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AIT Services and Information: Authorized Kirby Method of AIT Practitioners About US Phi-Music tm Software for Musicians and Researchers Click here for more information This page was updated on September 21, 2007 Copyright 2007 by Serious Composer, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
The Auditory Integration Training Center is a division of Serious Composer, Inc., a privately held corporation registered in the State of North Carolina. We began business in 1991 as Serious Composer Software, designing and selling special-purpose software. In 1997 we introduced the "Phi-Music Microtone/Brainwave Generator" software. We provide training for qualified professional in the Kirby Method of Auditory Integration Training. The Kirby Method of AIT is delivered using the Kirby Auditory Modulation System (KAMS). This system is a state-of-the-art, computer-based auditory delivery system developed by Dr. Kirby for classroom, clinical, home and research applications. Dr. Kirby is a long-time member of the Audio Engineering Society. We also design and manufacture customized recordings for research and clinical applications. We have a large library of licensed music and a complete audio research/production laboratory in which we can produce one-of-a-kind custom recordings using our large selection of modulation, filtering, and other digital audio processing hardware and software. Pamela N. Kirby Certified AIT Practitioner, Pamela N. Kirby serves on the faculty of Asheville-Buncombe Community College, where she teaches in the Early Childhood Education Program. Her teaching specialties include "Children with Special Needs," "Health, Safety and Nutrition" and "Child Guidance." Prior to this appointment, she taught at the elementary and high school levels. She holds the Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education from Radford University and the Master of Arts in Education degree from Western Carolina University. Dr.
Wayne J. Kirby Dr.
Wayne Kirby earned a
bachelor's degree from The Juilliard School, a master's degree from Yale
University, and the Doctor of Arts degree from New York University's
School of Education, Health, Nursing and Arts Professions. He
previously served on the graduate faculty of New York University and is
currently chairman Professor of Music at the University of North
Carolina at Asheville. He received Advanced Certification as an
Instructor of the Berard Method of Auditory Integration Training after
studies with French physician Dr. Berard, in Annecy, France in 1999. Building
upon the pioneering work of both Dr. Berard and Dr. Alfred Tomatis, Dr.
Kirby developed the Kirby Method of Auditory Integration Training. The
Kirby Method of AIT is delivered using the Kirby Auditory Modulation
System (KAMS). This system is a state-of-the-art computer-based auditory
delivery system developed by Dr. Kirby for classroom, clinical, home and
research applications. Dr. Kirby is a long-time member of the Audio
Engineering Society and a professional member of the American Music
Therapy Association. He has published a number of peer-reviewed papers
on the effects of music and sound on the human organism and has given
numerous presentations on the use of Auditory Integration Training with
children and adults diagnosed with autism and learning disorders. Auditory
Integration Training (AIT): A New Frontier for Rehabilitative Audiology Panelists:
Wayne Kirby, Iman Sadek, MD; Mona Hegazy, MD; Manal Omar, MD; Moderator:
Aladin Abou-Setta, MD. The
10th International Otolaryngology Conference.
Suez Canal University, Port Said, Egypt. May 10, 2006. The
Effects of Auditory Integration Training on Children Diagnosed With
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder The
10th International Otolaryngology Conference.
Suez Canal University, Port Said, Egypt. May 10, 2006. Auditory
Integration Training (AIT): An Overview Cairo,
Egypt. Presentation
to psychiatrists, neurologists, physician/audiologists, physician/phonologists
regarding the relationship of the work of Dr. Carl Anderson, Harvard
Medical School Department of Psychiatry, to the work of Dr. Wayne Kirby
in the field of auditory integration training. Hosted by,
and at the invitation of, Drs.
Nagwa
Hazzaa, MD, Iman Sadek, MD, Amani Shalaby, MD, Professors of Audiolgy, Faculty
of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Alaa El-Din Abou-Setta, MD, Lecturer
of Audiolgy, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University. July, 2005. Auditory Change
the Note - Note the Change.
An invited presentation at the Western North Carolina Symposium on
Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorders.” Grove Park
Inn, Asheville, NC. November 16, 2004. Compositional
Chaos and Musical Pleasure,
at the "Tenth International Technological Directions in Music
Learning." A peer-reviewed research paper sponsored by The
Institute for Music Research. The University of Texas at San Antonio,
February 1, 2003. Auditory
Integration Training as Intervention for Learning Disabilities.
An invited presentation at the Western North Carolina Symposium on
Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorders. Grove Park Inn,
Asheville, NC. November 19, 2002 The Effects of
Auditory Integration Training on Children with Attention
Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder,
Congress of the International Association of Bérard Practitioners.
Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium. January 27, 2000. Auditory
Integration Training Techniques for Sensory Integration Therapists,
Greensboro, NC. NOTE: This was a continuing education workshop for
Occupational Therapists presented with audiologist Deborah Woodward,
M.A., CCC-A of Moses Cone Hospital, in Greensboro. July 22, 2000. Brain Disorder,
Auditory Hyperacusis and the Promise of Music Technology,
Proceedings of the Sixth International Technological Directions in Music
Learning Conference , sponsored by The Institute for Music Research, The
University of Texas at San Antonio, IMR Press, pages 90-95. 2000. Abstract: The
Effects of Auditory Integration Training on Children Diagnosed with
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Pilot Study,
The Sound Connection, Society for Auditory Intervention Techniques,
volume 7, number 3, pages 4-5. 2000. Spectrum
Analysis Techniques for Practitioners of Auditory Intervention
Techniques, The Sound
Connection , Society for Auditory Intervention Techniques, Volume 7,
Number 4, Pages 7-9. 2000. Children with
Hypersensitive Hearing and Classical Music,
1999 Western Regional Child Care Conference. Asheville-Buncombe
Community College, Asheville, North Carolina. May 22, 1999. Design for a
Microtone and Brainwave Generator,
Proceedings of the Fifth International Technological Directions in Music
Learning Conference , sponsored by The Institute for Music Research, The
University of Texas at San Antonio, IMR Press, pages 50-54. 1998.
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