Re: Re: Re: AIT Therapy

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Posted By Doug on October 25, 2000 at 00:01:02:

In Reply to: Re: Re: AIT Therapy posted by Abigail on October 24, 2000 at 18:14:48:

Abigail,

Fastforword is a set of computer games that were developed by scientists who believe in the plasticity of the brain. They, as in Son Rise, do not believe that if deveopmental milestones are not met that the door for development slams shut. However, that is where the similarity to Son Rise ends.

What the scientists have theorized is that a certain age the ability to hear certain sounds did not develop naturally. This could have happened because of chronic ear infections. This was the case for our son. What they have done is to process speech in a way that slows down certain sounds that go by very quickly. When playing the computer games, the speech is initially highly processed. The games have artificial intelligence built in, and become more and more like normal speech as the child progresses. At the end the speech is entirely normal.

There are five games to play each day for five days a week. The games last for twenty minutes each. The child wears headphones while playing and must be adept at using the mouse, or use a touch screen. It was necessary for us to give Nick lots of encouragement to play. The end result was such a huge leap in his speech that it was well worth it. We actually played the games for fourteen weeks, which is far longer than they say you should need to play. But it took Nick that long to get how to play some of the games. There is a lot more involved than AIT, which is passive listening.

You can learn more about Fastforword at their web site:

Best,

Doug

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Comments:: Abigail, : Fastforword is a set of computer games that were developed by scientists who believe in the plasticity of the brain. They, as in Son Rise, do not believe that if deveopmental milestones are not met that the door for development slams shut. However, that is where the similarity to Son Rise ends. : What the scientists have theorized is that a certain age the ability to hear certain sounds did not develop naturally. This could have happened because of chronic ear infections. This was the case for our son. What they have done is to process speech in a way that slows down certain sounds that go by very quickly. When playing the computer games, the speech is initially highly processed. The games have artificial intelligence built in, and become more and more like normal speech as the child progresses. At the end the speech is entirely normal. : There are five games to play each day for five days a week. The games last for twenty minutes each. The child wears headphones while playing and must be adept at using the mouse, or use a touch screen. It was necessary for us to give Nick lots of encouragement to play. The end result was such a huge leap in his speech that it was well worth it. We actually played the games for fourteen weeks, which is far longer than they say you should need to play. But it took Nick that long to get how to play some of the games. There is a lot more involved than AIT, which is passive listening. : You can learn more about Fastforword at their web site: : : Best, : Doug