The children's commissioner for England has met with deaf children to discuss how specialist speech and language therapy is improving their outcomes.
Dame Rachel de Souza visited Auditory Verbal UK (AVUK), the winner of last year's CYP Now early years award, to learn about Auditory Verbal therapy amid rising misconceptions about help for deaf children.
Deaf children and young people shared their stories and achievements with de Souza to emphasise the importance of early and effective intervention for children with hearing loss.
The children’s commissioner also heard about Auditory Verbal therapy, offered by AVUK, which supports deaf children to learn how to make sense of the sound they receive through their hearing technology so that they can talk.
