Anita Grover, Chief Executive Expand Anita became Chief Executive of AVUK in 2013. Anita is profoundly deaf after losing her hearing progressively from childhood and had successful cochlear implant surgery in 2006. She brings to the role personal insight into hearing impairment and a passion for improving the life chances of deaf children. Before joining the charity, Anita had a successful career in the public sector. As a senior civil servant, she led communications on the government’s disability, employers, pensions and poverty agendas, working with a succession of cabinet ministers, business leaders and third sector organisations. She has worked at the Department for Education, Department of Social Security and her last position was at the Department for Work and Pensions as Head of Communications Group. In 2014 Anita became the first CEO of a UK-based charity to be awarded the Macquarie David Clarke Social Innovation Fellowship and was nominated for the 2015 Rising CEO of the Year at the Third Sector Awards. Anita is a Fellow of the Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; a governor of a primary school in Buckinghamshire and a former Trustee of Chiltern Citizens Advice Bureau. In Dec 2016 Anita was awarded a Fellowship by the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations. Anita works full-time across our London and Oxfordshire centres. Please contact Anita by email or via Facetime. Email: Anita.Grover@avuk.org Twitter: @AnitaGrover Facebook: Anita Avuk
Rosie Quayle, Clinical Lead Expand BSc (Hons) SLT, Cert MRCSLT, PGDip Auditory Verbal Therapy, LSLS Cert. AVT® Rosie qualified as a speech and language therapist in London at University College London. She moved to Oxfordshire in September 2007 to join the team at Auditory VerbalUK. She completed her diploma in auditory verbal therapy and qualified as an LSLS certified auditory verbal therapist in 2009, after training at Auditory VerbalUK. Rosie has undertaken training in the PROMPT (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets) technique for assessment and management of children with oro-motor speech production difficulties. She lectures and delivers training in auditory verbal therapy to parents and professionals across the UK and internationally and mentors professionals towards certification. Rosie has been Clinical Lead at Auditory VerbalUK since April 2013. Rosie is a Churchill Fellow, having undertaken a fellowship visit to AV centres in Australia and New Zealand in 2015. Contributor to Auditory Verbal Therapy – for young children with hearing loss and their families and the practitioners who guide them, Estabrooks, MacIver-Lux, Rhoades, Plural Publishing 2016 Email: Rosie.Quayle@avuk.org Twitter: @RosieQuayle LinkedIn: Rosie Quayle
Catherine White, Clinical Advisor Expand BSc (Hons) SLT & LSLS Cert AVT® Catherine qualified as a speech and language therapist at Manchester University in 2001. She joined the Manchester Paediatric and Adolescent Cochlear Implant Programmes for three years where she began her training towards AV certification. Catherine joined Auditory VerbalUK in 2004 as the first AV intern. She trained under Jacqueline Stokes Cert AVT LSLS ® and Elizabeth Tyszkiewicz Cert AVT LSLS® and certified as an auditory verbal therapist in 2005. Catherine is particularly interested in working with families of young babies and is passionate about improving services in order to raise outcomes for children with hearing impairment. She is a Clinical Adviser to Auditory VerbalUK and is involved in the development of in-house clinical guidelines and protocols, quality assurance, mentoring and training. She works closely with the teams across both centres to ensure continued provision of a high quality service. Catherine is also an adviser to the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and is currently involved in revising the Quality Standards for therapists working in the field of Hearing Impairment. Articles written by Catherine include: Rethinking expectations in children with hearing impairment (The Bulletin Dec 2008) Defining the roadmap (BATOD Magazine March 2012) Working towards a common goal (BATOD Magazine May 2010) Email: Catherine.White@avuk.org
Rachel French, Operations Manager Expand Rachel joined Auditory VerbalUK in January 2007 and has over 30 years’ experience working in senior administrative roles in both the public and private sector. Rachel’s role as Operations Manager encompasses HR, facilities, IT, administration, scheduling and training. Rachel works full-time 08.30-16.30 at our Oxfordshire centre. Email: Rachel.French@avuk.org LinkedIn: Rachel French
