What is Auditory-Verbal Therapy?
(Adapted from 50 FAQs about AVT, Estabrooks, 2001 & Auditory-Verbal Therapy and Practice, Estabrooks, 2006)
A ‘family-centered’ early intervention approach for children born with hearing loss that focuses primarily on auditory learning
The application and management of hearing technology, strategies that incorporate The Principles of Auditory-Verbal Therapy and applications that enable children who are deaf or hard of hearing to learn to listen and develop spoken language skills
What are the objectives of Auditory-Verbal Therapy?
To help children with hearing loss use their hearing and listening potential to develop spoken language skills
To utilize these skills to develop reading skills??
To prepare children with hearing loss to ultimately be mainstreamed into a typical classroom with their hearing peers
What are the desired outcomes of Auditory-Verbal Therapy?
Children utilizing the A-V approach have the capability of developing reading and language skills comparable to their hearing peers
Children utilizing the A-V approach graduate reading at the grade appropriate reading levels
Children utilizing the A-V approach have the ability to attend typical colleges and universities and career paths of their choice