ERIC Number: EJ1214077
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Publication Date: 2018-Nov
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Auditory-Verbal Graduates -- 25 Years Later: Outcome Survey of the Clinical Effectiveness of the Listening and Spoken Language Approach for Young Children with Hearing Loss
Lim, Stacey R.; Goldberg, Donald M.; Flexer, Carol
Volta Review, v118 n1-2 p5-40 Nov 2018
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 published in 2001, also in JAAA, and findings of both studies revealed that the majority of the participants were integrated into regular/typical learning and living environments. The latter study suggested that the early fitting of sensory aids and cochlear implant technology, coupled with family-focused early intervention emphasizing auditory learning, helped to provide for even greater independence and community participation of these later graduates. Now, over 25 years after the initial auditory-verbal graduate study, this current research project replicates and provides an update of graduates of auditory-verbal teaching from around the world. (Participants in the earlier studies were solely from the United States and Canada.) Results from over 200 graduates continue to reinforce the positive outcomes reported in the earlier studies.
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Young Children, Oral Language, Listening, Assistive Technology, Early Intervention, Aural Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Hearing Therapy, Outcomes of Treatment, Adults
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