Emma Johnson, Head of Fundraising Expand Emma joined AVUK in March 2017 having previously worked as a fundraiser for The Arvon Foundation, The British Library and the British Heart Foundation. Emma has over ten years’ experience of raising income via individuals and Trusts and Foundations, of running gala events and working with senior volunteers. She works 4.5 days a week across both the London and Oxford offices. E-mail: emma.johnson@avuk.org
Louise Ashton, née Hönck, Senior Auditory Verbal Therapist Expand M.Communication Pathalogy, RCSLT, PgDip Auditory Verbal Therapy, LSLS Cert. AVT® Louise is dually trained as a speech and language therapist and audiologist and obtained her master’s degree at the University of Pretoria, South Africa in 2004. Louise has specialised in delivering audiology and speech and language therapy across a range of different settings in the NHS to various client groups since moving to the UK in 2004. She completed her postgraduate diploma in Auditory Verbal Therapy with distinction at Aston University in 2011. Louise was mentored towards LSLS CertAVT after joining Auditory VerbalUK in February 2011 and qualified as an LSLS Cert AVT® in 2012. She is involved in multiple outreach programs across the UK, Malta and the Republic of Ireland, combining clinical work and training. Louise advises on rehabilitation in joint audiology and AV clinics with Josephine Marriage, Audiologist at CHEAR. She delivers training on various AVUK programs and mentors practitioners towards AV certification. She regularly presents at conferences, nationally and internationally, and has contributed to publications and book chapters. Contributor to Auditory Verbal Therapy – for young children with hearing loss and their fmailies and the practitioners who guide them, Estabrooks, MacIver-Lux, Rhoades, Plural Publishing 2016 Louise works remotely from South Africa and in our London centre. Email: Louise.Ashton@avuk.org LinkedIn: Louise Honck Facebook: Louise Avuk
Susannah Burden, Senior Auditory Verbal Therapist Expand BSc (Hons) SLT, Cert MRCSLT, PgDip Auditory Verbal Therapy, LSLS Cert. AVT® Susannah is a listening and spoken language specialist, certified auditory verbal therapist. She is currently working at our Oxfordshire centre, with time spent in clinical work with families and in training therapists. Susannah trained to be a speech and language therapist at De Montfort University and completed her postgraduate diploma in Auditory Verbal Therapy at Aston University. She was mentored towards LSLS CertAVT® by Jacqueline Stokes, Donna Sperandio, Rosemary Richardson and Catherine White whilst working at Auditory VerbalUK. Susannah has specialised in delivering therapy to children with hearing impairment since qualifying, and since 2011 as a certified auditory verbal therapist. Susannah is involved in delivering training and mentoring to professionals and works with babies, pre-school and some older children with varying degrees of hearing loss and language levels as well as additional needs such as ASD and Down’s Syndrome. Susannah works Tuesdays & Wednesdays 08:30-16:30 at our Oxfordshire centre Email: Susie.Burden@avuk.org Facebook: Susie Avuk
Sarah Hogan, Research Coordinator & Auditory Verbal Therapist Expand DPhil, CS (Audiology), PGDip Auditory Verbal Therapy, LSLS Cert. AVT® Sarah has worked within the NHS, academic and charity sectors. Having graduated from ISVR, University of Southampton with a Masters in Audiology, she started her career as a paediatric audiologist at the University Hospital of Wales, before going on to work at the Welsh Hearing Institute where she was involved in both paediatric and adult audiology. She moved to the Auditory Neuroscience group at the University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford and conducted a prospective, longitudinal study into the effects of temporary conductive hearing loss (“glue ear”) on the developing binaural auditory system as part of her doctorate studies. She returned to the NHS, working at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, before leaving to set up the then newly-formed, independent assessment centre for children with hearing impairment, The Burwood Centre. More recently, Sarah was a lecturer for the BSc Audiology at Aston University. She was vice-chair