Our awards

2020 GSK Impact Awards	Outstanding contribution to improving the UK’s health and wellbeing Watch our video here.	Winner	2020
Asian Voice Awards	Most Inspiring Young Person - Kurran Doal	Shortlisted	2019
Shine a Light Awards	Young Person of the Year - Beatrice Cadman	Highly Commended	2019
Inspiring Communicator Awards	Inspiring Communicator - Beatrice Cadman	Winner	2018
Nasen Awards	Excellent Practice in Early Years	Shortlist	2017
National Lottery Awards	Finalist - Health category	Shortlist	2017
Third Sector Awards	Charity of the Year	Highly Commended	2017
The Charity Awards	Disability Charity of the Year	Shortlist	2017
Centre for Social Justice	Model of Excellence	Winner	2017
Children and Young People Now	The Learning Award	Winner	2016
The Guardian	Charity of the Year	Shortlist	2015
Third Sector Awards	Rising Chief Executive	Finalist	2015
Children and Young People NOW	The Children's Achievement Award	Winner	2015
Children and Young People NOW	The Children and Young People's Charity Award	Finalist	2015
Children and Young People NOW	Early Intervention Award	Highly Commended	2015
Shine a Light Awards	Young Person of the Year	Highly Commended	2015
The Charity Awards	Children and Youth Award	Finalist	2014
The Charity Times Awards	Charity of the Year (income under £1million)	Highly Commended	2014
GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Award	Excellence in Community Healthcare	Winner	2010

Latest

Cochlear Implant International Community of Action Launches
Celebrating International Cochlear Implant Day with Tanya Saunders and her daughter Onna’s hearing journey.

Tanya Saunders is Mum to Onna, who has severe-profound hearing loss with ANSD and wears bilateral cochlear implants. She is one of our Parent Ambassador having become a strong supporter after going through the programme with her daughter and seeing the impressive results for herself. This journey with her daughter has inspired her to start writing books for deaf children who are learning to listen and speak; to date, she has published two books and has many more waiting in the wings.
David's story

Without the fantastic support we had from AVUK I am not sure how David would have developed and thrived the way he did. He has big dreams and aspirations and we know that sky is the limit for him.
Rafi's Story

Rafi’s hearing journey has been a long one but with AVUK it has been an amazing one. We could not be more proud of the progress he has made and we want to say thank you to everyone at AVUK who believed in Rafi from day one. This is Rafi’s story from his parents Antoine and Kenza who are originally from France

David's story

Without the fantastic support we had from AVUK I am not sure how David would have developed and thrived the way he did. He has big dreams and aspirations and we know that sky is the limit for him.
Rafi's Story

Rafi’s hearing journey has been a long one but with AVUK it has been an amazing one. We could not be more proud of the progress he has made and we want to say thank you to everyone at AVUK who believed in Rafi from day one. This is Rafi’s story from his parents Antoine and Kenza who are originally from France
Cole's Story

When Cole’s hearing loss was picked up at his new born hearing screening his parent’s felt like their world had been turned upside down. Now four years old Cole is flourishing.
Facts and figures
Ariella's Story

When Ariella imitated the sound of a cow I had made it was the magical moment I had been waiting for. After just one session at AVUK the light went on! – Ariella’s Mum Sabrina
João's story

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.
Freshers Week and more advice for starting university with a hearing loss from AVUK Young Ambassador James Curtis

It’s so important just to jump in to university life and embrace it. You’ll get what you put in and don’t be afraid to ask for help - universities are very happy to accommodate changes that will help.
Shoshie's Story

Shoshana Mae Turner arrived 2.5 weeks early on 9 August 2018. She failed the newborn hearing screening twice. The first screening, in the early hours towards the end of our first night at the hospital. The nurse said it was probably nothing and I didn’t think about it again. The second time Shoshie failed the screening she was two two weeks old and Dan was concerned as he’d noticed she hadn’t responded to a loud alarm at the hospital the day after she was born.
Tackling the French mountains by bike to help deaf children learn to listen and talk
Onna's story

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.

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 an online 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.
Early intervention

What are the benefits of an early intervention programme?
Joining the programme

We want to make sure you are able to access information, guidance and support at a pace that suits you. Find out how you can join the programme.
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