Auditory Integration Training for Children With Autism: No Behavioral Benefits Detected
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) in American Journal on Mental Retardation
- Vol. 105 (2) , 118-29
- https://doi.org/10.1352/0895-8017(2000)105<0118:aitfcw>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Auditory integration training and a control treatment were provided for 16 children with autism in a crossover experimental design. Measures, blind to treatment order, included parent and teacher ratings of behavior, direct observational recordings, IQ, language, and social/adaptive tests. Significant differences tended to show that the control condition was superior on parent-rated measures of hyperactivity and on direct observational measures of ear-occlusion. No differences were detected on teacher-rated measures. Children's IQs and language comprehension did not increase, but adaptive/social behavior scores and expressive language quotients decreased. The majority of parents (56%) were unable to report in retrospect when their child had received auditory integration training. No individual child was identified as benefiting clinically or educationally from the treatment.Keywords
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