Parent Handouts DV AAC

Parent Handouts DV AAC

BY 18 MONTHS

babies have heard

4,380 HOURS

OF SPOKEN
LANGUAGE

and we don’t expect them
to be fluent speakers

YET

If AAC learners only see symbols modeled for
communication twice weekly for 20-30 minutes, it will take

84 YEARS

for them to have the same exposure to aided language
as an 18 month old has to spoken language.