Alana’s hearing loss was identified by the newborn hearing screening. She was born with a moderate-severe loss and received her first set of hearing aids at 3 months old old. Read more
Joshua’s hearing loss was picked up through the newborn screening test at just one day old. Read more
Mia is a bright, social and determined little girl who has defied all the odds. Mia was born with CHARGE syndrome, a rare genetic condition that can affect different parts of the body; the most common problems are with the hearing, vision, the heart, airways and growth. Read more
Since Auditory Verbal UK was founded in 2003 we have supported over 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.
Louis’ hearing loss is a genetic issue and typically leads to progressive hearing loss, leading to complete deafness. Read more
When our daughter, Grace, failed her first newborn hearing screening test, we were reassured Grace was likely congested as she had only marginally failed. It was only at the follow up appointment six weeks later, when it was confirmed that she had bilateral severe-to-profound hearing loss, that we were completely devastated by the news. Read more
Onna, was born prematurely at 28 weeks, alongside her typically hearing twin sister, Sala. Onna passed her newborn screening. However, by about 10 months old, she had progressively but quickly lost all her hearing. Onna’s hearing loss was initially misdiagnosed but she was finally diagnosed with severe-profound hearing loss and Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder. She received bilateral cochlear implants a month before her third birthday and started the Auditory Verbal UK a few months later. Read more
On the 4th of July 2014, our beautiful little girl Mia was born. It was a very bittersweet day and a complete blur. I was overwhelmed with so much love for our first born. Not only that but I was also anxious to find out whether our little girl would have a hearing loss due to my history. I was born with profound hearing loss and was informed during my pregnancy that there is a fifty percent chance that our child would have a hearing loss too. 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
My name is Charlie and I’m 13 years old. I play the violin, piano, drums and guitar and I also play tennis, football and table tennis. Read more
Leah is the eldest of five siblings (pictured above) and was born with a profound hearing loss. She is now a happy and fun-loving teenager at mainstream school. Here, her mother Deena shares her story. Read more
'Jake was diagnosed with bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss which we found out was caused by a mutated gene called Connexin 26, it meant he easily met the criteria for cochlear implantation.' Read more
'Now at 15, she is excelling at school and in her music. None of this would have happened if it wasn’t for AVUK!' Read more
From the day I found out that Lily was deaf, I always said I would not rest until she could talk. Read more
We are Joanna and Andrew Callaghan. And this is the story of, our son, Sam. Read more
Ernie was diagnosed at 11 weeks and aided at 12 weeks with profound loss in his left ear and severe to profound in his right ear. Read more