Emma Rushbrooke, Australia
MPhil, BA, DipAud, MAudSA, LSLS Cert. AVT, RNC
Director of Clinical Governance, Research, and Training at Hear and Say
Building Foundations: The Vital Role of Audiology
in Auditory-Verbal Therapy
Target groups
Audiologists, Therapists, Parents
interested in interdisciplinary cooperation
Participants of the presentation 11.5.25
Date: Sunday, May 25, 2025 Time: 16:00 (Berlin time)
Forum discussion following the Presentation of May 11th - Recording further down
Language: English with Russian translation
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Participation: Free
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Early access to sound is the foundation for spoken language development in children with hearing loss. This presentation explores the interdependent role of audiology within the philosophy of Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT) and emphasises the critical importance of collaborative, family-centred care.
Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how early and targeted audiological intervention, through early diagnosis, hearing technology, and ongoing device management, directly supports the goals of AVT.
Using case studies and evidence-based practices, this presentation will highlight the complementary relationship between audiologists, listening and spoken-language specialists, educators, other related professionals, and families in promoting optimal listening and spoken language outcomes.
Participants will leave with strategies and insights to enhance interdisciplinary collaboration.
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In the UK, where AVT is still not an officially accepted approach (we can only access it privately), we encounter a lot of the professional distrust/egos you speak about. It puts even more onus on parents as their child’s “team leader” to try to keep all professionals “on the same page” when they have chosen AVT as their personal choice but the official system doesn’t value it to the same degree. I had a lot of personal experience with this when my daughter was on an AVT programme here in the UK…but so glad we stuck with it, because AVT was truly life-changing for our daughter and for our family as a whole.
: This is very important to understand: the same sound can “sound” differently depending on its position in a word! For example, it may no longer be the sound A, but something else — a different sound that doesn’t even exist in the “phonetic alphabet”.