Teacher Opinions about Auditory Verbal Therapy

Öz

As a Class II evidence based approach, Auditory Verbal Therapy (AVT) hasn’t been implementing widely. The aim of this study was determined the opinions of teachers’ who use AVT in their practices about practicality of AVT, their expectations from each other and AVT practices in Turkey, and also specify the teachers’ perspective about AVT course intensity in undergraduate education. For this purpose semi-structured interview was conducted with five teachers who implemented AVT at least three years and with five families who were involved in AVT training for the last 2 years. This study was conducted as a descriptive design which is one of the qualitative research studies. Content analysis and descriptive analysis were used. In the results, teachers stated that working in person with hearing impaired children’s families has positive impact on speech perception, language development and speech production. Additionally, they agreed that AVT hasn’t been known adequately in Turkey and they needed more courses in their undergraduate educations. As a result it is thought that if AVT takes more place during undergraduate education and teachers can have in-service education about it, AVT may become widespread and may become more useful for children with hearing loss and their families.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Auditory-verbal therapy,hearing loss children,cochlear implant,qualitative research,opinions of teacher

References

1. Altınyay, Ş., & Şahlı, A. S. (2015). İşitme kayıplı çocuklarda eğitim yaklaşımları. E. Belgin & A. S. Şahlı (Ed.), Temel odyoloji içinde (ss. 555-562). Ankara: Güneş Tıp Kitabevleri.
2. Bolat, H., & Genç, G. A. (2012). Türkiye ulusal yenidoğan işitme taraması programı: Tarihçesi ve prensipleri. Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of ENT Special Topics, 5(2), 11-14.
3. Brennan‐Jones, C. G., White, J., Rush, R. W., & Law, J. (2014). Auditory‐verbal therapy for promoting spoken language development in children with permanent hearing impairments. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 3, 1-23.
4. Cankuvvet, N., Doğan, M., & Gürgür, H. (2015). Koklear implant uygulamalarında ebeveyn beklentilerinin değerlendirilmesi. Eğitimde Nitel Araştırmalar Dergisi - Journal of Qualitative Research in Education, 3(1), 54-73. [Online]: http://www.enadonline.com doi:10.14689/issn.2148-2624.1.3c1s3m
5. Cheng-Ju, D. W., & Brown, P. M. (2002). Parents' and teachers' expectations of auditory-verbal therapy. The Volta Review, 104(1), 5-20.
6. Çeliker, Z. P., & Pınar, E. G. E. (2005). İşitme engelli çocukların konuşmalarının anlaşılabilirliğini etkileyen faktörler. Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Özel Eğitim Dergisi, 6(1), 19-32.
7. Dornan, D., Hickson, L., Murdoch, B., & Houston, T. (2009). Longitudinal study of speech perception, speech, and language for children with hearing loss in an auditory-verbal therapy program. The Volta Review, 109(2-3), 61-85.
8. Dornan, D., Hickson, L., Murdoch, B., & Constantinescu, G. (2010). Is auditory-verbal therapy effective for children with hearing loss? The Volta Review, 110(3), 361-387.

