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Deaf children call on MPs to increase access to specialist services

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Deaf children have lobbied cross-party MPs in parliament, calling for greater access to specialist support for those with hearing loss.
Noli Tebe, 19, and her mum Angela meet Penny Mordaunt. Picture: AVUK
Noli Tebe, 19, and her mum Angela meet Penny Mordaunt. Picture: AVUK

Noli Tebe, 19, and 11-year-old Louis Moss met MPs in Westminster ahead of Loud Shirt Day (Friday 20 October), an international awareness day around challenging perceptions of what deaf children can achieve with early and effective support.  

The pair joined representatives from charity Auditory Verbal UK (AVUK) which supported them to learn to listen and speak.

The group met more than 30 cross-party MPs including Leader of the House of Commons, Penny Mordaunt and shadow minister for children and early years Helen Hayes.

They told MPS that urgent action is needed to help more deaf children have the same opportunities that they have had and enable every family, who wants their deaf child to learn to listen and talk, to be able to access an Auditory Verbal programme through publicly funded services in their area.

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