Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 5965

Audiology: Children

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

LabourWashington and Gateshead South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the (a) outcomes achieved by deaf children who have been supported to learn to listen and speak with Auditory Verbal therapy delivered by a certifie

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
These specific assessments have not been made. Audiology services are locally commissioned and the responsibility for meeting the needs of non-hearing children lies with local National Health Service commissioners.In July 2016, NHS England published Commi...

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