of the British Association of Audiological Scientists (BAAS) prior to the amalgamation of the professional groups of Audiology. Sarah is currently part of the reference group of the Service Quality Committee (SQC) of the British Academy of Audiology (BAA). She was formerly Secretary and then Chair of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) Auditory Verbal (AV) Clinical Excellence Network (CEN) 2012-2014. Sarah joined Auditory VerbalUK in 2006. She now has a dual role of Research Coordinator and LSLS certified auditory verbal therapist. Publications: S Hogan, (2016) The Auditory Verbal Approach in the UK: A 10 year audit of outcomes for pre-school children in the UK. S Hogan, J Stokes and I Weller. Language Outcomes for Children of Low-Income Families Enrolled in Auditory Verbal Therapy. Deafness Educ Int. 12 (4), 204-216, 2010 S Hogan, J Stokes, C White, E Tyszkiewicz, A Woolgar. An evaluation of Auditory Verbal Therapy using rate of early language development as an outcome measure. Deafness Educ Int. 10,143–167, 2008 SCM Hogan and DR Moore Impaired binaural hearing in children produced by a threshold level of middle ear diseaseAssociation for Research in Otolaryngology, 4, 123-129, 2003 DR Moore, DEH Hartley, SCM Hogan Effects of otitis media with effusion (OME) on central auditory functionInt J Pediatr Oto 67S1, S63-S68, 2003 DR Moore, SC Hogan, O Kacelnik, CH Parsons, MM Rose, AJ King Auditory learning as a cause and treatment of central dysfunction.Audiol Neurootol 6(4): 216-20, 2001 DEH Hartley, SC Hogan, BA Wright, DR Moore, Age related improvements in auditory backward and simultaneous masking in 6 to 10 year old children. J Speech Lang Hear Res 43(6):1402-15, 2000 SCM Hogan and DR MooreThe effects of otitis media with effusion on the development of binaural hearing.in “Recent advances in otitis media” eds. M. Tos, J. Thomsen and V. Balle 1999 S.C. HoganBook review of “Central Auditory Processing Disorders - New Perspectives” byGail D. Chermak and Frank E. Musiek in Brit. J. Audiol , 1999 DR Moore, SC Hogan, JF Culling, AJ King Effects of conductive loss on binaural hearing in humans and animals. In: Palmer, A.R., Rees, A., Summerfield, A.Q. & Meddis, R. (Eds.), Psychophysical and Physiological Advances in Hearing. London, Whurr, pp. 412-418, 1998 SC Hogan, KJ Stratford, DR MooreDuration and recurrence of otitis media with effusion from birth to three yearsBMJ 314(7077):350-3, 1997 Email: Sarah.Hogan@avuk.org
Frances Clark, Auditory Verbal Therapist Expand BA Speech and Hearing Therapy (Speech Pathology and Audiology), LSLS Cert. AVT® Frances qualified as a speech-language pathologist and audiologist at The University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa in 2004. After working in a South African hospital as a speech therapist/audiologist for one year, she moved to England in 2006. She worked for the Oxford Cochlear Implant Team and Oxford Primary Care Trust as a highly specialist speech and language therapist in deafness. She then worked as a highly specialist speech and language therapist for The Elizabeth Foundation, for pre-school deaf children and their parents, developing the speech and language therapy programme there. In 2013, she began training in auditory verbal therapy through our Part 1 course. In October 2013, she joined the team at AVUK and in August 2015 she qualified as an LSLS Cert. AVT. Frances works Monday-Friday 8:30 – 16:30 at the London centre. Email: Frances.Clark@avuk.org Facebook: Frances Avuk
Victoria Watermeyer, Auditory Verbal Therapist Expand LSLS Cert. AVT, SLT, Cert RCSLT, Audiologist, PGCert Hearing and Development Vicky Watermeyer qualified as a speech and language therapist and audiologist at the University of Pretoria in 2002. In 2004, she relocated to the UK, where she worked for 2 years as an adult audiologist in various NHS settings. From 2006, she worked at the Portland Hospital in London, initially in the diagnostic audiology team and, from 2007 onwards, as an audiologist on their cochlear implant program. During this time, she attended day courses at AVUK, completed the postgraduate Certificate in Hearing and Development at Aston University in 2009 and later attended our training and mentoring program, Working Through Audition. Vicky was thrilled join the team at AVUK in October 2012 as an Auditory Verbal Intern. Vicky qualified as a certified Auditory Verbal Therapist in April 2017. Email: Victoria.Watermeyer@avuk.org Facebook: Vicky Avuk