lipreading classes

New online lipreading classes announced

Affiliated Hearing Link Services member, Lipreading Online, is starting a new course of lipreading classes from next month (September).

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.

Final Hearing Information Day of 2023 was a roaring success!

If you missed out on our sold out Hearing Information Day, you can read all about it here!

Learning to lipread: building confidence and skills

By Nicola Hicks What is the point of going to a lipreading class? You might think the answer to this is simple – surely people go because they have lost some hearing and need to lipread to help them follow conversation. It’s true this is the main reason people enrol, but there are lots of […]

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 […]

Meet the members: Loughborough Lipreading Group

Loughborough Lipreading Group is a large and friendly class of mixed-ability for people with varying degrees of hearing loss. Before COVID, the group held regular face-to-face lipreading classes. Like many other social groups, they were no longer able to meet up together in person once the social distancing measures were imposed at local and national […]

Lipreading Awareness Week: 9th-15th September

Today is the start of Lipreading Awareness Week 2019, organised by the Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults (ATLA). The week runs from 9th-15th September and is an opportunity to raise awareness of lipreading across the UK. There are lots of free lipreading taster sessions taking place across the country during this week. Head […]