However, even with the most dedicated parents some children do not encounter success with auditory information alone. This becomes apparent fairly soon and these children are referred to other methods. There is no generalization that can be made about success with the Auditory-Verbal method. However, most children do meet with success, and even those that move on to other methods benefit from the time spent on developing their auditory sense. The therapy time is considered an opportunity to teach the family how to carry over listening into the child's natural setting.
Parents learn what to expect at home and what reasonable goals for their child are during therapy.
One of the most important things we do is to teach parents what they need to do at home in order to help their child meet with success. The therapy sessions are important and help the parents learn how to work with their child at home. It is in the home that the most frequent occasions to develop speech and language occur. It is during normal daily routines that children acquire their first comprehension of language use, and where the opportunities to introduce new vocabulary in a meaningful context naturally occur. Auditory-Verbal therapy begins with the premise that children learn language naturally and primarily through the hearing sense.