Getting speech therapy
Speech therapy can play a fundamental role in developing language skills for children with a hearing implant.
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- Speech therapy for children.
- The role of the speech therapist.
Whether using a hearing aid, bone conduction implant or cochlear implant1, speech therapy might be considered for helping children with developing language skills.
The role of a speech therapist
Speech therapists are also known as speech-language pathologists (SLP) or auditory-verbal therapists (AVT).
A speech therapist works with a child to help them develop listening and speaking skills, and to monitor the progress.
A speech therapist may instruct on different ways to help a child to try to improve listening and communications skills.
Even if speech therapy may be more difficult for some children, it's important to persevere ; it may help with developing language, social and conversational skills, development, and expressive and communication understanding. Moreover, practising between speech therapy appointments may be highly recommended by the speech therapist.
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References
- Sharma SD, Cushing SL, Papsin BC, Gordon KA, Hearing and speech benefits of cochlear implantation in children: A review of the literature, Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 Mar 9;133:109984. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.109984. [Epub ahead of print]