Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 52083

Hearing Impairment: Children

Tabled: 13 May 2025
Answered: 19 May 2025

Question

Baggy Shanker

Labour (Co-op)Derby South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue national guidance on the use of Auditory Verbal therapy for deaf babies and children; and if he will increase funding to promote greater access to Auditory Verbal therapy in (a) De

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The Government is committed to raising the healthiest generation of children ever. This includes all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, including non-hearing children. Auditory verbal therapy is one of a range of ap...

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