Oral/ Aural Approaches

These educational programs emphasize speech as an essential. A child who attends a program with an oral emphasis typically uses several means to develop residual hearing and the ability to speak as intelligibly as possible

Educational Approaches

Total Communication

Using various forms of communication to teach English to students with hearing loss. Simultaneous presentation of English language by speech and manual communication (signing and finger spelling) makes it possible for children to use either one or both types of communication.