Auditory Verbal Therapy: Guide

AV spoken language outcomes

Research studies from Auditory Verbal UK have found that children’s rate of language development was significantly accelerated from pre to post programme (Hogan, Stokes, White, Tyszkiewicz, & Woolgar, 2008)²⁰; that financial status of the family per se is not a factor that influences spoken language outcomes for families participating in AV therapy (Hogan, Stokes, & Weller, 2010)²¹; that approximately 80% of children who spend at least 2 years on the programme achieve age appropriate language (Hitchins & Hogan 2018)³; and 1 in 2 children with additional needs, who spend at least 2 years on the programme, achieve age appropriate language (Hitchins & Hogan, 2018)³.  You can view some of AVUK’s publications here.

Research from around the world shows that children in an AV therapy programme: graduate with no gap between their chronological age and equivalent language age and develop spoken language in line with their hearing peers (Dornan, Hickson, Murdoch & Houston, 2007²², 2009²³, Fulcher, Purcell, Baker, & Munro, 2012²⁴; Rhoades & Chisolm, 2000²⁵); progress at the same rate for listening, spoken language, self-esteem, reading and mathematics as a matched group of children with normal hearing (Dornan, Hickson, Murdoch, Houston, & Constantinescu, 2010)²⁶; demonstrate advanced spoken language skills relative to other children who had received standard early intervention (Percy-Smith et al., 2017)²⁷.

Hogan and Lim (2016)²⁸ review evidence and explore how much it influences a broad understanding of AV.

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AV spoken language outcomes (continued).