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Fairgray, Elizabeth; Purdy, Suzanne C.; Smart, Jennifer L. – Volta Review, 2010
With modern improvements to hearing aids and cochlear implant (CI) technology, and consequently improved access to speech, there has been greater emphasis on listening-based therapies for children with hearing loss, such as auditory-verbal therapy (AVT). Speech and language, speech perception in noise, and reading were evaluated before and after…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Auditory Perception, Receptive Language, Assistive Technology
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Dornan, Dimity; Hickson, Louise; Murdoch, Bruce; Houston, Todd; Constantinescu, Gabriella – Volta Review, 2010
A longitudinal study reported positive speech and language outcomes for 29 children with hearing loss in an auditory-verbal therapy program (AVT group) (aged 2 to 6 years at start; mean PTA 79.39 dB HL) compared with a matched control group with typical hearing (TH group) at 9, 21, and 38 months after the start of the study. The current study…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Therapy, Outcomes of Treatment, Young Children