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