Dr Dimity Dornan Expand AO, Associate Professor UQ, PhD UQ, HonDUniv USQ, BSpThy, FSPAA, CpSp, LSLS Cert AVT Dr Dimity Dornan, AO is the Executive Director and Founder of Hear and Say, Australia. Hear and Say was established in 1992 by Dimity with just six children. The organisation now provides services and programs to over 600 children, young adults and families across six centres as well as e-Auditory-Verbal Therapy and e-Audiology programs for rural and remote areas. Read more about Dimity on the Hear and Say website here.
Claire Campbell Expand Claire Campbell is the mother of three children, two of whom have Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder. They are both bilaterally implanted.With both her children taking part in the programme, Claire understands the impact that AVT can have on changing lives. Claire was a Senior Analyst for a FTSE-250 investment manager, specialising in new media and telecommunications. Claire’s role also included responsibility for fundraising and investor relations and she was part of the team that grew the business to €5 billion under management in 10 years. Claire is a Director of an international recruitment consultancy and is on the fundraising committee of a local independent school in Surrey. She became a Trustee of AVUK in 2011 and was Chair of the Board in October 2013 to March 2020. During her time as a trustee and Chair, Claire drew on her personal experience of attending AVUK’s family programme with two of her young children and championed the development of the family bursary scheme to increase access to AVT for all. She led the Board during a time of significant growth for the charity following the October Club partnership in 2014 which enabled AVUK to expand its professional training programme; expand its operations from a new London centre in Bermondsey and launch its first five year strategy and cost benefit analysis of Auditory Verbal therapy. We are delighted that Claire will join our Advisory Panel and continue to share her personal and professional expertise with the AVUK team.
Gwen Carr Expand Gwen Carr BA (Hons), Dip Ed Deaf, FRCA Gwen Carr is an Independent Consultant in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) and an Hon. Senior Research Associate at the University College London Ear Institute. A qualified Teacher of the Deaf specialising in Early Years communication development and pre-school family support, she was for many years Head of Sensory Services in a Metropolitan Authority, before becoming Director of UK Services and Deputy CEO at the National Deaf Children’s Society. Passionate about the opportunities for deaf children afforded by early identification and intervention, Gwen then joined the NHS as Deputy Director of the England Newborn Hearing Screening Programme and subsequently became National Programmes Lead for antenatal and newborn screening for Public Health England. Following retirement from PHE, Gwen now works as an EHDI research and training consultant at home and overseas. She currently serves as a member of the Wales Newborn Hearing Screening Quality and Clinical Governance board, the Executive Committee of FCEI (Family Centred Early Intervention) International, The Coalition of Global Hearing Health Care Pathways Working Group and the Global Research on Developmental Disabilities Collaborators Group.
Dr Carol Flexer Expand PhD, CCC-A; LSLS Cert. AVT Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Audiology, The University of Akron, Ohio Carol Flexer received her doctorate in audiology from Kent State University in 1982. She was at The University of Akron for 25 years as a Distinguished Professor of Audiology in the School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. Special areas of expertise include paediatric and educational audiology. She continues to lecture extensively nationally and internationally and has authored more than 150 publications. Dr. Flexer’s talks, seminars, and workshops focus on the development and expansion of listening, speaking and literacy skills in infants and children, including those with all degrees of hearing loss. She is licensed as an audiologist and holds the CCC/A and the LSLS Cert. AVT.
Professor Andrew King Expand MA, MMath, PhD Andrew King is a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow and Professor of Neurophysiology at the University of Oxford. He heads the Auditory Neuroscience Group in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics and is also the Director of the Wellcome Trust Doctoral Training Programme in Neuroscience at Oxford and a Fellow of Merton College. He received his undergraduate training in physiology at King’s College London and a PhD from the National Institute for Medical Research. He then moved to Oxford, where he has been supported by fellowships from the Science and Engineering Research Council, the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine and the Wellcome Trust. He has also been a visiting scientist at the Eye Research Institute in Boston. He is a past winner of the Wellcome Prize in Physiology and, in 2011, was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Andrew’s research employs an interdisciplinary approach to investigate the neural basis of auditory perception and multisensory integration. He is particularly interested in the adaptive processes that take place in the brain to allow accurate hearing to be maintained in different acoustical conditions. This involves studying both short-term changes that help to compensate for the presence of background sounds and the longer-term plasticity induced at higher levels of the auditory system as a result of learning or by hearing loss.
Andrew King is a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow and Professor of Neurophysiology at the University of Oxford. He heads the Auditory Neuroscience Group in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics and is also the Director of the Wellcome Trust Doctoral Training Programme in Neuroscience at Oxford and a Fellow of Merton College. He received his undergraduate training in physiology at King’s College London and a PhD from the National Institute for Medical Research. He then moved to Oxford, where he has been supported by fellowships from the Science and Engineering Research Council, the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine and the Wellcome Trust. He has also been a visiting scientist at the Eye Research Institute in Boston. He is a past winner of the Wellcome Prize in Physiology and, in 2011, was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Andrew’s research employs an interdisciplinary approach to investigate the neural basis of auditory perception and multisensory integration. He is particularly interested in the adaptive processes that take place in the brain to allow accurate hearing to be maintained in different acoustical conditions. This involves studying both short-term changes that help to compensate for the presence of background sounds and the longer-term plasticity induced at higher levels of the auditory system as a result of learning or by hearing loss.
