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Auditory Verbal Therapy
Auditory-Verbal Therapy facilitates optimal acquisition of spoken language through listening by newborns, infants, toddlers, and young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Auditory-Verbal therapy promotes early diagnosis, one-on-one therapy, and state-of-the-art audiologic management and technology. Parents and caregivers actively participate in therapy while working with a Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist. Through guidance, coaching, and demonstration, parents become the primary facilitators of their child's spoken language development. Ultimately, parents and caregivers gain confidence that their child can have access to a full range of academic, social, and occupational choices throughout life. Auditory-Verbal therapy must be conducted in adherence to all 10 Principles LSLSTM of Auditory-Verbal Therapy.
Auditory-Verbal Education
Auditory-Verbal Education focuses on teaching listening and talking to various sized instructional groups to prepare children to enter mainstream education when they have the skills to do so successfully. A Certified Auditory-Verbal Educator (LSLSTM Cert. AVEd) teaches children with hearing loss to listen and talk exclusively though listening and spoken language instruction. The LSLSTM Cert. AVEd is guided by the Academy's Ten Principles of LSLSTM Auditory-Verbal Education and adheres to a professional code
DePaul currently has three LSLSTM Cert. AVEd on staff and several other staff members who are working towards this certification.
Listening and Spoken Language Specialists
Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapists and Certified Auditory-Verbal Educators are both considered Listening and Spoken Language Specialists (LSLSTM). LSLSTM professionals help children who are deaf or hard of hearing to develop spoken language and literacy primarily through listening.
LSLSTM professionals focus on education, guidance, advocacy, family support and the rigorous application of techniques, strategies and procedures that promote optimal acquisition of spoken language through listening by newborns, infants, toddlers and children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
LSLSTM professionals guide parents in helping their children develop spoken language through listening and coach them in advocating their children’s inclusion in a mainstream school. Ultimately, parents gain confidence that their children will have access to the full range of educational, social and vocational choices in life.
Listening and Spoken Language Practice
Listening and Spoken Language Specialists have similar knowledge and skills and work on behalf of the child and family.
The LSLSTM Cert. AVT works one-on-one with the child and family in all intervention sessions.