National Deaf Awareness Week 4-11 May 2015

National Deaf Awareness Week 4-11 May 2015





NDCS - 11 tips for communicating with a deaf child
1. Find out how they communicate
2. Get their attention
3. Face them when you’re talking
4. Speak clearly and naturally
5. Watch your mouth
6. Use visual cues, where possible
7. Make it clear what the topic of conversation is
8. Stand with your face to the light
9. Speak one at a time
10. Reduce background noise
11. Never give up or say “I’ll tell you later”

Take the Action on Hearing Loss lipreading challenge!

Can you work out what's being said here in these three videos? Leave your answers on the Action on Hearing Loss Facebook page. This is all part of Deaf Awareness Week. There will be more tomorrow..