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Clinical & support: Auditory verbal therapy

Thanks to amazing advances in medical technology, almost all children with a hearing impairment can learn how to listen using powerful hearing aids or a cochlear implant. Auditory-Verbal Therapy teaches these children how to maximize their listening skills. Sign language is not used within the Auditory-Verbal approach. The aim of Auditory-Verbal Therapy is for the children to be integrated into their regular community and local school with appropriate speech and language skills.

The Auditory-Verbal approach considers parent/caregivers as essential team members and that their contribution to their child's development is invaluable. Parent/caregivers are the primary models for listening and spoken language development. The therapist's role is to teach the parent/caregivers how to fulfill this role to the utmost benefit for their child. Parent/caregivers learn to provide a positive learning environment in which their child learns through listening.