The Efficacy
of Auditory Integration Training:
A Double Blind Study
William Zollweg,
Ph. D., David Palm, Ph.D., Vere Vance, MSW
La Crosse,
Wisconsin: Chileda, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Gundersen
Lutheran Medical Center, 1996.
Zollweg, W.,
Palm, D., & Vance, V. The efficacy of auditory integration training:
A double blind study. American Journal of Audiology. November 1997,
p. 39-47.
Abstract
The
present study evaluates the efficacy of auditory integration training
(AIT) in a population with multiple disabilities using a double
blind experimental design. 30 residents of a habilitation institute
who had multiple disabilities received AIT over a ten day period.
Changes in hearing sensitivity and loudness tolerance, as measured
by the Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC), were evaluated at discrete
intervals from 1 week to 9 months post-AIT.
Post-AIT
data were then compared to pre-AIT data to determine if changes
occurred in either hearing or behavior that could be attributed
to the experimental stimulus (AIT). Researchers found no significant
difference in hearing threshold or loudness tolerance following
AIT. Slight improvement in behavior was seen in both the treatment
group and the control group, suggesting that factors other than
AIT were responsible for behavioral improvement.
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