Read my lips By Kate Bohdanowicz When I tell people I’m a lipspeaker, they invariably assume I mean lipreader, and go on to ask if I’m working for the police on an undercover operation. The truth is possibly less eyebrow raising, but highly essential – my job is to provide support for deaf people who communicate through lipreading. […]
Certificate in Lipspeaking course – Manchester The Manchester Centre for Deaf Studies will be running a course early next year in Lipspeaking. The 13-month course will start on Saturday January 18th 2020 and participants will work towards achieving Signature Level 3 Certificate in Lipspeaking. Attendance is one weekend per month and the course will involve study and practice at home, as […]
Barclays offer new lipspeaker service for customers with hearing loss Barclays bank customers who have hearing loss will be able to have their telephone conversations with the bank interpreted by a lipspeaker, thanks to a new service. In a UK banking first, this new development aims to make sure all Barclays customers are able to access telephone banking services more easily. Once a customer has […]
