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Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT)
Auditory-Verbal Therapy is a specialized type of therapy designed to teach a child to use the hearing provided by a hearing aid or a cochlear implant for understanding speech and learning to talk.
AVT is……
-Learning through listening
-High expectations for listening
-Providing clear speech
-Providing natural language
-Parents as teachers
-Individual therapy
-Conversation based
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AVT is not…..
-Learning through visual cues
-Expecting the child not to hear
-Speaking to loudly or softly
-Speaking with simple language
-Parents as observers
-Group instruction
-Drill based
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