Closing the gap for deaf children 11th May Despite the UK having one of the best newborn hearing screening programmes in the world together with access to state-of-the-art hearing technology, we are not yet seeing the gap closing between the achievements of deaf children and those of their hearing peers. Join AVUK and an expert panel for a discussion of why, in 2021, this is still the case and what it would take to change the future for deaf children in post-pandemic Britain. Speaker panel: Noel Kenely, Senior Auditory Verbal Therapist at AVUK (Panel Chair) Gwen Carr, Honorary Senior Research Associate at the University College London Ear Institute and former Deputy Director NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme Jonathan Pepper, parent of a child on the AVUK programme and Director at CapGemini Alison Langshaw, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, NHS Oxford Auditory Implant Team AVUK Graduate We'll send you the Zoom link so please check your emails. Sometimes our emails might end up in the spam or junk box, so don't forget to check there too. Book a place Ticket Quantity Price Book your place We don't have this quantity of tickets. Your quantity has been set to the maximum available Decrease Enter quantity Increase £0.00 Book