Video library
This section provides an easy way to find and watch videos from the Let’s Listen and Talk Baby, Toddler and Preschool programmes, the Learning Through Music resource, the Getting to Grips with Technology and Terminology course, and videos of deaf children and their families discussing a wide range of issues.
Featured video
Feelings after your child’s deafness was first identified
In this video, some of our parents talk about their feelings after they were first told that their child was deaf
Hear from our children and their families
Videos of deaf children and their families discussing a range of issues
Our children talk about our transport trip
In this video some 3 to 4 year old children from our preschool nursery, who are all moderately to profoundly deaf (some with hearing aids, some with cochlear implants), talk about a transport trip they had just been on.
What our children think about their hearing technology
In this video, filmed in one of our preschool classrooms, some of our 3 to 4 year old children talk about the different types of hearing technology they use (hearing aids and cochlear implants/processors) and what they mean to them.
Riley’s story – The Elizabeth Foundation experience
A parent talks about her experience of attending The Elizabeth Foundation’s family centre in Portsmouth with her profoundly deaf son from when his deafness was first identified when he was a baby through to his time as a preschool child aged 4 yrs.
Meet our parents
Our parents introduce themselves in this video and talk about their deaf child, their type of deafness and their child’s hearing technology (hearing aids or cochlear implants).
Feelings after your child's deafness was first identified
In this video, some of our parents talk about their feelings after they were first told that their child was deaf
Being your deaf child’s advocate
Our parents describe how, over time, they have gained the information, skills and confidence to be their deaf child’s advocate.
Our parents talk about how professionals support them
In the first of these two videos, our parents talk about the support they receive from professionals such as their Teacher of the Deaf and their audiologist.
Our parents talk about how they receive support from other parents and their frends and family
In the second video, our parents discuss the vital support provided by the friends and family, and by other parents of deaf children.
Effects on family life
Our parents consider how their child’s deafness has impacted on their family life, in particular their relationship with their other children and their partner.
Dealing with comments
Our parents describe how they deal with comments from strangers when out and about.
Our parents give advice to themselves
We asked our parents what piece of advice they would give themselves if they could go back in time to when their child’s deafness was first identified.
Poem to parents of babies whose deafness has just been identified
A poem of words of advice for parents of children whose deafness has just been identified, written and spoken by parents of deaf children who have attended The Elizabeth Foundation’s preschool intervention programme.
Baby programme activities
Videos demonstrating the activities in the Let’s Listen and Talk Baby Programme
Lesson 3: Early communication – talking without using words – Quiet talk activity
Lesson 3: Early communication – talking without using words – Conversation activity
Lesson 3: Early communication – talking without using words – Making requests activity
Lesson 4: Early listening skills – learning to listen and listening to learn – ‘I hear that’ activity
Lesson 4: Early listening skills – learning to listen and listening to learn – Listen and move activity
Lesson 5: Everyday language during everyday activities – ‘Bye-bye’ activity
Lesson 5: Everyday language during everyday activities – ‘Talk and do’ activity
Lesson 6: Building your baby’s communication skills – Up, up, up!’ activity
Lesson 6: Building your baby’s communication skills – ‘Fun with music’ activity
Lesson 6: Building your baby’s communication skills – ‘Song time’ activity
Toddler programme activities
Videos demonstrating the activities in the Let’s Listen and Talk Toddler Programme
