were achieved with the ATEC check list: ASD subject showed 19.5% and
22.5% improvement 3 and 6 months following the AIT intervention, respectively.
Those changes are due to statistically significant (P < 0.05) improvement in
speech, communication and sociability only.
Conclusions: The results of this study support the
therapeutic effects of
auditory integration training
on social awareness, social cognition, and social
communication, as well as speech and communication.
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