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Lip Reading for Hearing Loss
Code: T24EC3434
Location: Community House ACE Centre Long Eaton
Cost: Free
Starting: Tuesday 29 April 2025
Duration: 4 sessions over 4 week(s)
Time: 10.30am
By continuing you confirm that you are enrolling onto an adult learning course and that you are aged 19 or over on 1 September 2024, or you are enrolling a young person aged 14-18 on 31 August 2024 specifically onto one of our Study Programme courses, and that you agree to the Terms and Conditions.
Description
All our new Tailored Learning courses are matched to one of seven ‘purposes' which have been designed by the Department for Education to recognise the wider benefits of learning. This course will help you build your confidence with learning. This course will help you to feel more confident about your communication skills. There will be practical lipreading activities to help you learn to distinguish visible and not so visible lip shapes in words. You will find out about hearing loss management tools and techniques to aid hearing and listening in a variety of scenarios.
Who is this course for?
This course is for you if you have a post lingual hearing loss and want to start learning to lipread. Our Tailored Learning courses are for people who live in Derbyshire aged 19 and over.
How will I learn?
This is a classroom based course. There will be practical activities with guidance from your tutor. There will individual and group work including discussions about current and seasonal topics. Your tutor will give you support and feedback so you know what to do to improve.
What will I need?
Are there any other costs?
This course is free and there are no other costs.
Additional Information
You will need a notepad and pen to make notes.
Time and duration
Start Date: 29 April 2025
Start Time: 10.30am
Day: Tuesday
First Lesson Duration: 01:30
Total Weeks: 4
Location
Community House ACE Centre Long Eaton
NG10 4LL