Lesson 2: “I want that!” – Communicating without words – Hiding things activity
Lesson 2: “I want that!” – Communicating without words – Making a shelf of favourite toys activity
View the instructions for the ‘Making a shelf of favourite toys’ activity
Lesson 2: “I want that!” – Communicating without words – Offering choices activity
Lesson 3: “Let’s do this together!” – Shared attention – Fun with art and messy play activity
View the instructions for the ‘Fun with art and messy play’ activity
Lesson 3: “Let’s do this together!” – Shared attention – Sharing books activity
Lesson 3: “Let’s do this together!” – Shared attention – Playing with puzzles activity
View the instructions for the ‘Playing with puzzles’ activity
Lesson 3: “Let’s do this together!” – Shared attention – Playing games together activity
View the instructions for the Activity: Playing games together
Lesson 3: “Let’s do this together!” – Shared attention – Singing together activity #1
Lesson 3: “Let’s do this together!” – Shared attention – Singing together activity #2
Lesson 4: “What’s that noise?” – Encouraging active listening – Music on, music off activity
Lesson 4: “What’s that noise?” – Encouraging active listening – Listening to everyday sounds activity
View the instructions for the Listening to everyday sounds activity
Lesson 4: “What’s that noise?” – Encouraging active listening – Box of sounds activity
Lesson 5: “I know that sound!” – Developing discrimination – Animal sounds activity #1
View the instructions for the Animals and their sounds activity
Lesson 5: “I know that sound!” – Developing discrimination – Animal sounds activity #2
View the instructions for the Animals and their sounds activity
Lesson 5: “I know that sound!” – Developing discrimination – Getting dressed activity
View the instructions for the Everyday routines – getting dressed activity
Lesson 5: “I know that sound!” – Developing discrimination – Everyday routines – meal times activity
View the instructions for the Everyday routines – mealtimes activity
Lesson 6: “This is what I mean!” – Concentrating on useful language – Problem solving activity
View the instructions for the Providing opportunities for problem-solving activity
Lesson 6: “This is what I mean!” – Concentrating on useful language – Language in daily routines activity
View the instructions for the Incorporating language into daily routines activity
Lesson 6: “This is what I mean!” – Concentrating on useful language – Imaginative play activity
View the instructions for the Having fun with imaginary play activity
Lesson 7: “This is interesting!” – Useful language topics – Topic bag/box activity
Lesson 7: “This is interesting!” – Useful language topics – Experience books activity
View the instructions for the Experience books and photos activity
Lesson 7: “This is interesting!” – Useful language topics – Music and singing activity
Lesson 8: “Imagine that!” – Encouraging imagination – Tea parties activity
Lesson 8: “Imagine that!” – Encouraging imagination – Imaginative trips activity
Lesson 8: “Imagine that!” – Encouraging imagination – Familiar stories and nursery rhymes activity
View the instructions for the Familiar stories and nursery rhymes activity
Lesson 9: “Sing with me!” – The importance of music, rhythm and song – Nursery rhymes activity
Lesson 9: “Sing with me!” – The importance of music, rhythm and song – Fun with bubbles and blowing activity #1
View the instructions for the Fun with bubbles and blowing activity
Lesson 9: “Sing with me!” – The importance of music, rhythm and song – Fun with bubbles and blowing activity #2
View the instructions for the Fun with bubbles and blowing activity
Lesson 9: “Sing with me!” – The importance of music, rhythm and song – Dance together activity
Lesson 9: “Sing with me!” – The importance of music, rhythm and song – Musical games activity
Lesson 10: “What are we doing?” – Learning the importance of verbs – Do the actions! activity
Lesson 10: “What are we doing?” – Learning the importance of verbs – Using props activity #1
View the instructions for the Describe your child’s actions activity
Lesson 10: “What are we doing?” – Learning the importance of verbs – Using props activity #2
