Our awards

2020 GSK Impact Awards	Outstanding contribution to improving the UK’s health and wellbeing	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

Auditory Verbal UK publishes 2020 Position Paper
Trainee stories
Congratulations Natalie Clark who has qualified as a certified Auditory Verbal Therapist in Australia

Congratulations Natalie, a former Auditory Verbal UK colleague who has just qualified as a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist in Australia.
Meet an Auditory Verbal Therapist - webinar for parents of preschool deaf children

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.
Racing Driving Duncan Tappy talks about his pride in three-year-old Cole
Alana's story

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.
Celebrating our Power of Speech national literacy competition winners in Deaf Awareness Week 2020
In the media
Jake's story

'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.'

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.
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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