Our principal objective is to promote listening and speaking as a way of life for children who are deaf or hard of hearing by supporting a logical and critical set of guiding principles for Auditory-Verbal Therapists..
The Principles of Auditory-Verbal Therapy
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To detect hearing impairment as early as possible through screening programs, ideally in the newborn nursery and throughout childhood.
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To pursue prompt and vigorous medical and audiologic management, including selection, modification, and maintenance of appropriate hearing aids, cochlear implants or other sensory aids.
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To guide, counsel, and support parents and caregivers as the primary models for spoken language through listening and to help them understand the impact of deafness and impaired hearing on the entire family.
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To help children integrate listening into their development of communication and social skills.
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To support childrens Auditory-Verbal development through one-to-one teaching.
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To help children monitor their own voices and the voices of others in order to enhance the intelligibility of their spoken language.
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To use developmental patterns of listening, language, speech, and cognition to stimulate natural communication.
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To continually assess and evaluate childrens development in the above areas and, through diagnostic intervention, modify the program when needed.
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To provide support services to facilitate childrens educational and social inclusion in regular education classes.