Hearts for Hearing supports children with hearing loss learning to listen and talk by offering Listening & Spoken Language Therapy to children with hearing loss and their families. Listening & Spoken Language Therapy focuses on maximizing a child’s listening and spoken abilities.
Accredited by the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language, Listening and Spoken Language Specialists are professionals who have undergone continuing education and training to specifically work children with hearing loss and their caregivers towards a listening and spoken language outcome.
At Hearts for Hearing, Our Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) are experts providing leading edge therapies and services to enable effective communication capabilities. A majority of our SLPs are accredited as Listening & Spoken Language Specialists. Those not yet LSLS-accredited are currently studying to achieve the designation.
A certified Listening and Spoken Language Specialist provides coaching, guidance, support, and demonstrations to the caregivers of a child with hearing loss with the goal of creating a language-rich listening lifestyle that will optimize the development of the child’s auditory and spoken language abilities. The Listening and Spoken Language Specialist will equip families with strategies to enhance listening and spoken language at home. Additionally, the Listening and Spoken Language Specialist will continually assess and monitor the child’s progress in listening and spoken language development to ensure the child is reaching his or her full potential.
With early diagnosis and appropriate amplification, children who receive quality Listening & Spoken Language therapy can develop listening and spoken language skills on par with their hearing peers and thrive in a mainstream classroom by kindergarten
Hearts for Hearing offers many opportunities for children with hearing loss to join in group listening and learning. These group therapy experiences are an extension of the pediatric services we offer and are available for those children who receive pediatric audiology services and Listening & Spoken Language Therapy through Hearts for Hearing.
