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A Study on the Efficacy of Auditory Integration Training for Autistic Children - An Experimental Study


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Aim: To find out the effect of "Auditory Integration Training" in Autistic Children.

Material & Method: The study was done on 12 children, 6 children in control and 6 in experimental group diagnosed with Autism, based on CARS. The experimental group was subjected to AIT for 10 days, 2 sessions per day for 30 minutes. The pre and post ATEC scores (The Control Group underwent conventional treatment) of both groups were compared to find out the effectiveness.

Results: The finding of this study indicated that there was significant improvement in the components of ATEC scores comparing between experimental group and control group Autistic children. The evaluation checklist taken by pre and post test and finding the't' value at 5% level of significance.

Conclusion: This study shows that AIT has an effect on Autistic children.


Keywords

Ait-auditory Integration Training, Cars-child Hood Autism Rating Scale, Atec-autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist
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Authors

P. Senthil Vadivel
KMCH College of Occupational Therapy & Department of OT, Coimbatore, India
Sujata Missal
, India

Abstract


Aim: To find out the effect of "Auditory Integration Training" in Autistic Children.

Material & Method: The study was done on 12 children, 6 children in control and 6 in experimental group diagnosed with Autism, based on CARS. The experimental group was subjected to AIT for 10 days, 2 sessions per day for 30 minutes. The pre and post ATEC scores (The Control Group underwent conventional treatment) of both groups were compared to find out the effectiveness.

Results: The finding of this study indicated that there was significant improvement in the components of ATEC scores comparing between experimental group and control group Autistic children. The evaluation checklist taken by pre and post test and finding the't' value at 5% level of significance.

Conclusion: This study shows that AIT has an effect on Autistic children.


Keywords


Ait-auditory Integration Training, Cars-child Hood Autism Rating Scale, Atec-autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist

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