scholarly journals Auditory Verbal Therapy: For young children with hearing loss and their families...by Estabrooks et al.

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-110
Author(s):  
Jenna Voss
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss ◽  
Auditory Verbal Therapy

Listening and Learning: Using Telepractice to Serve Children and Adults with Hearing Loss

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corinne Galvan ◽  
Elizabeth Case ◽  
K. Todd Houston
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Aural Rehabilitation ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss ◽  
Auditory Verbal Therapy ◽  
The University

Families of children with hearing loss and adults who also have been diagnosed with hearing loss require audiologic management, effective hearing technology, and consistent intervention or rehabilitation to improve their communication. Parents of young children with hearing loss who have chosen a listening and spoken language approach, such as Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT), may struggle to find qualified providers who can deliver these services. Similarly, adults with hearing loss also may find it challenging to enroll in aural rehabilitation services due to a lack of availability. The Telepractice and eLearning Laboratory (TeLL) in the School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at the University of Akron has developed a model of telepractice service delivery to provide AVT to families of young children with hearing loss and adult aural rehabilitation services. This paper describes the rationale for establishing these services and a general framework that guides service delivery.

Satisfaction with telemedicine for teaching listening and spoken language to children with hearing loss

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 267-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella Constantinescu
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Average Distance ◽  
Video Quality ◽  
Spoken Language ◽  
Telemedicine Service ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
High Satisfaction ◽  
Rural And Remote Areas ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss ◽  
Auditory Verbal Therapy

Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT) is an effective early intervention for children with hearing loss. The Hear and Say Centre in Brisbane offers AVT sessions to families soon after diagnosis, and about 20% of the families in Queensland participate via PC-based videoconferencing (Skype). Parent and therapist satisfaction with the telemedicine sessions was examined by questionnaire. All families had been enrolled in the telemedicine AVT programme for at least six months. Their average distance from the Hear and Say Centre was 600 km. Questionnaires were completed by 13 of the 17 parents and all five therapists. Parents and therapists generally expressed high satisfaction in the majority of the sections of the questionnaire, e.g. most rated the audio and video quality as good or excellent. All parents felt comfortable or as comfortable as face-to-face when discussing matters with the therapist online, and were satisfied or as satisfied as face-to-face with their level and their child's level of interaction/rapport with the therapist. All therapists were satisfied or very satisfied with the telemedicine AVT programme. The results demonstrate the potential of telemedicine service delivery for teaching listening and spoken language to children with hearing loss in rural and remote areas of Australia.

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