Getting to grips with technology and terminology
Course content
This special course from The Elizabeth Foundation (only available free-of-charge to Baby, Toddler and Preschool programme members) helps parents of babies and young deaf children learn about the technology and terminology relating to deafness.
As a parent of a deaf child you have to come to terms with a wide range of terminology, testing and technology that most people rarely encounter. If you are a professional supporting deaf children and their families, this course will help to introduce this technology and terminology, if you are not already familiar with it, and also enable you to refresh and update your existing knowledge.
We have designed this short course to help you start learning about these things – whether you are a parent or a professional. The lessons in this course:
- explain how the different parts of the ear help us to hear sounds
- describe the various types of hearing test you might encounter
- show you how to ‘read’ the audiograms produced by these tests
- provide advice on how to help your young child get used to wearing their hearing aids (and how to keep them in!)
- demonstrate how to maintain your child’s hearing technology so it is working effectively
- give you the chance to try a quick and fun (optional) quiz
We currently offer this informative course free as an added bonus to members of any of the Let’s Listen and Talk Baby, Toddler or Preschool programmes, and we do not currently offer this course as a standalone product. Click here if you would like to join one of the Let’s Listen and Talk programmes.
Costs
In order to gain access to this course, you must sign up for our Getting to grips with technology and terminology membership.
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We facilitate early diagnosis for babies and preschool children with all degrees of deafness and provide comprehensive educational and support services for them and their families.
By doing so we enable these children to develop their listening and spoken language skills, as well as build their self-esteem and give parents the confidence and knowledge to make informed decisions on behalf of their child.
“With the Toddler Programme, I’m not feeling lonely or overwhelmed anymore. I’m opening my laptop and I’m feeling support from professionals who understand how it is be the parent of a deaf child. With every lesson, they provide encouragement and have tips and ideas for how to help me to support my baby.
“With the Toddler Programme, I’m not feeling lonely or overwhelmed anymore. I’m opening my laptop and I’m feeling support from professionals who understand how it is be the parent of a deaf child. With every lesson, they provide encouragement and have tips and ideas for how to help me to support my baby.
“With the Toddler Programme, I’m not feeling lonely or overwhelmed anymore. I’m opening my laptop and I’m feeling support from professionals who understand how it is be the parent of a deaf child. With every lesson, they provide encouragement and have tips and ideas for how to help me to support my baby.