MP Emma Lewell-Buck, former shadow secretary for education, told experts in hearing loss and families of deaf children at an event in Westminster, that the government’s review of provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) should have included a proposal for auditory verbal therapy (AVT) to be embedded on the referral pathway for children with hearing loss.
AVT is a specialist parent-coaching programme which supports deaf children, who use technology such as hearing aids and cochlear implants, to learn to listen and speak.
Despite being widely used in countries like Australia and New Zealand, it is only available to a handful of 7,200 profoundly deaf children in the UK through charity Auditory Verbal UK (AVUK), which hosted the event.
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