(3) Audio Verbal Therapy Flashcards

1
Q

T or F: Once you put hearing aid/cochlear implant, you will automatically learn how to use them

A

False

They do not automatically know how

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2
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___ the only sense that will access all features of speech

A

Audition

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3
Q

Through _____, we could access all acoustic properties that enables us to

(1) identify different speech sounds
(2) perceive emotions and feelings
(3) feel the different terms

A

Listening

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4
Q

Facilitates optimal acquisition of spoken language through listening by newborns, infants, toddlers and young children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

A

Auditory-verbal therapy

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5
Q

The definition of AVT came from?

A

Alexander Graham Bell (AG Bell) Academy for Listening and Spoken Language

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6
Q

In AV, we are expecting the children to develop ____

A

spoken language skills and verbal communication

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7
Q

T or F: AVT is done through listening alone

A

True

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8
Q

T or F: AV is not dependent on the device

A

False

AV is VERY DEPENDENT since these devices help the children access the audiological information

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9
Q

Who are the focus of the AV approach?

A

Newborns, Infants, Toddlers, Young Children

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10
Q

AVT promotes ____ therapy

A

one-on-one

It is very highly individualized

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11
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2 under focus of AVT

A

Hearing Perception and Active Listening

Focus of AVT is listening

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12
Q

T or F: AVT is dependent on the quality of auditory signal

A

True

This is why Hearing Perception is very important.

Note:
Good Hearing Device → Hearing Perception → Optimal Hearing → Active Listening (trained during sessions) → Acquire language, speech, communication

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13
Q

T or F: Primary goals of AVT is ten-fold

A

False

It is only THREE-FOLD

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14
Q

What is the 1st Primary goal of AVT?

Explain

A

To learn to listen and talk with conversational competence.

We train them NOT JUST to listen but to MAXIMIZE listening and respond well to different auditory information. (We want them to learn how to communicate)

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15
Q

What is the 2nd Primary goal of AVT?

Explain

A

To be included in mainstream school programs.

We want them to be in regular school so they will be exposed to typically hearing children and then be exposed to typical language.

Typically hearing children → Typical language

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16
Q

What is the 3rd Primary goal of AVT?

Explain

A

To have unlimited education and social choices.

If they are in regular school → unlimited possibilities

we want them to be FUNCTIONAL MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

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17
Q

___% considered themselves part of the hearing world

Meaning they know how to listen and use their devices well

A

76%

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18
Q

___% both

View deafness as an identity not as a disorder

A

21%

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19
Q

Approximately ___% mainstreamed by JHS

___% in secondary education

A

90%

94%

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20
Q

___% Telephone use

Using telephone was hard for them since the sound becomes mechanical already

A

72%

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21
Q

Telephone use back then is a very important indicator of____ in AVT

A

cochlear implant

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22
Q

In 2010, a longitudinal study was conducted by?

A

Dimity Dornan and her research team

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23
Q

In that 2010 longitudinal study, what did they find out?

A

NO significant difference between the typical hearing aid and the auditory verbal therapy.

Typical hearing aid and the deaf receiving AVT, they don’t have significant differences in speech, language and self-esteem

24
Q

What is the 1st Principle of AVT? (even if it just the keyword)

Explain

A

Promote early diagnosis of hearing impairment in newborns, infants, toddlers, and children followed by immediate audiologic management and AV therapy.

Keyword: Promote early diagnosis

25
Q

Extended auditory deprivation during the first years of life can cause?

A

Significant delays in speech and language development

26
Q

What was pushed in support for the promotion of early diagnosis?

A

Universal Newborn Hearing Screen

27
Q

What is the 2nd Principle of AVT? (even if it just the keyword)

Explain

A

Recommend immediate assessment and use of appropriate, state-of-the art hearing technology to obtain maximum benefits of auditory stimulation.

Keyword: State-of-the-art hearing technology

28
Q

______ is crucial in developing listening and spoken language skills

A

Optimal Hearing

29
Q

Access to hearing technology is crucial so that environmental and speech sounds can reach the?

