Through parent participation in therapy sessions, the child learns to talk in daily living experiences at home and in the community.
Parents learn to be the child's primary source of language.
In therapy and at home, the child's communication skills develop in a similar fashion as hearing children. First he child learns vocal play, which is followed by babbling and the production of words, phrases and sentences. Lip-reading is not formally taught, although most children use visual information to supplement what they hear. Sign language and cued speech are not used. Research shows that ones dependence on visual communication can slow progress in auditory learning.