View the instructions for the Describe your child’s actions activity
Lesson 10: “What are we doing?” – Learning the importance of verbs – Using props activity #3
View the instructions for the Describe your child’s actions activity
Preschool programme activities
Videos demonstrating the activities in the Let’s Listen and Talk Preschool Programme
Lesson 2: Understanding the factors affecting your child’s progress – A conditioned response to sound activity
View the instructions for the ‘A conditioned response to sound’ activity
Lesson 2: Understanding the factors affecting your child’s progress – Listening to the Six Ling Sounds activity #1
View the instructions for the ‘Listening to the Six Ling Sounds’ activity
Lesson 2: Understanding the factors affecting your child’s progress – Listening to the Six Ling Sounds activity #2
View the instructions for the ‘Listening to the Six Ling Sounds’ activity
Lesson 2: Understanding the factors affecting your child’s progress – Selecting the Six Ling Sounds activity #1
View the instructions for the ‘Selecting the Six Ling Sounds’ activity
Lesson 2: Understanding the factors affecting your child’s progress – Selecting the Six Ling Sounds activity #2
View the instructions for the ‘Selecting the Six Ling Sounds’ activity
Lesson 2: Understanding the factors affecting your child’s progress – Listening to sounds all around you activity
View the instructions for the ‘Listening to sounds all around you’ activity
Lesson 2: Understanding the factors affecting your child’s progress – Using everyday routines to extend language activity
View the instructions for the ‘Using everyday routines to extend language’ activity
Lesson 2: Understanding the factors affecting your child’s progress – Learning your voice can make things happen
View the instructions for the ‘Learning your voice can make things happen’ activity
Lesson 3: Nourishing your child’s growing communication skills – Going on a farm trip activity
View the instructions for the ‘Going on a farm trip’ activity
Lesson 3: Nourishing your child’s growing communication skills – Playing with bricks activity
View the instructions for the ‘Playing with bricks’ activity
Lesson 4: Helping your child make sense of their feelings – Me and my emotions – labelling and copying activity #1
View the instructions for the ‘Me and my emotions – labelling and copying’ activity
Lesson 4: Helping your child make sense of their feelings – Me and my emotions – labelling and copying activity #2
View the instructions for the ‘Me and my emotions – labelling and copying’ activity
Lesson 4: Helping your child make sense of their feelings – Me and my emotions – labelling and copying activity #3
View the instructions for the ‘Me and my emotions – labelling and copying’ activity
Lesson 4: Helping your child make sense of their feelings – Me and my emotions – labelling and copying activity #4
View the instructions for the ‘Me and my emotions – labelling and copying’ activity
Lesson 4: Helping your child make sense of their feelings – Me and my emotions – Matching emotions cards #1
View the instructions for the ‘Me and my emotions – Matching emotions cards’ activity
Lesson 4: Helping your child make sense of their feelings – Me and my emotions – Matching emotions cards #2
View the instructions for the ‘Me and my emotions – Matching emotions cards’ activity
Lesson 4: Helping your child make sense of their feelings – Me and my emotions – Drawing faces and making masks #1
View the instructions for the ‘Me and my emotions – Drawing faces and making masks’ activity
Lesson 4: Helping your child make sense of their feelings – Me and my emotions – Drawing faces and making masks #2
View the instructions for the ‘Me and my emotions – Drawing faces and making masks’ activity
Lesson 5: Helping your child develop their speech skills – Telling a story #1
Lesson 5: Helping your child develop their speech skills – Telling a story #2
Lesson 5: Helping your child develop their speech skills – ‘Brushing your teeth’ activity
View the instructions for the ‘Brushing your teeth’ activity
Lesson 5: Helping your child develop their speech skills – ‘Making food’ activity
Lesson 6: Using play to develop communication skills – Discriminating sounds activity