Graham Louden-Carter Expand BA Hons MBPsS, Executive Fellow, Henley Business School Graham Louden-Carter is an experienced international leader, coach and developer of people. He retired in 2008 after a long career with Diageo PLC as a senior Human Resources executive, having held roles as a member of business leadership teams in Europe, USA and Latin America. Graham now runs his own leadership development and coaching company and is also an Executive Fellow in executive education and member of the visiting faculty at Henley Business School.
Graham Louden-Carter is an experienced international leader, coach and developer of people. He retired in 2008 after a long career with Diageo PLC as a senior Human Resources executive, having held roles as a member of business leadership teams in Europe, USA and Latin America. Graham now runs his own leadership development and coaching company and is also an Executive Fellow in executive education and member of the visiting faculty at Henley Business School.
Dr Josephine Marriage Expand PhD MSc BSc RHAD, Director of Chear Josephine Marriage is a clinical scientist in audiology and registered hearing-aid dispenser. Dr Marriage has worked with children with hearing loss and cochlear implants for 20 years. She was head of paediatric audiology at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, from 1993 to 1999. For the past eight years she has worked with Brian Moore, professor of auditory perception at Cambridge University, devising new ways of assessing hearing and programming hearing aids to suit the needs of adults and children. She is also involved in training hearing professionals throughout the UK and teaches at University College London. Dr Marriage was awarded a PhD in hyperacusis in Williams Syndrome from Manchester University. She also has an audiology MSc from the University of Southampton and a Speech Sciences degree from University College London. She received the George Harris Award for her contribution to hearing aid audiology in 2009 and is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a hearing aid dispenser. Chear share our London office.
Josephine Marriage is a clinical scientist in audiology and registered hearing-aid dispenser. Dr Marriage has worked with children with hearing loss and cochlear implants for 20 years. She was head of paediatric audiology at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, from 1993 to 1999. For the past eight years she has worked with Brian Moore, professor of auditory perception at Cambridge University, devising new ways of assessing hearing and programming hearing aids to suit the needs of adults and children. She is also involved in training hearing professionals throughout the UK and teaches at University College London. Dr Marriage was awarded a PhD in hyperacusis in Williams Syndrome from Manchester University. She also has an audiology MSc from the University of Southampton and a Speech Sciences degree from University College London. She received the George Harris Award for her contribution to hearing aid audiology in 2009 and is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a hearing aid dispenser. Chear share our London office.
Samantha Pryke Expand Sam is profoundly deaf in both ears and wears a cochlear implant. Sam did a first degree in Sociology at the University of Nottingham, Masters in Disability Studies at the University of Leeds and a further post graduate degree in management and leadership in the public sector, also at the University of Leeds. Sam joined the board to advise on strategy/policy, using her policy background in Government of 18 years, covering a range of diverse issues such as early years education, cyber security, abuse of learning disabled people in care homes, access to NHS gender reassignment services, NHS employment and cancer policy. Sam also has experience of voluntary sector work, advocating for the rights of disabled people, including work at a women’s refuge and women’s prison to raise awareness of the need for supporting those less able to access services. Sam cares passionately about inclusive environments, working with others to overcome barriers and realise potential. Sam has also joined AVUK to make a difference based on her personal experience of special educational needs and mainstream education. She wants to see all deaf children have the tools they need, to be whatever they wish to be, and to lead happy, fulfilling lives.
Dr Kaukab Rajput Expand FRCS, FRCP, MSc Consultant Audiological Physician Dr Kaukab Rajput is an expert in diagnosis of hearing loss in children with complex problems. She has worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) for over twelve years and currently leads the cochlear Implant Department. After completing her training in ear, nose and throat surgery and obtaining FRCS in 1992, Dr Rajput took a training post at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, initially as a registrar and then senior registrar in audiological medicine. Dr Rajput obtained her MSc in audiological medicine in 1995, and became a consultant in 1999. In 2009 she was granted FRCP by the Royal College of Physician London.
Alexandra Rehak Expand MA, BSc Data Advisor Alexandra is an independent strategy consultant with over 20 years of experience in innovative data analysis and strategy development, primarily for the communications and ICT sectors. She has extensive expertise in data usage and statistical modelling, database design and data collection methodologies, and data presentation and interpretation. She first linked up with AVUKthrough ‘big data’ charity DataKind UK, and is currently working with us to develop our approach to using statistics and analysis to deepen understanding of AV therapy outcomes. Alexandra was most recently a Partner and Head of Research at international consultancy Analysys Mason, and prior to that held senior roles at companies including PA Consulting Group and Motorola. She started her career as a Research Assistant to Dr. Howard Gardner at Harvard University, working on experimental neuropsychology initiatives around language and cognition in stroke patients and primary and middle school pupils. Alexandra holds an MA in International Economics from Johns Hopkins University, and a B.Sc. in Cognitive Science from Brown University.