Category: NEW Training
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Dancing at My Daughter’s Wedding: Why Sound Processing Is the Missing Piece in Hearing Loss & Employment
Last week, as the music played and the reception carried on around me, I stayed right where I wanted to be: on the dance floor at my daughter’s wedding. My sister-in-law leaned in, surprised: “I can’t believe how long you’ve lasted here.” Most wedding guests find that staying late is second nature. For me, however,…
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Why I Created the Sensory Pathway Project: Turning Personal Upheaval into Purpose
How My Hearing Changed Overnight When I was working as a care home manager, I loved my job. Making a direct, positive difference in people’s lives was everything to me. Then, in 2016, my life changed overnight. A sudden drop in my hearing, plunging me from severe to profound deafness. Up until then, I had…
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Lipreading Awareness Week:
From 8th–12th September, it’s Lipreading Awareness Week — a chance to shine a light on a hidden but powerful skill that has changed lives. My Story I have been deaf since infancy, and in 2017 I became profoundly deaf. Overnight, I found myself cut off from conversations I had once managed with hearing aids. It…
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Deaf Awareness and a NEW course with Nicola Simpson
Background to the Deaf Awareness course and for the new joint course we have created with Nicola Simpson ” Learning Disability and Hearing Loss”