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Meet an Auditory Verbal Therapist - webinar for parents of preschool deaf children

Auditory Verbal Therapy: The UK and Australian Context

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The Grimer Family £6825 challenge

As many of you know our son, Orson, was born with with moderate-severe high frequency sensorineural hearing loss in both ears (his hearing loss was caused by a genetic mutation on the Connexin 26 gene).

Auditory Verbal UK is a charity that wants all deaf babies and children to have the opportunity to listen and speak like their hearing peers. The Auditory Verbal approach stimulates auditory brain development and enables deaf children with hearing aids and cochlear implants to make se

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.

Foundation level

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.

Foundation course in Auditory Verbal therapy - Easter 2021 start (Belgium/Netherlands cohort)

Foundation course in Auditory Verbal therapy - Easter 2021 start (Distance)

Foundation course in Auditory Verbal therapy - Spring 2021 start (Distance)

Supporting deaf children’s listening and spoken language in mainstream education - 4 February 2020

Book training

Auditory Verbal CEN meeting (pragmatics) - November 2020

Parent-coaching in early intervention with deaf children

“What’s so funny?” – developing verbal humour with deaf children

Supporting deaf children’s listening and spoken language in mainstream education - 4 February 2020

Foundation course in Auditory Verbal therapy - Spring 2021 start (Distance)

Foundation course in Auditory Verbal therapy - Easter 2021 start (Belgium/Netherlands cohort)

Foundation course in Auditory Verbal therapy - Easter 2021 start (Distance)