What is an Auditory Verbal Therapist?
• Auditory-Verbal therapists are professionals who have been trained in one or more of the disciplines of speech pathology, audiology, and education of the deaf. • They recommend an Auditory-Verbal treatment plan as the first option for developing a speech, language, and education program for hearing-impaired children. • Auditory-Verbal therapists seize the auditory component of any life experience and promote and develop the use of sound for speaking and understanding spoken language. • Auditory-Verbal therapists have expertise in the use of acoustic emphasis of speech sounds and language patterns for the purpose of maximizing the hearing-impaired child’s verbal development. • The guiding principle applied by an Auditory-Verbal therapist is that all therapeutic and education decisions lead to the hearing-impaired person’s maximum participation in the hearing-speaking society.
