Auditory Verbal UK (AVUK) is a

charity Charity may refer to: Common meanings * Charitable organization or charity, a non-profit organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being of persons * Charity (practice), the practice of being benevolent, giving and sha ...

that delivers

auditory-verbal therapy Auditory-verbal therapy is a method for teaching deaf children to listen and speak using hearing technology (e.g. hearing aids, auditory implants (such as cochlear implant A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted Neuroprosthetics, neuro ...

(AVT) to

deaf Deafness has varying definitions in cultural and medical contexts. In medical contexts, the meaning of deafness is hearing loss that precludes a person from understanding spoken language, an audiological condition. In this context it is written ...

babies and children aged 0–5 years to enable them to listen and talk. AVUK was founded in 2003 by Jacqueline Stokes in

Oxfordshire Oxfordshire ( ; abbreviated ''Oxon'') is a ceremonial county in South East England. The county is bordered by Northamptonshire and Warwickshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the east, Berkshire to the south, and Wiltshire and Glouceste ...

to provide AVTs for families in the UK. The charity has a training programme, short courses, in-service training and

webinars Web conferencing is used as an umbrella term for various types of online conferencing and collaborative services including webinars (web seminars), webcasts, and web meetings. Sometimes it may be used also in the more narrow sense of the peer-le ...

. The charity has two centres; one in

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, and one in

Bermondsey, London Bermondsey ( ) is a district in southeast London, part of the London Borough of Southwark, England, southeast of Charing Cross. To the west of Bermondsey lies Southwark, to the east Rotherhithe and Deptford, to the south Walworth and Peckham, ...

. And also provides telepractice sessions. In 2020, AVUK was chosen from more than 400 charities as one of 10 recipients of the 2020 GSK IMPACT Awards.

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External links

Official website
Deafness organisations based in the United Kingdom Charities based in Oxfordshire Deafness charities 2003 establishments in England Organizations established in 2003