Auditory Verbal Center

The Auditory Verbal program. We also provide intervention directly inspanish with a bilingual therapist. The goal is for every deaf or hardof hearing child to be successfully mainstreamed into a normal hearingclassroom. Avc also has a full audiology department serving birth toseniors with diagnostic evaluations, fitting of hearing aids andproving loaner hearing aids for any child birth to 3 years old.theorganization served 167 mild to profoundly deaf children and theirfamilies in the Auditory Verbal program and 20 adults in the auditoryrehabilitation program for a total of 287 clients, providing 4,163therapy session during the 2023 calendar year. Avc graduated 21 clientswho are now listening and speaking children using no sign language andmainstreamed into a regular classroom with their hearing peers. Theorganization continues to serve clients at both physical locations aswell as through teletherapy for those families who can not make thedrive to help overcome the transportation barriers. The audiologydepartment continues to serve clients from birth to seniors withdiagnostic testing and dispensing of hearing aids. The audiologydepartment is open 1 day a week and provided 290 sessions for 2023.auditory Verbal Center targets low income underinsured or uninsureddeaf and hard of hearing children. In 2023 avc provided over 1 milliondollars in scholarships or insurance discounts. Avc accepts all privateinsurance, medicaid and cmo clients. 65% of the case load are medicaidclients.