Auditory-verbal therapy

Auditory-verbal therapy is a method for teaching deaf children to listen and speak using their hearing technology (e.g. hearing aids, auditory implants (such as cochlear implants) and assistive listening devices (ALDs) (such as radio aids)). Auditory-verbal therapy emphasizes listening and seeks to promote the development of the auditory brain to facilitate learning to communicate through talking. It is based on the child's use of optimally fitted hearing technology.