Lipreading tutor Lisa Cox is offering new lipreading classes in Orpington, Kent. They will take place at Bromley Adult Education College, The Poverest Centre, Orpington, Kent, on Tuesdays from 9.30-11.30am. For further information contact Lisa Cox by emailing enquiries@baec.ac.uk. Classes can also be booked online at: http://baec.ac.uk/
By Helen Thom, Hearing Link volunteer It was around ten years ago that I first began suffering from tinnitus. A botched ear syringing caused a dramatic loss of hearing in my right ear. Coping with that was difficult enough, but the resulting tinnitus, which I experienced as a loud, screeching whistle, was very stressful and […]
The BBC is reporting that travelling regularly via London Underground may be damaging to your hearing. Parts of the underground are said to be so loud that they are equivalent to “being at a rock concert”. Certain sections of journeys reached as loud as 109 decibels; louder than a helicopter take off close by. The […]
DeafPLUS, a charity supporting Deaf and hard of hearing people, have developed workshops to help raise understanding of D/deaf targeted hate crimes. The workshops are part of a project aimed at increasing awareness of Deaf Hate Crime amongst Hard of Hearing people and will work to gather evidence via questionnaires of peoples’ understanding and experiences of […]
We have received information on another new lipreading class beginning this week in Rotherham. The class is being taught by lipreading teacher and ATLA member, Mandy Rodgers, and will be taking place from Monday 8th January onwards from 12:00 – 2:00 with another class same day from 2:30 – 4:30 pm at Rotherham Sight & Sound, 8 […]
The London Short Film Festival has released the list of short films screening at their event for Deaf and hard of hearing audiences. There will be 7 short films shown, including the well received ‘The Silent Child’, with the whole programme running to around 90 minutes screening time. All movies will include BSL dialogue and/or […]
Lipreading tutor Tom has been in touch to let us know about two lipreading classes he is running in Tamworth and Stafford. The classes are taking place at: Glascote Meeting Room, Dumolos Lane, Tamworth, B77 2AU 7pm – 9pm Monday evenings. and The Whitehouse, 3A Chapel Street, Stafford, ST16 2BX 10am – 12pm Friday mornings. Each […]
