A checklist to help you decide whether AIT will help

Here's a checklist to help you determine if AIT is right for you. If you answer "yes" to even three of these items, then AIT will likely help.

1. Is there a history of hearing loss?
2. Is there a history of chronic ear infections?
3. Is there a diagnosis of Central Auditory Processing Disorder?
4. Does s/he listen to directions only 50% of the time or less?
5. Does s/he have difficulty listening carefully to directions, often needing them repeated?
6. Does s/he say "Huh?" or "What?" at least 5 times per day?
7. Is s/he unable to attend to auditory stimuli for more than a few seconds?
8. Does s/he have a short attention span of
1. 0-2 minutes?
2. 2-5 minutes?
3. 5-15 minutes?
9. Does s/he daydream? Does his/her attention drift? Is s/he not "with it" at times?
10. Is s/he easily distracted by background sounds?
11. Does s/he startle easily in response to unexpected sounds?
12. Does s/he cover his/her ears and complain that sounds are objectionable?
13. Does s/he respond to certain sounds with wide-open eyes and flared nostrils?
14. Does s/he have difficulty with phonics?
15. Does s/he experience difficulty with sound discrimination?
16. Does s/he forget what is said after only a few minutes?
17. Does s/he forget simple routines from day to day?
18. Does s/he display problems recalling what was heard last week/month/year?
19. Does s/he have difficulty recalling a sequence that has been heard?
20. Does s/he experience difficulty following auditory directions?
21. Does s/he frequently misunderstand what has been said?
22. Does s/he have poor verbal concepts (a poor vocabularly) for his age?
23. Does s/he learn poorly through verbal instructions?
24. Does s/he have a noted language problem (morphology/syntax/vocabulary/phonology)?
25. Does s/he have an articulation/phonology problem?
26. Does s/he have difficulty relating what s/he has heard to what s/he has seen?
27. Does s/he lack motivation to learn?
28. Does s/he display slow or delayed response to verbal stimuli?
29. Does s/he demonstrate below average performance in one or more academic areas?

You can confirm your suspicions that your child needs AIT through an audiogramme.