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: One area Joe has difficulties with that we are at are rather at a loss about is Sound Sensitivity...quite a few noises make him cover his ears .We understand that AIT claims to be helpful for this but the process of doing it sounds like it could be intrusive and unpleasant[as well as expensive].. also our Paediatrician who is generally receptive to complimentary/alternative approaches to Autism feels the science behind it and evidence regarding it is 'woolly'.We would love to hear from anyone with personal experience of it..did it work or not? Did it upset your child having it done? What did it actually involve?
: AIT for Brenen: : Our son did AIT last June. We did see some positive results in reduced sound sensativity almost immediately. No question in my mind that it helped with that. Before AIT, if I ran any power tools, he would cover his ears and yell "Off, off!" After AIT, he just watches (depends on the tool!) or leaves the room. His language has continued to improve at a steady pace, but we are doing over 50 hours each week of son-rise as well 8 hours of floor time. Also, many other dietary/supplaments, ect. It cost us about $1,000.00 and insurance paid for half. To my suprise, he tolerated it really well. He was able to sit and listen for the half hour session with little difficulty. The process is as follows: For tens straight days the child listens to "filtered" music twice a day for 30 minutes. There must be 3-4 hours in between sessions (I forgot the exact time) Head phones are applied, he sits in a chair, and that is it. With Brenen, when he got off the chair, we just told him how many minutes were left and he would go back and listen. A few times we had to coax him back on the chair, but overall it was pretty easy. Brenen is not normally a kid that likes to sit still. : : Before starting, we had headphones in the playroom for a month and we would all put them on. When he finally asked for them I said in a joking manner "They are mine! I don't want to share!" He aksed again and I said, "OK, but I want them back as soon as you are done." We made them something of value before ever having him try them. : Was it worth it? I think so. For ceratin his sensativity is reduced, and perhaps it may have helped with language a bit as well.
: Another option you may want to try is Ease CD. A friend of ours told me that she had good results with this as well. You basically do the AIT in your own home. You buy a CD for about 80 bucks (you need headphones) and get your child to listen. In AIT the volume is changed almost daily. I don't know how you know how much to change it at home or if you even do for that matter. E-mail me for the phone # to get the CD I am at work now so I have no info here. It is in the treatment guide I talk about and will E-mail to you at your request. Good Luck! : Bram
Dear Bram.Thankyou for you Input.It was great to see within just a couple of days some real experiences of the techniques which we only have vague theoretical info about.I think we might see if we can get info on Samonas as Galen describes first as getting to London daily for 2 weeks will prove very hard at this time but if we,re still finding sound difficulties perhaps we could manage it in the future.I was interested to read a bit more about you....it is amazing being able to link up with such unusual parents through the notice board....I presume you will read this at work.I hope all is peaceful in Boston tonight.Thanks again.Best wishes to you and your family.Nb Did you go straight into a fullblown programme or build it up slowly.Jeanie
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