program designed and supervised by me. At two years and nine months, he was also receiving speech and language therapy services, was experiencing feeding difficulties, and was exhibiting considerable upset in response to even minor changes in his routine. Intelligence- test data indicated a preponderance of performance within the nor- mal range. However, areas of clear deficit continued to exist. Although it was possible to complete an evaluation in one sitting (which had not been true in the past), it was also true that behav- iorally George continued to be the human equivalent of a horse that Recent reports indicated that George’s sleeping behavior no longer represented a problem to himself or anyone else. needs blinders to function. As described by his caregivers, George’s need for attention and supervision did not cease with the advent of sleep, a characteristic that interfered with all aspects of functioning, both his and that of those who cared for him. In an effort to influence Georges sleeping behavior positively, it was decided to introduce the Hemi-Syne Super Sleep tape into his nighttime environment following a suitable period for collection of baseline data. Super Sleep, which is played continuously throughout the night, entrains the brain through successive, normal sleep cycles. In other words, it is designed to guide an individual into sleep iv --- PAGE 5 (OCR) --- Fall 1993 and maintain the sleep state.
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Data was collected on the number of wakings per night and the severity of wakings. The number of wakings represented a straight- forward count of the number of times the adult was awakened by George in any one night. The severity of wakings was judged by the action that was or was not required to assist George to return to sleep. Possible ratings were (1) the adult was awakened, George was disturbed and restless, but it was unnecessary to do anything with him; (2) the adult was awakened and had to get something for George in order for him to go back to sleep, but actual physical comforting was not necessary; and (3) George was extremely upset and the adult had to comfort him until he calmed down enough to sleep. The severity rating equaled the sum of the ratings for any given night. ‘The baseline period consisted of thirty-two contiguous nights fol- lowed by sixty-eight nights of continuous use of Super Sleep. A sum- mary of salient information follows: During the baseline period, the total number of wakings was 46, or an average of 1.44 per night or 10 per week. Following the introduction of the Super Sleep tape, the number of wakings was 41, or 0.6 wakings per night, for an average of 4.2 per week. Had there been no effect from the tape (and it repre- sented the only detectable change in George’s life and routine during this period), interpolating from baseline data, one would expect to see approximately 98 wakings during the intervention period. The
percentage of nights with 0 wakings during the baseline period was three percent (equal to one night). During the intervention period it was fifty-seven percent (equal to thirty-nine nights). Data for the intervention period includes three nights during which George was actively sick with the flu. Excluding these three nights on the basis that the baseline period includes no such inci- dence of illness, the resulting figures are as follows: total number of wakings, 35 instead of 41; severity of wakings, 51 instead of 60. Average severity of upset remained unchanged. Average number of wakings per week became 3.8 instead of 4.2. The percentage of nights where George slept through rose to sixty. Severity of wakings during the baseline period totaled 72; during the intervention period, severity of wakings totaled 60. If Super Sleep had no effect, interpolation of data collected during the baseline peri- od would lead one to anticipate a severity-of-wakings total of 153. Average severity of upset when wakings did occur was relatively con- stant throughout the 14.3-week period (i.e., 1.57 versus 1.46). In my opinion, the best conceptual summary of this data is repre- sented by the dramatic increase in the percentage of nights during which George did not awaken during the baseline period as com- pared to that exhibited during the intervention period: three percent as opposed to sixty percent (excluding nights when he had the flu).