Auditory Verbal Practice: Teaching Spoken Language Through Listening

Auditory Verbal Practice: Teaching Spoken Language Through Listening
ISBN-10
1597564478
ISBN-13
9781597564472
Category
Medical
Pages
200
Language
English
Published
2014-02-15
Publisher
Plural Pub Incorporated
Authors
K. Todd Houston, Teresa H. Caraway, Wendelyn Demoss

Description

The opportunities for children born deaf or hard of hearing are incredible today. Advancements in the areas of brain neuroplasticity, audiology, hearing technology including hearing aids and cochlear implants, speech-language pathology, deaf education, and early intervention have all contributed to this time in history when children with hearing loss can learn to listen and talk equal to their hearing peers.. Yet, teaching spoken language through listening as an intervention approach has received more limited attention in the literature and publications than audiology and hearing technology. This limited access of information has left an incredible void for professionals and parents at a time when children are being identified and fit with contemporary hearing technology within weeks of birth and 90 to 95% of families are choosing a spoken language outcome for their child. Auditory Verbal Practice fills this void and aims to meet the growing demand from professionals as well as parents for practical and specific information in the techniques and strategies to teach spoken language through listening by: . Developing a rationale for the early detection and the early diagnosis of hearing loss and the initiation of early intervention services relative to brain neuroplasticity. Providing an understanding of the factors that have led to a paradigm shift in the field of hearing loss and the possibilities that exist for children today if we do what it takes. Defining and providing a framework for "auditory verbal practice" including the principles of AVT, the strategies and techniques that are the foundation of the practice and specific guidelines for their use in individual therapy with the parent as the primary language facilitator. Providing specific goals, plans and activitie for implementing the therapy at varying stages of development for children from birth through preschool. Defining and providing a framework for "parent coaching

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