Successful Auditory-Verbal graduates are
dispersed into the mainstream educationally, professionally,
and socially. A generation of profoundly deaf graduates
from Auditory-Verbal programs throughout North America
have received careful study (Goldberg and Flexer,
2001). They reported that amplification technology
and Auditory-Verbal intervention enabled them to
learn spoken language primarily by hearing and listening.
Findings showed that graduates often had been mainstreamed
in their local school districts, attended post-secondary
institutions that were not specifically designed
for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. They
pursued the careers of their choice and are involved
in typical community activities. In addition, reading
skills of auditory-verbal children have been demonstrated
to equal or exceed those of their hearing peers
(Robertson & Flexer, 2001).