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The Auditory-Verbal Center (AVC) is a nonprofit center in Atlanta that teaches children who are mildly hearing impaired to profoundly deaf to listen and speak so that they can succeed in mainstream schools and experience lives without limitation. Founded in 1977, it is one of only two such centers in the United States. Most of AVC’s child clients, ages five and older, upon completion of Auditory-Verbal therapy, can attend regular schools with no additional resources or help. This is not a common practice in deaf education but affords these children the opportunity to develop and mature with their social peers. It also represents an enormous savings in taxpayer dollars.

Since its beginnings in a room above a church, the AVC has grown with Certified Auditory-Verbal therapists including licensed speech language pathologists. AVC has its own an audiology department, staffed by licensed Audiologists providing a complete scope of services to children and adults, including Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) evaluations. The AVC has the only Assistive Listening Devices (ALD) Center in Georgia, has expanded to include a satellite center in Macon and has requests for additional satellite centers in at least five other Georgia locations where Auditory-Verbal is not currently available. In addition, AVC includes the only Immersion Center in the world. The Immersion Center provides 3 – 5 day intensive Auditory-Verbal family training programs for families who live too far to attend weekly or for international families who would not otherwise have access to Auditory-Verbal therapy. The AVC serves as a practicum site for the training of Auditory-Verbal therapists who are currently in graduate programs, as well as a mentoring site for professionals preparing for Auditory-Verbal certification. Additional professional services include one week intensive training experiences for professionals interested in incorporating an understanding of the Auditory-Verbal approach into their work, as well as complementary professional days for those interested in simply becoming more familiar with the Auditory-Verbal approach.