A

Auditory centers of the brain

30
Q

It still boils down to___ since the brain cannot wait and need to provide access ASAP

A

Neural plasticity

31
Q

What is the 3rd Principle of AVT? (even if it just the keyword)

Explain

A

Guide and Coach Parents: To help their child use hearing as the primary sensory modality in developing spoken language without the use of sign language or emphasis on lip reading

Keyword: Hearing as the primary sensory modality

32
Q

T or F: AVT focuses on learning to listen, by focusing on audition with sign language and/or formal lip reading training

A

False

It should be WITHOUT, and focus on audition only

33
Q

_____ is set to be the primary sensory modality

A

Hearing

34
Q

T or F: If the child is deaf, we have to exaggerate the way we talk and let them watch our mouth

A

False

We are training them to listen so visuals should be a last resort

35
Q

What is the 4th Principle of AVT? (even if it just the keyword)

Explain

A

Guide and Coach parents: To become the primary facilitators of their child’s listening and spoken language development through active, consistent participation in individualized Auditory Verbal Therapy.

Keyword: Parents should be the primary facilitators

36
Q

T or F: Parents are not needed during the sessions

A

False

Parents are needed since the therapist would demonstrate target and goals that can be integrated in the daily interaction with the child.

37
Q

What is the 5th Principle of AVT? (even if it just the keyword)

Explain

A

Guide and Coach Parents: To create environments that support listening for the acquisition of spoken language throughout the child’s daily activity

Keyword: Create environments

38
Q

The therapist should help the parents create the ideal listening environments so that involves a lot of____?

A

Education

39
Q

T or F: Environment that would make the reception of speech through listening clearer and it would be easier for the child to access the acoustic properties that are needed in order to clearly identify the sounds.

A

True

40
Q

What is the 6th Principle of AVT? (even if it just the keyword)

Explain

A

Guide and Coach Parents: To help their child integrate listening and spoken language into all aspects of the child’s life.

Keyword: Integrate listening and spoken language

41
Q

What is the 7th Principle of AVT? (even if it just the keyword)

Explain

A

Guide and Coach Parents: To use natural developmental patterns of audition, speech, language, cognition and communication.

Keyword: Natural Development Patterns

42
Q

What is the 8th Principle of AVT? (even if it just the keyword)

Explain

A

Guide and Coach Parents: To help their child self-monitor spoken language through listening.

Keyword: Self-monitor

43
Q

T or F: In early stages, parents are discouraged to imitate their child’s vocalization

A

False

This is ENCOURAGED to establish an auditory feedback loop system

A way to help them listen to their own speech

44
Q

What is the 9th Principle of AVT? (even if it just the keyword)

Explain

A

Administer ongoing formal and informal diagnostic assessments to develop individualized AV treatment plans, to monitor progress and to evaluate the effectiveness of the plans for the child and family

Keyword: Assessments

45
Q

In the context of the 9th principle:

AVT is _____

A

Diagnostic

46
Q

In the context of the 9th principle:

Progress is constantly monitored using?

A

Both standardized test or informal measures

47
Q

What is the 10th Principle of AVT? (even if it just the keyword)

Explain

A

Promoted education in regular classrooms with typical hearing peers and with appropriate support services from early childhood onwards

Keyword: Regular classroom/Mainstream School

48
Q

The Alexander Graham Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language is a ____ for _____?

A

A governing body for CERTIFIED Audio Verbal Therapists

49
Q

The Alexander Graham Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language ensures what?

A

(1) practice standards of the AVTs are maintained
(2) Administer certification exams who wants to be certified LSLS

50
Q

LSLS Specialists are divided into two:

Explain the job of each

A

(1) LSLS Cert Auditory Verbal Therapist
- work in early intervention and developing the child’s listening and spoken language skills

(2) LSLS Cert Auditory Verbal Educator
- work in education settings
- aims to have improved listening environment and learning experiences in schools

51
Q

A certified Listening and Spoken Language Specialist in Auditory-Verbal Therapy has completed ______ years of supervised, mentored practice and has successfully passed a rigorous exam to obtain the LSLS credential.

A

3 - 5 years

52
Q

What are the domains of knowledge that is required for an AV therapist to have:

What is the one with the highest percentage?

A

18.9% is auditory functioning.

Also consider Hearing Technology (14.3%)

53
Q

What are the domains of knowledge that is required for an AV therapist to have:

What is the one with the SECOND highest percentage?

A

14.9% is speech and language development.

54
Q

What are the 5 E’s in AV process

A

(1) Expose
(2) Expect
(3) Experience
(4) Expand
(5) Express

55
Q

What are the 7 Variables affecting the success of AVT?

A

(1) Age of Identification
(2) Hearing Age
(3) Age at the start of Intervention
(4) Family Support
(5) Cognitive Skills and Additional Changes
(6) Educational Opportunities
(7) Professionals

56
Q

If a patient is born with other deficits (other than the hearing impairment), we call that?

A

HI+