The Sound Steps Podcast

12: My Child Isnt Talking


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Do you worry that your deaf or hard of hearing child is not talking as yet or that she is not talking enough? Listen to this episode: My deaf child isn’t talking which directly addresses your concerns and guides you through them.

Shefali Shah's conversation with Sheena Kurian in this twelfth episode, guides listeners through the natural developmental sequence of language acquisition, emphasising that comprehension precedes expression. Just like children with typical hearing, your deaf or hard of hearing child will speak, with optimal amplification, once she has built a sufficiently strong foundation of listening and understanding.
 
With clear examples and practical insights, Shefali constantly reminds the listener that expressive communication is built on the bedrock of enriched family conversations. 

AV Techniques such as Modelling, Waiting, and Sabotage create opportunities that invite spoken responses, sparking and fulfilling your child’s communicative intent. Perceptive observation offers the insight you need to support your child’s expressive language development.
 
Most importantly, this episode reframes the AV Technique of Waiting, not as weakness, but as a stage, onto which to invite your child to talk.

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🎧 Top Tips from Episode 12 

  • Optimal amplification. Provide your child with sufficient and clear access to the speech signal.
  • Spark Communicative Intent. Harness your child’s desire to communicate.
  • Understand typical speech development. Children learn to understand before they talk. 
  • The foundation for talking is comprehension. Receptive language lays the foundation for expressive language development.
  • Practice the Wait cue. Invite your child’s participation by waiting.Use Sabotage. Provoke a spoken response from your child.
  • Modelling. Provide the blue-print, especially if your child falters or looks to you for help to express herself.
  • Observe your child. She will cue you in to her communicative needs.
  • Embed your exchanges in Conversation to raise a fluent speaker.


    Time Stamps:

    00:00:00 Introduction
    00:01:09 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents
    00:01:18 Choosing Auditory-Verbal Therapy for your deaf or hard of hearing child
    00:01:50AVT facilitates age-appropriate development
    00:02:21 Abundant choices open up through AVT
    00:02:48 Early identification and the fitting of early and optimal amplification.
    00:02:54 A life free of limitations
    00:03:05 Show notes, Top tips and Time Stamps
    00:03:12 Links and contact details
    00:03:18 Auditory-Verbal Techniques
    00:03:36 AV Technique: Sabotage
    00:04:00 AV Technique: Modelling
    00:04:33 Introduction to this episode
    00:05:08 Does your child have sufficient access to the speech signal?
    00:05:57 Optimal amplification
    00:06:44 Timely intervention 
    00:07:31 Aided audiogram
    00:08:00 CI assisted audiogram
    00:08:27 Amplification to facilitate clear imitation
    00:08:59 The Pragmatics of spoken language communication
    00:09:24 Introducing our guests on this episode: Sheena Kurian
    00:09:43 The human brain wants to learn
    00:09:58 Communicative Intent
    00:11:32 Typical patterns of speech development
    00:13:42 The AV Technique: the Wait Cue 
    00:16:08 The AV Technique: Sabotage
    00:16:53 The AV Technique: Modelling
    00:19:12 Embed in Conversation
    00:22:09 Reflection
    00:22:49Our next episode: Is my deaf child progressing?


    Resources:

    • 💬 Submit your question to the show: https://www.soundsteps.uk/podcast-ask-question/
    • 👩‍⚕️ Face-to-face AVT with Shefali Shah (London): https://soundsteps.uk
    • 🌐 Online AVT sessions available via AVT Direct: https://avtdirect.com
    • 🎓 Train online as an LSL professional in AVT: https://learnavt.com
    • 📧 Contact Shefali directly: [email protected]
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