Effects of Auditory-Verbal Therapy for School-Aged Children with Hearing Loss: An Exploratory Study

Autor/inn/en	Fairgray, Elizabeth; Purdy, Suzanne C.; Smart, Jennifer L.
Titel	Effects of Auditory-Verbal Therapy for School-Aged Children with Hearing Loss: An Exploratory Study
Quelle	In: Volta Review, 110 (2010) 3, S.407-433 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-8639
Schlagwörter	Hearing Impairments; Auditory Perception; Receptive Language; Assistive Technology; Therapy; Verbal Ability; Outcomes of Treatment; Speech Language Pathology; Children; Adolescents; Speech Skills; Speech Impairments; Expressive Language; Foreign Countries; Language Impairments; Phonology; Articulation (Education); Reading Skills; New Zealand; Wechsler Individual Achievement Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Therapie; Mündliche Leistung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sprachfertigkeit; Speech impairment; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Language handicps; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung; Ausland; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Fonologie; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Neuseeland; WIAT; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest
Abstract	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 20 weeks of weekly speech and language therapy (SLT) based on AVT principles. Participants were 7 children (ages 5-17 years) with sensorineural hearing loss. Five participants had profound, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and used 1 or 2 CIs. The remaining 2 had moderate-to-severe and severe-to-profound losses, respectively, and used hearing aids. Significant improvements were seen in speech perception and production, and in one measure of receptive language. The challenge for future research is to conduct controlled studies using a wider range of sensitive assessment tools in order to establish the real benefits of AVT-based SLT interventions to improve outcomes. (Contains 6 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. 3417 Volta Place NW, Washington, DC 20007. Tel: 202-337-5220; Fax: 202-337-8314; e-mail: periodicals@agbell.org; Web site: http://www.agbell.org
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Update	2017/4/10