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Skills for Life
Lipreading and Managing Hearing Loss
Early booking is a membership perk for WEA members, where courses are available exclusively before becoming available for everyone else.
Course overview
Hearing impairments bring a variety of challenges, both to those who lose their hearing and their
loved ones. Luckily, there are communication techniques you can learn to be able to maintain
healthy interactions.
Learn to communicate effectively despite hearing impairments with this beginners’ lip reading
course. This course is appropriate for you if you have hearing impairments or if you’d like to
communicate with a friend or family member with hearing loss
This course is for early booking only.
Course description
Lip reading for beginners gives you an introduction to some essential lip shapes. Explore deaf
awareness issues to understand how hearing loss affects communication. Learn about speech
patterns and cues to facilitate interactions.
If you have hearing loss, learning skills and strategies to take advantage of residual hearing can
also help you get the most out of social interactions.
Learn to lip read in a safe environment. Your tutor will make every effort to create a comfortable
space to practise your skills with the group.
When you complete this level, you can progress to the improver’s lip reading course.
Please bear in mind that you’ll need an internet connection to study this lip reading course. This
is so you can access our digital learning platform, Canvas.
The WEA specialises in teaching adults. We want you to enjoy your studies and we take great
care to create a positive learning environment, both online and in person.
The WEA is committed to accessible adult education for all. If you have any accessibility
requirements, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.
Most of our courses are free for most of our learners. Please note that you need to get to the
end of the enrolment process to see the discounts.
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We don't want anything to stand in your way when it comes to bringing Adult learning within reach so if you need anything to support you to achieve your goals then speak to one of our education experts during your enrolment journey. Most of our courses are government funded but if you don't qualify or need alternative financial help to access them then let us know.
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All of our digital content, teaching and learning activities and assessments are designed to be accessible so if you need any additional support you can discuss this with the education experts during your enrolment journey and we will do all we can to make sure you have optimal access.
