New online and in-person lipreading classes City Lit will be offering FREE lipreading taster sessions next month (September) ahead of the start of their new block of online and in-person lipreading classes. Find out more about what's available.
Blog: A learning curve Our peer support volunteer Sylvia shares her passion of learning languages and how her Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss hasn't stopped her. Education provider City Lit gave her with the support she needed. Read all about her experience here.
Lipreading classes – a lifeline to people with hearing loss in lockdown and beyond By Lorraine Braggins Everyone felt cut off from friends and family during lockdown. But for those with hearing loss, feeling isolated can be a daily occurrence even in normal times. Losing your hearing can have a drastic effect on every day communication with family, friends, colleagues and people you encounter out and about in daily […]
Lipreading teachers celebrate being the first to train completely online A group of trainee lipreading teachers have celebrated becoming the first ever to complete their teacher training fully online. The trainees at City Lit in London started the course in October last year via Zoom due to Coronavirus restrictions affecting the way the course has been delivered. Trainers Fiona Pickett and Lorraine Braggins adapted the […]
City Lit launches online lipreading classes for beginners City Lit in London is now offering its Lipreading and Managing Hearing Loss classes online for the first time, starting next month (October). If you have recently noticed changes in your hearing or you are having difficulty following a conversation even though you may wear a hearing aid, lipreading can really improve communication. Learning to lipread can help you […]
Lipreading teachers qualify online for the first time Trainee lipreading teachers at City Lit have celebrated becoming the first ever lipreading teachers to qualify online. The group held a virtual party last month to mark the occasion on the final day of their course. The trainees were two thirds of the way through their 10 month course at City Lit when lockdown struck […]
