Trainee stories

Congratulations Natalie Clark who has qualified as a certified Auditory Verbal Therapist in Australia

Congratulations Natalie, a former Auditory Verbal UK colleague who has just qualified as a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist in Australia. Read more

We celebrate with Cecilia Fernandez Samar as she becomes a certified Auditory Verbal Therapist

Maria Baltzer Gormsen is Denmark's latest certified Auditory Verbal Therapist

Ireland and Northern Ireland get new qualified Auditory Verbal Therapist

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Racing driver celebrates his son's graduation and reflects on a very different year

Life as a British racing driver has certainly not been full speed this year for Surrey’s Duncan Tappy but the highlight has been his deaf three-year-old’s graduation from the AVUK programme.

Ariella's Story

When Ariella imitated the sound of a cow I had made it was the magical moment I had been waiting for. After just one session at AVUK the light went on! – Ariella’s Mum Sabrina

Auditory Verbal UK publishes 2020 Position Paper

What is Auditory Verbal therapy?

Auditory verbal therapy is a highly specialist early intervention programme which equips parents with the skills to maximise their deaf child’s speech and language development.

Training to be an Auditory Verbal Therapist

Find out how you can train to become an Auditory Verbal Therapist in the UK.

Evidence base for Auditory Verbal therapy

Deaf children can learn to listen and speak – like their hearing peers. What's the evidence?

Our mission

At Auditory Verbal UK, we want to see a world where all deaf children have the same opportunities in life as hearing children.

Work for us

Do you have an interest in transforming children’s lives? See our vacancies.

Therapy sessions

Auditory Verbal therapy (AVT) is about enabling your child to learn to talk through listening. Read more about the therapy we provide.

This 6-month course is available in a distance-learning format and in person at our London centre. Designed to equip professionals with the core skills needed to develop auditory practice when working with children with hearing loss and their families, we are also able to deliver this course in-service to employers wishing to train groups of staff.