View the instructions for the ‘Discriminating sounds’ activity
Lesson 6: Using play to develop communication skills – Making fruit salad activity
Lesson 6: Using play to develop communication skills – Feeding dolly or teddy activity
View the instructions for the ‘Feeding dolly or teddy’ activity
Lesson 6: Using play to develop communication skills – Growing beans activity
Lesson 6: Using play to develop communication skills – Stringing objects activity
Lesson 7: Learning language all day – every day! – Who’s talking? activity
Lesson 7: Learning language all day – every day! – Measuring and pouring activity
View the instructions for the ‘Measuring and pouring’ activity
Lesson 7: Learning language all day – every day! – Loud voice, soft voice activity
View the instructions for the ‘Loud voice, soft voice’ activity
Lesson 7: Learning language all day – every day! – Making the bed activity
Lesson 7: Learning language all day – every day! – Changing colours activity
Lesson 8: Language topics throughout the year – Selecting songs and singing along activity
View the instructions for the ‘Selecting songs and singing along’ activity
Lesson 8: Language topics throughout the year – Body language activity
Lesson 8: Language topics throughout the year – Vowels and diphthongs activity
View the instructions for the ‘Vowels and diphthongs’ activity
Lesson 8: Language topics throughout the year – Matching and sequencing objects activity – Younger child
View the instructions for the ‘Matching and sequencing objects’ activity
Lesson 8: Language topics throughout the year – Matching and sequencing objects activity – Older child
View the instructions for the ‘Matching and sequencing objects’ activity
Lesson 8: Language topics throughout the year – Using crayons and paper activity
View the instructions for the ‘Using crayons and paper’ activity
Lesson 9: Reading as a route to language – Following simple directions activity
View the instructions for the ‘Following simple directions’ activity
Lesson 9: Reading as a route to language – Making picture books activity
View the instructions for the ‘Making picture books’ activity
Lesson 9: Reading as a route to language – Changing pitch activity
Lesson 9: Reading as a route to language – Things that float activity
Lesson 10: Developing more advanced language skills – ‘Discriminating single words’ activity
View the instructions for the ‘Discriminating single words’ activity
Lesson 10: Developing more advanced language skills – Learning about sizes activity
View the instructions for the ‘Learning about sizes’ activity
Lesson 10: Developing more advanced language skills – Practising consonants activity
View the instructions for the ‘Practising consonants’ activity
Lesson 10: Developing more advanced language skills – Taking a walk activity
Lesson 10: Developing more advanced language skills – What’s different? activity
Lesson 10: Developing more advanced language skills – Insect hunt activity
Lesson 11: Selecting a school to suit your child’s needs – ‘Recalling two elements in a message’ activity
View the instructions for the ‘Recalling two elements in a message’ activity
Lesson 11: Selecting a school to suit your child’s needs – What’s missing activity
Lesson 11: Selecting a school to suit your child’s needs – ‘Completing linguistic messages with specific speech goals’ activity
View the instructions for the ‘Completing linguistic messages’ activity
Lesson 11: Selecting a school to suit your child’s needs – ‘A trip to the supermarket’ activity
View the instructions for the ‘A trip to the supermarket’ activity
Lesson 11: Selecting a school to suit your child’s needs – ‘Animal guessing game’ activity
View the instructions for the ‘Animal guessing game’ activity
Lesson 11: Selecting a school to suit your child’s needs – ‘Playing with a ball’ activity
View the instructions for the ‘Playing with a ball’ activity
Learning through music
Introductory videos and videos demonstrating the songs in the Learning Through Music resource
How music can help your child learn – Why does music matter?
In this video, Chris Rocca, specialist music therapist, explains why music matters and how you can use it to help your deaf baby or child develop their listening and talking skills.
