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.
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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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Hear from our community
The Let’s Listen and Talk programme is helping families and professionals from all across the UK (and around the world) to help preschool deaf children in learning to communicate effectively.
Read what people enrolled on the programme have to say about the impact Let’s Listen and Talk is having on the children they are supporting.
"As a working parent ... the ability to have all the information at hand to digest in my own time at home has been invaluable. Each module is clearly written and presented both through text and video. It is so much easier to read, understand and then try out the activities at home ... I would recommend Let's Listen and Talk to any parent."
"I particularly like the videos you've created to demonstrate the activities and techniques for the goals ... The entire website offers so much. I know this will be a very valuable resource."
“I found the course really useful, thank you. The videos were brilliant, and it is good to see things in action and to hear how other parents dealt with the emotional side of the babies being deaf. Your resource and information made me feel much better about things."
“This resource provides a systematic and clear developmental journey to share with parents. Congratulations on creating such a useful resource."
“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."
