12: My Child Isnt Talking

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.This is The Sound Steps Podcast. 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 Introduction00:01:09 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents00:01:18 Choosing Auditory-Verbal Therapy for your deaf or hard of hearing child00:01:50AVT facilitates age-appropriate development00:02:21 Abundant choices open up through AVT00:02:48 Early identification and the fitting of early and optimal amplification.00:02:54 A life free of limitations00:03:05 Show notes, Top tips and Time Stamps00:03:12 Links and contact details00:03:18 Auditory-Verbal Techniques00:03:36 AV Technique: Sabotage00:04:00 AV Technique: Modelling00:04:33 Introduction to this episode00:05:08 Does your child have sufficient access to the speech signal?00:05:57 Optimal amplification00:06:44 Timely intervention 00:07:31 Aided audiogram00:08:00 CI assisted audiogram00:08:27 Amplification to facilitate clear imitation00:08:59 The Pragmatics of spoken language communication00:09:24 Introducing our guests on this episode: Sheena Kurian00:09:43 The human brain wants to learn00:09:58 Communicative Intent00:11:32 Typical patterns of speech development00:13:42 The AV Technique: the Wait Cue 00:16:08 The AV Technique: Sabotage00:16:53 The AV Technique: Modelling00:19:12 Embed in Conversation00:22:09 Reflection00:22:49Our 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: shefalishah@soundsteps.uk