Family outcomes

The Auditory Verbal approach puts families at the centre of a programme which is focused on parent coaching. The Listening and Spoken Language Specialist Auditory Verbal Therapist (LSLS CertAVT) has been trained to develop individualised programmes to meet the needs of the child, the learning style of the parent(s) and to identify further emotional support where necessary.

A Danish study of parental perceptions of Auditory Verbal therapy found that almost all participants showed increased confidence in their ability to support the development of their child’s listening and spoken language as a result of participating in an Auditory Verbal therapy programme[87]. This finding is in line with the findings of Wolfe et al (2021)[88] This level of parental self-efficacy is consistent with that of the parents on our Auditory Verbal therapy programme at Auditory Verbal UK, with 97% of parents reporting that they felt confident in using Auditory Verbal techniques in their everyday life[54].

The First Voice review of interventions for children with hearing loss (2017) looked at a variety of communication interventions and states that research on the wellbeing of families with children who are deaf was considered by Liliegran et al. (2012). The authors analysed the impact Auditory Verbal therapy had on a caregiver’s level of empowerment. This study showed that the duration of Auditory Verbal therapy and level of empowerment felt by parents was positively correlated.[89]