Well yes of course. The thing is despite what fair jour thinks, I'm NOT bashing rich families or claiming that only kids from well off families will be able to do well.
That can be an advantage, since wealthy families can afford really good health insurance (have you missed the debate on health care reform? Even middle class families are paying very high preminums for low benifits. It's impossible to find a generous plan nowadays) they can afford to move to areas that offer very good oral programs, they can afford good speech therapists, they can afford the best ENTs, and other doctors and experts.
However, even with all those advantages, the real key is parental involvement.
There IS a particular parent who is VERY overinvolved (not just healthily involved, but very hyperinvolved) in raising their kids and making sure everythign goes right for their kid. Perhaps you've heard of them? They are called helicopter parents? Helicopter parents tend to be all over, but they seem to be especially clustered in the upper classes (not nesserarily the upper class since a lot of suburban middle class types go helicopter parent too) Helicopter parents are the perfect type to gravitate towards oral only (especially auditory verbal) b/c it really does emphasize TONS AND TONS of overinvolvement. Not just normal parental involvement with supplemental school based speech therapy or going to see an auditory verbal therapist every so often. But turning life itself into an eternal speech therapy session. (which basicly IS the auditory verbal "lifestyle) and working constantly on speech, speech speech like some sort of stage mom.
