St. Louis

Audition is the building block for language. Language - written and oral - is the key to all academic learning. St. Joseph Institute helps unlock language for children with a hearing impairment.

Our Programs

• Help children develop oral language and speech without the use of sign language.
• Maximize a child's access to sound using hearing aids and cochlear implants.
• Improve literacy levels through the auditory-oral method.
• Offer daily speech-language instruction or speech-language therapy for every student.
• Offer children the best opportunity for mainstream education and independent adult lives
• Accredited curriculum provides high standards for a quality education for students pre-school to the 8th grade.

Auditory-Oral Approach

The auditory-oral approach is challenging and requires intensive work by the children, teachers and parents alike. It takes expertise and systematic effort to help children interpret and use the sounds they hear after obtaining hearing aids or a cochlear implant to develop spoken language. While progress comes rapidly for some children and gradually for others, ultimately most students who complete our program(s) succeed in mainstream schools.

Language & Academic Skills Growth for Older Auditory-Oral Students

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