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Lisa L. Hunter; Jennifer Vannest; David R. Moore; Maria Barnes-Davis; Chelsea Blankenship; Lauren Prather; Jody Caldwell-Kurtzman; Nehal Parikh – Volta Review, 2023
Worldwide, 15 million babies are "born too soon" every year (Blencowe et al., 2012; Howson et al., 2013). Remarkably, prematurity survival rates now exceed 93% across all countries. More than 360,000 preterm babies survived in the United States in 2020; 10% of all births (Blencowe et al., 2012; Howson et al., 2013). While this is an…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Perinatal Influences, Language Impairments, Hearing Impairments
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Morrison, Helen M.; Perigoe, Christina B.; Bernstein, Anita – Volta Review, 2010
The authors surveyed 64 Listening and Spoken Language Specialist Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapists (LSLS Cert. AVTs) who mentor professionals seeking certification. Mentors answered questions regarding demographic characteristics, the organization and delivery of mentoring practice, and challenges and solutions faced by mentors. This group of…
Descriptors: Mentors, Oral Language, Speech Therapy, Verbal Communication
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Dornan, Dimity; Hickson, Louise; Murdoch, Bruce; Houston, Todd – Volta Review, 2007
The speech and language developmental progress of children with hearing loss educated using an Auditory-Verbal approach was compared to that of a control group of children with normal hearing. The experimental group consisted of 29 children ages 2-6 years with a mean pure tone average in the better ear of 76.17 dB HL at 0.5, 1 and 2 kHz. The 29…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Hearing Impairments, Language Tests