Baby songs – Rocking song – Introduction
View the instructions for the Rocking song
Baby songs – Rocking song – Demonstration
View the instructions for the Rocking song
Baby songs – Bop and stop song – Introduction
Baby songs – Bop and stop song – Demonstration #1
Baby songs – Bop and stop song – Demonstration #2
Baby songs – Up and down song – Introduction
Baby songs – Up and down song – Demonstration
Baby songs – Tickling tummy song – Introduction
Baby songs – Tickling tummy song – Demonstration
Baby songs – Floating scarf song – Introduction
Baby songs – Floating scarf song – Demonstration
Baby songs – Musical mobiles song – Introduction
Baby songs – Musical mobiles song – Demonstration #1
Baby songs – Musical mobiles song – Demonstration #2
Baby songs – This hand, that hand song – Introduction
Baby songs – This hand, that hand song – Demonstration
Baby songs – Swaying together song – Introduction
Baby songs – Swaying together song – Demonstration #1
Baby songs – Swaying together song – Demonstration #2
Baby songs – Bounce the ball song – Introduction
Baby songs – Bounce the ball song – Demonstration #1
Baby songs – Bounce the ball song – Demonstration #2
Baby songs – Listen song – Introduction
View the instructions for the Listen song
Baby songs – Listen song – Demonstration
View the instructions for the Listen song
Audiology, terminology and technology
Videos providing explanations of hearing, types of deafness, hearing tests, and how to care for your child’s hearing technology
Lesson 1: How we hear – The parts of the ear
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas describes the different parts of the ear, how they help us hear, and how they can cause deafness.
Lesson 1: How we hear – The different types of deafness and their treatment
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas describes the main types of deafness.
Lesson 1: How we hear – The causes of glue ear and how it is treated
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas discusses what causes glue ear and how it is treated.
Lesson 2: Hearing tests and your child – General advice about hearing tests
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas provides some general advice about hearing tests.
Lesson 2: Hearing tests and your child – Auditory brainstem testing
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas discusses auditory brainstem testing for infants.
Lesson 2: Hearing tests and your child – How an otoscope works
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas discusses how an otoscope or auriscope works.
Lesson 2: Hearing tests and your child – Typanometry
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas discusses typanometry.
Lesson 2: Hearing tests and your child – Visual reinforcement audiometry
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas discusses visual reinforcement audiometry.
Lesson 2: Hearing tests and your child – Conditioned play audiometry
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas discusses conditioned play audiometry.
Lesson 3: Understanding audiograms – The key features of an audiogram
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas explains the key parts of an audiogram.
Lesson 3: Understanding audiograms – Aided and unaided audiograms
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas explains describes the importance of aided and unaided audiograms.
Lesson 3: Understanding audiograms – The location of common speech sounds on audiograms
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas explains the location of common speech sounds on audiograms in the ‘speech banana’.
Lesson 4: Learning about hearing aids – An introduction to your child’s hearing aids
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas provides an introduction to your child’s hearing aids – what they look like, how often your child should use them, the need for stimulation when they are wearing them, replacing ear moulds and hearing aid ‘feedback’.
Lesson 4: Learning about hearing aids – Some general guidance on your child’s hearing aids
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas provides some guidance about hearing aids – including the importance of fitting aids to the correct ear, whether you need to adjust their volume, how to switch them on and off, and how to fit them in your child’s ears.
Lesson 4: Learning about hearing aids – Our parents talk about their child’s hearing aids
Some of our parents talk about their child’s hearing aids and how to keep them in!
Lesson 4: Learning about hearing aids – Daily hearing aid checks
Rachel Mills, Preschool Teacher of the Deaf at The Elizabeth Foundation, demonstrates daily checks for hearing aids, and explains why it is important to listen to your child’s hearing aids every day, and how to do it.
Lesson 4: Learning about hearing aids – Hearing aid batteries
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas discusses hearing aid batteries.
Lesson 5: Maintaining hearing aids – Hearing aid maintenance – drying out and checking batteries
Rachel Mills, Preschool Teacher of the Deaf at The Elizabeth Foundation, explains additional hearing aid maintenance – drying out and checking batteries.
Lesson 5: Maintaining hearing aids – Hearing aid filters and how to replace them
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas discusses hearing aid filters and demonstrates how to change them.
Lesson 5: Maintaining hearing aids – An introduction to ear moulds and tubing
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas provides an overview of ear moulds and tubing used on hearing aids.
Lesson 5: Maintaining hearing aids – Tubing replacement and hearing aid tape
Consultant Audiological Scientist Huw Thomas explains about replacing hearing aid tubing and the use of hearing aid tape to secure hearing aids.