Through the Government’s Newborn Screening Programme Beatrice was diagnosed with a profound bilateral sensori-neural hearing loss. Now at 19 she has a place at university to study midwifery. Read her story in the words of mum, Kate. Read more
Kurran was born two months premature, in 2003, and quickly fell victim to a severe necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) infection. Now he is flying! Read his story in father Avy's words. Read more
AVUK have provided us with the skills to communicate effectively with our daughter and the motivation to keep going. They encouraged us to believe that all our hopes and dreams for Lola were possible and supported us with any concerns we had. Read more
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. Read more
Since Auditory Verbal UK founded in 2003 we have supported over 1,000 families. Approximately 80% of children who have been on our programme for two years graduated with language on a par with typically hearing children. Below are some of the stories written by our families.
Leah is the eldest of five siblings (pictured above) and was born with a profound hearing loss. She did well in her GCSEs at mainstream school and volunteers to help many others. Here, her mother Deena shares her story. Read more
From the day I found out that Lily was deaf, I always said I would not rest until she could talk. Read more
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 Read more
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. Read more
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 Read more
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. Read more
After a healthy pregnancy, Orson was unexpectedly born three months early. It was fair to say that after 61 days across intensive and neo-natal care we had gone through every possible emotion and we were ready to leave hospital. Read more
We are Joanna and Andrew Callaghan. And this is the story of, our son, Sam. Read more
Mia is a bright, charming, determined and courageous little girl. Mia loves princesses, dancing, dressing up and all things pink. She is very social, loves to talk and being with her family and friends. She was born with CHARGE syndrome, a rare genetic condition that can affect different parts of the body and has defied all the odds. Read more
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. Read more