Apr 13, 2010

Adrian’s 1st speech therapy session began this morning at Markham Stouffville Hospital. It’s the first time Papa went with us to meet with the SLP and he got to understand more on where Adrian stands from a treatment perspective. We went through the latest updates and the SLP was pleased to know the pair of hearing aids is on its way. Certain hi-frequency sounds that Adrian currently has difficulty making are "f", "h", "s" & "z" and the SLP strongly believes the hearing aids will make him hear better those sounds. The focus of the 1-hr long session is on Auditory Verbal Therapy that Adrian is encouraged to use his hearing to take instructions and imitate sounds that the SLP makes. We, as parents, are advised not to give hints/gestures that Adrian may rely upon when giving instructions at home. The SLP was pleased to see Adrian cooperated during the session. One of the many things we need to work on is to encourage Adrian to use his lips more (e.g. pushing the lips forward) when making sounds.