Auditory Verbal Therapy: Guide

Children with additional needs

You can find out more on the NDCS website about information about deaf children with additional needs.

Although it is widely recognised that there are frequent concurrent conditions that occur alongside hearing loss, very few research studies into spoken language outcomes of deaf children include children with additional needs (Hitchins & Hogan, 2018)³.  In 2018, AVUK conducted research into the spoken language outcomes of deaf children with additional needs enrolled in an Auditory Verbal programme. 1 in 2 children with additional and often complex needs reached age-appropriate language after attending the programme for at least two years³. And, on average all children with additional needs double their rate of language on the programme.

 You can view a summary document here. 

You can read some case studies from families of children with deafness and additional needs here.