AURAL HAB AVT PRINCIPLES

Principle 1

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

Principle 2

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

Principle 3

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

Principle 4

Guide and coach parents to become the primary facilitators of their child’s listening and spoken language development through active, consistent participation in individualized AVT

Principle 5

Guide and coach parents to create environments that supports listening for the acquisition of spoken language throughout the child’s daily activity

Principle 6

Guide and coach parents to help their child integrate listening and spoken language into all aspects of the child’s life

Principle 7

Guide and coach parents to use natural developmental patterns of audition, speech, language, cognition, and communication

Principle 8

Guide and coach parents to help their child self-monitor spoken language through listening

Principle 9

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

Principle 10

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