Self-monitoring with clear analysis
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Self-monitoring is the invisible skill that allows children to reflect, adapt, and regulate, so as to learn independently and grow.
In this seventeenth episode, Shefali Shah demonstrates with three-and-a-half and four year old deaf children how Auditory-Verbal Therapy systematically fosters the ability to self-monitor speech intelligibility and language usage.
As listening becomes deeply internalised, a deaf or hard of hearing child begins to observe herself, spontaneously modifying her language and speech, to align with increasing accuracy with the patterns she hears around her. This intentional shift in responsibility is central to Auditory-Verbal Therapy and is in accordance with Principle 8.
Self-monitoring is both subtle and powerful as it characterises the independent learner.
🎧 Top Tips from Episode 17
- Follow Principle 8 of AVT. Professionals and caregivers support the child in self-monitoring her spoken language through listening.
- Foster maturity for self-regulation: Children learn to observe, monitor, and adjust their language and speech, to align with expectations.
- Self-regulation is foundational: Self-regulation sets the stage for independent learning.
- Speech clarity through listening: Self-monitoring ensures spontaneous, continuous adjustment of speech and language based on the auditory feedback loop.
- Pull back intentionally. Parents and professionals gradually withdraw active correction, giving space for the child to monitor and self-correct.
- Practice matters: Finely tuned listening skills support accurate imitation of speech and language norms.
Time Stamps:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:30 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents
00:01:39 Choosing Auditory-Verbal Therapy for your deaf or hard of hearing child
00:02:14 AVT facilitates age-appropriate development
00:02:40 Abundant choices open up through AVT
00:03:07 Early identification and the fitting of early and optimal amplification.
00:03:15 A life free of limitations
00:03:23 Show notes, Top tips and Time Stamps
00:03:34 Links and contact details
00:03:43 Resources
00:03:49 Principle 8 of AVT: Self-monitoring
00:04:07 Meaning of self-monitoring
00:05:17 Self-monitoring critical to independent learning
00:05:30 An efficient tool to maintain speech intelligibility
00:06:08 Self-Practice
00:07:34 Intentional pull back
00:08:05 Analysis of short demo
00:14:13 Reflection
00:15:02 Our next episode: Clear Speech
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
📚 Resources
For Professionals & Parents
- Estabrooks, D., Morrison, H. M., & MacIver-Lux, K. (2020). Auditory-Verbal Therapy: For Young Children with Hearing Loss and Their Families, and the Practitioners Who Guide Them.
- Diamond, A. (2013). Executive functions. Annual Review of Psychology, 64, 135–168.
- National Scientific Council on the Developing Child (Harvard University). Building the Brain’s “Air Traffic Control” System: How Early Experiences Shape the Development of Executive Function. https://developingchild.harvard.edu
- Paul, R., & Norbury, C. (2012). Language Disorders from Infancy through Adolescence.