We need to urgently address the current postcode lottery and inequality of access to Auditory Verbal therapy and increase the number of specialist Auditory Verbal Therapists working in the NHS and local public services. Currently less than 15% of deaf children in the UK under 5 can access Auditory Verbal therapy.

We are calling on UK governments to support and invest in Auditory Verbal therapy so all families who want their child to learn to listen and talk have the opportunity to access Auditory Verbal therapy through publicly funded services.

Early and effective support to develop language and communication is vital for all deaf children whether their families wish to use spoken language, sign language or both.  

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Sam who was diagnosed deaf as a baby said: “Thanks to Auditory Verbal therapy I can do anything my hearing friends can do but there are so many children that can’t access Auditory Verbal therapy which isn’t fair. I really hope that the government listens to MPs and see what a difference the therapy has made to me and my family and do something about it. Even though my ambition is to become an astrophysicist, alongside that I really want more deaf children to be able to have Auditory Verbal therapy too.”

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Watch Sam talk about the Auditory Verbal therapy he received on BBC news: