In 1993, the first study of outcomes of auditory-verbal graduates was published in the Journal of the American Academy of Audiology (JAAA). The stated purpose of the research at that time "was to document the status of graduates of one aural habilitation option; auditory-verbal" (p. 190, Goldberg & Flexer). A follow-up study was…

The chapter defines speech perception, raises such questions as the nature of acoustical correlates of linguistic units, reviews available information on the auditory capabilities of hearing impaired listeners (such as detection of the time/intensity envelope and temporal resolution), and addresses the relationship between auditory skills and…

The difficulties in acquiring speech skills that are encountered by severely and profoundly deaf children may be considered in terms of the complexity of the speech signal. (Author)

Described is a program of hearing therapy for children whose hearing losses are detected in infancy. Residual hearing is utilized and speech is taught through the auditory sense. (KW)

Analysis of the data showed no significant correlation between scores from the two modalities, indicating that knowledge of a person's ability to understand speech in one system provides little information about the same person's ability to understand speech in the other. (Author/CL)

Twenty-one hearing-impaired children (6- to 14-years-old) who had received unisensory instruction for at least three years were administered a series of syllable reception tests. Subjects showed significantly more improvement when audition was added to visual reception than has been shown in previous studies of children educated in "multisensory"…

The chapter describes developments in the use of residual hearing in educating hearing impaired children from ancient times to the present and raises questions concerning the usefulness of auditory training, the age at which amplification should be provided, hearing and lipreading in combination, and effects of powerful hearing aids on residual…

The development of the total communication concept is traced, manual and oral elements in the total communication process are reviewed, and research findings from a study of total communication programs for the deaf in the U.S. are presented. (SB)

Technical (e.g., the need for more audiologists) and educational (e.g., the need for personnel preparation) considerations are examined in terms of maximizing the use of residual hearing with hearing impaired students. Historical and current approaches to auditory training are discussed, as is the role of prosody in spoken language comprehension,…

Factors leading to recognition of the value of acoustic amplification, as employed in the Auditory Global approach to educating hearing impaired children, include the identification of auditory ability differences in children called deaf, the contribution of acoustic phonetics to the understanding of speech perception, and early and comprehensive…

The author presents a rationale for a total communication approach (involving speech, speechreading, amplification, writing, sign language, and fingerspelling) in educational programs for deaf persons. (GW)

This paper discusses the elements of a management program to foster the development of speech production in children and youth with hearing impairments. Emphasis is on sensory management, experiential enrichment, and individual instruction. General cautions (e.g., avoid tension) are also offered. (DB)