About Us

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.

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.

Publications and Presentations

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 10^th 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 10^th International Otolaryngology Conference. Suez Canal University, Port Said, Egypt. May 10, 2006.

Auditory Integration Training (AIT): An Overview
Behman Psychiatric Hospital, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt. May 14, 2006.

Orbit Satellite TV, 2-hour TV news show, Cairo, Egypt. Broadcast throughout the Middle East. Hosted by Emadeddin Adib. Appeared with Iman Sadek, MD, Professor of Audiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. May 15, 2006.

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 B�rard 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.

Software Development

Kirby Auditory Modulation System hardware/software auditory delivery system. This system is designed to deliver auditory stimuli via a computer-controlled digital signal processor for use by clinicians, researchers and educators. 1998 to present.

Phi-Music Microtone-Brainwave Generator. Software designed for researchers, clinicians, and educators. 1996 to present.

Serious Composer Algorithmic Composition Toolbox. Software designed for researchers, clinicians, and educators interested in exploring the application of the science of chaos (study of dynamical systems) to music composition and performance. 1986 to present

Education

Doctor of Arts, New York University, School of Education, Health, Nursing and Arts Professions 1981
Master of Music, Yale University, 1973
Bachelor of Music, The Juilliard School, 1970

Advanced Certification as an Instructor of the B�rard Method of Auditory Integration Training. Studies with Guy B�rard, M.D. in Annecy, France. 1999.

Studies in Audiology, Western Carolina University, Department of Communication Disorders. 1999.

Employment

Professor; Department of Music, University of North Carolina at Asheville. August, 1987 to present. Tenured 1992. Specialties: psychoacoustics, audio engineering, music technology, music psychology. Director of the Music Technology Program since 1983. Department Chair 1988 to 1993; 2001 to present.

Director, Auditory Integration Training Center,1998 to present. Asheville, NC. The AIT Center works with audiologists, speech/language pathologists, physicians, educators, and other professionals to provide Auditory Integration Training services and technology to a broad spectrum of clients with a variety of auditory-based learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders.

Associate Professor of Music and Music Education; Director of the Music Technology Program, New York University, 1986 to 1987. Responsibilities included guiding graduate students in masters and doctoral level research involving music technology, music therapy, music education, and nursing.

Professional Memberships

American Music Therapy Association
Audio Engineering Society

Serious Composer, Inc.
P.O. Box 18041
Asheville, NC 28814

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