Louis’ hearing loss is a genetic issue and typically leads to progressive hearing loss, leading to complete deafness. Read more
'Now at 19, she is studying at Durham University. None of this would have happened if it wasn’t for AVUK!' Read more
Grace who is now 4 years old and from Cardiff joined our Auditory Verbal family programme in March 2022. She was born with moderate to profound hearing loss and had bilateral cochlear implant surgery in January 2021. Grace’s mum, Rhian share’s her story. Read more
We are so proud of everything Enkhjin has achieved and we would especially like to thank AVUK who have always encouraged us to aim high for our daughter. Read more
Since Auditory Verbal UK was founded in 2003 we have supported more than 1,000 families. Over 80% of children who have been on our programme for two years graduated with language on a par with typically hearing children. Below are some of the stories written by our families.
Tyler was born prematurely and spent the first 10 weeks of his life in hospital. A hearing test before he was discharged diagnosed Tyler as deaf - we felt totally underprepared for how best to support him. Read more
We met Noel at an online Meet an AVT sessions organised by the charity and I just knew this was the way we should go and we have never looked back.” Read more
I know it is thanks to the determination of my parents to get early and effective support for me with Auditory Verbal therapy that I don’t feel being deaf has held me back in any way. Read more
AVUK have provided us with the skills to communicate effectively with our daughter and the motivation to keep going. They encouraged us to believe that all our hopes and dreams for Lola were possible and supported us with any concerns we had. Read more
Nasir started on Auditory Verbal UK’s family programme in 2008, following diagnosis that he was deaf in both ears. Parents Abdul and Shamaila share their story and update us on how Nasir is doing now. Read more
When our baby daughter Aimee failed her newborn hearing screening test, we thought nothing of it. It was only at the follow up appointment six weeks later when we learned that she had a bilateral moderate to severe hearing loss that we felt that our world had crumbled. Read more
Ava failed the newborn hearing screening and was diagnosed with a profound hearing loss at three weeks of age. Now, at fifteen years old she plays the piano and saxophone. Read more
Joao, or JP as he is known, moved with his family from Brazil to the UK when he was 7-months-old. His parents became increasingly concerned about his lack of speech and at 2-years-old he was diagnosed with hearing loss. JP received his cochlear implants aged three and embarked on the AVUK programme with sessions conducted in Portuguese and English. Read more
Leah is the eldest of five siblings (pictured above) and was born with a profound hearing loss. She did well in her GCSEs at mainstream school and volunteers to help many others. Here, her mother Deena shares her story. Read more
What seemed like a typical childhood infection turned into a harrowing eight-night stay in hospital for Otto and his parents. Read more