Auditory bombardment….

is the technique the speech pathologist will employ to help Roo improve his intelligibility. Now that the tonsils and adenoids are out, it’s time to focus. The earlier the intervention, the better. Ryan & I understand about 99% of what he says. Others don’t. He uses his relatively large vocabulary correctly, but phonologically substitutes sounds. He can make the sounds expected of his age. The sounds just don‘t come out in the correct spot. In other words, he’s learned to say things wrong and needs to re learn the rules. A therapist will come to our home once a week. Twice each day, with his undivided attention, I will spend one minute reading a list of words that contain a common sound in either the initial, medial, or final position. For example, soup, toast, juice. With the therapist he will attempt the sounds. With me, he’ll only listen. For the length of one week, we’ll focus vehemently on one sound. This is auditory bombardment. Fortunately, he is very good at paying attention and can concentrate well. And he has a healthy amount of confidence. The expectation is that a few months will make a world of difference.