9. Estabrooks, W. (2006). Auditory-verbal therapy and practice. Washington, DC: AGB Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
10. Goldberg, D. M., & Flexer, C. (1993). Outcome survey of auditory-verbal graduates: Study of clinical efficacy. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 4(3), 189-200.
11. Gravel, J. S., & O'Gara, J. (2003). Communication options for children with hearing loss. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 9(4), 243-251.
12. Grimes, M., Thoutenhoofd, E. D., & Byrne, D. (2007). Language approaches used with deaf pupils in Scottish Schools: 2001–2004. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 12(4), 530-551.
13. Gürgür, H., & Uzuner, Y. (2010). Kaynaştırma sınıfında iş birliği ile öğretim uygulamalarına bakışın fenomenolojik analizi. Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Bilimleri, 10(1), 275-333.
14. Hogan, S., Stokes, J., & Weller, I. (2010). Language outcomes for children of low-income families enrolled in auditory verbal therapy. Deafness & Education International, 12(4), 204-216. doi:10.1179/1557069X10Y.0000000003
15. Kral, A. (2007). Unimodal and cross-modal plasticity in the'deaf'auditory cortex. International Journal of Audiology, 46(9), 479-493.
16. Kurtzer‐White, E., & Luterman, D. (2003). Families and children with hearing loss: Grief and coping. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 9(4), 232-235.
17. Magilvy, J. K., & Thomas, E. (2009). A first qualitative project: Qualitative descriptive design for novice researchers. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 14(4), 298-300.
18. Majorano, M., Rainieri, C., & Corsano, P. (2013). Parents' child-directed communication and child language development: A longitudinal study with Italian toddlers. Journal of Child Language, 40(04), 836-859.
19. Merriam, S. B. (2013). Nitel araştırma desen ve uygulama için bir rehber [Qualitative research a guide to desing and implementation] (3. bs.). (S. Turan, Çev.). Ankara: Nobel. (Orjinal kitabın yayın tarihi 2009)
20. Moeller, M. P., Tomblin, J. B., Yoshinaga-Itano, C., Connor, C. M., & Jerger, S. (2007). Current state of knowledge: Language and literacy of children with hearing impairment. Ear and Hearing, 28(6), 740-753.
21. Peng, S.-C., Spencer, L. J., & Tomblin, J. B. (2004). Speech intelligibility of pediatric cochlear implant recipients with 7 years of device experience. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 47(6), 1227-1236.
22. Punch, K. F. (2005). Sosyal araştırmalara giriş [Introduction to social research–quantitative & qualitative approaches] (1. bs.). (D. Bayrak, H. B. Arslan, Z. Akyüz, Çev.). Ankara: Siyasal Kitabevi. (Orjinal kitabın yayın tarihi 2005)
23. Özhan, G. (2000). İlköğretim çağındaki işitme kayıplı çocuklar için işitme engelliler okulu ve kaynaştırma programları açısından yapılan yöneltme hizmetinin incelenmesi. (Yayımlanmamış yüksek lisans tezi). Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Ankara.
24. Özşenol, F., Işıkhan, V., Ünay, B., Aydın, H., Akın, R., & Gökçay, E. (2003). Engelli çocuğa sahip ailelerin aile işlevlerinin değerlendirilmesi. Gülhane Tıp Dergisi, 45(2), 156-164.
25. Rhoades, E. A. (2006). Research outcomes of auditory-verbal intervention: Is the approach justified? Deafness & Education International, 8(3), 125-143.
26. Rhoades, E. A., & Duncan, J. (2010). Auditory-verbal practice : Toward a family-centered approach. Springfield: Charles C Thomas.
27. Stevenson, J., McCann, D., Watkin, P., Worsfold, S., & Kennedy, C. (2010). The relationship between language development and behaviour problems in children with hearing loss. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51(1), 77-83.
28. Stith, Joanna L. (2014). What is Auditory-Verbal Therapy? http://www.rchsd.org/documents/2014/04/what-is-auditory-verbal-therapy-cochlear-implant.doc 8 Temmuz 2016
29. Şahlı, A. S. (2015). İşitsel sözel terapi. E. Belgin & A. S. Şahlı (Eds.), Temel odyoloji içinde (pp. 563-576). Ankara: Güneş Tıp Kitabevleri.
30. Tobey, E. A., Geers, A. E., Brenner, C., Altuna, D., & Gabbert, G. (2003). Factors associated with development of speech production skills in children implanted by age five. Ear and Hearing, 24(1), 36-45.
31. Turan, Z. (2010). İşitme kayıplı çocuklarda doğal işitsel-sözel yaklaşımla sürdürülen bir aile eğitimi çalışmasının incelenmesi. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 10(3), 1697-1756.
32. Tyszkiewicz, E. (2013). Auditory verbal therapy in the UK. Cochlear Implants International, 14(4), 6-9. Uzuner, Y. (2003). İşitme engelli çocuklarda erken dil gelişimi. In Ü. Tüfekçioğlu (Ed.), İşitme, konuşma ve görme sorunları olan çocukların eğitimi (pp. 100-101). Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi.
33. Varol, Ç. (2010). İlköğretim Okullarındaki Kaynaştırma Uygulamalarının Değerlendirilmesi. http://www.meb.gov.tr/earged/earged/ilk_kaynas_eg_uyg_deg.pdf
34. White, J., & Brennan-Jones, C. G. (2014). Auditory verbal therapy: Improving the evidence-base. Deafness and Education International, 16(3), 125-128. doi:10.1179/1464315414Z.00000000060
35. Yanbay, E., Hickson, L., Scarinci, N., Constantinescu, G., & Dettman, S. J. (2014). Language outcomes for children with cochlear implants enrolled in different communication programs. Cochlear İmplants İnternational, 15(3), 121-135.
36. Yavuz, Ş. (2007). Son çocukluk dönemi öğrencilerinin saldırganlık düzeylerinin benlik saygısı ve bazı değişkenler açısından incelenmesi. (Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi). Selçuk Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Konya.
37. Yıldırım, A., ve Şimşek, H. (2013). Sosyal bilimlerde nitel araştırma yöntemleri (9. bs.). Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık.