CAN YOU HEAR ME? - Deaf Awareness training. (WI161112)

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DescriptionCAN YOU HEAR ME? - Deaf Awareness training. A fully interactive day showing how to improve your communication skills to patients and colleagues with little or poor hearing.
Additional informationThe session is a mixture of theory, discussions and practical exercises designed to achieve the aim and objectives delivered in a relaxed format. Interaction and participation is encouraged throughout.

By the end of the course, students will be able to sufficiently:
Recognise different types of deafness;
Use a range of simple, commonly used communication skills (verbal, manual and written);
Understand technologies used by deaf people to communicate;
Address, greet and take leave of a Deaf sign language user;
Spell the alphabet in BSL;
Articulate the language clearly enough so that a sympathetic native user of BSL would understand their questions

This course is intended for the entire practice team


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Speakers Biography

Deafwise provide a range of deaf awareness training and deaf access services for organisations. Their speakers are deaf and often attend with a hearing dog and a scribe.
Organisations often face daily communication barriers to their deaf customers, patients and staff. With their unique experience and range of solutions they help organisations engage better with the 1 in 7 deaf people in the UK.

VenueEducation Centre, RHCH, Winchester  View details
Date & timeFriday 16 November 2012, 09:30 to 17:00
LecturerMigration  View details
Target audience

Recommended to all

Development outcomeNo development outcome
Course styleLecture
Core topicNo core topic
CPD hours6:00
Cost£30.00
Aims
  1. To understand what it means to be deaf aware and appreciate its benefits to you and deaf patients.
  2. To learn how to identify different types of hearing loss and communicate appropriately.
  3. To learn basic communication techniques including sign language and lip reading.