We are a centre of excellence for children with hearing loss
We believe it is the right of every child with hearing loss to communicate in spoken language.
Our mission is to Reduce Disability
Our Story
AURED was founded in 1986 by Aziza Tyabji Hydari and fellow teacher, Sheila Naharwar who
had spent almost a decade teaching in schools for the deaf and realized that they needed to
innovate and adopt new methods being used internationally.
Our goal was to habilitate children with hearing impairment and integrate them into the mainstream. Established with the purpose of providing equal opportunities for the underprivileged, to make new technology available to these families, The ‘AURED Charitable
Trust’ was registered in 1991 to support AURED.
When AURED first started, it was a ‘mission with a struggle’. Auditory Verbal Therapy was not well known and had not been put into practice in India. There were many who were skeptical. The only support we had was of the parents of 6 profoundly deaf children who were willing to ‘experiment’ with this exciting new
concept of ‘LISTEN AND SPEAK’.
The extent of their faith was well worth it. Today, these 30 year olds are able to communicate through spoken language, appreciate music, mix with hearing peers, are integrated members of society, and amazingly, are also bi-lingual.
AURED works out of three ‘barracks’ at Anand Niketan, King George the Vth Memorial Trust, Mumbai.
AURED has a satellite centre in Hyderabad – Coordinator Kim Chadda,(parent of a deaf child)
Affiliate centre in Kenya established by Salima Madhani (parent of a deaf child) – Coordinator Natasha Nanji
We are the First
To start an Auditory Verbal Therapy Centre in the country
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Our endeavour is to ensure that the facilities provided maintain an International Standard.
Annual training programmes are organised to upgrade staff skills, which are conducted by
leading professionals from different countries. Our staff participate in online training, attend workshops, conferences, participate in National and International conferences
We ensure that every child and family that walks in, is provided an individualised intervention
programme of a quality, comparable to any facility around the globe.
