Working with students who are deaf or have a hearing loss. Deaf Awareness Information Guide This guide provides a helpful context for the implementation of adjustments relating to individual students. Document Deaf awareness information guide (June 2021) (263.71 KB / PDF) Deaf Awareness Training for staff The Disability and Learning Support Service provides training on access and support for students who are deaf or have a hearing loss. These sessions are advertise and booked via the Events Chanel in MyEd. The general content of the training provides detail on the issues and resources covered in the Deaf Awareness Information Guide, and includes feedback from students themselves. We welcome requests to provide bespoke sessions for individual staff teams working with (or about to work with) specific students. Contact us at disability.service@ed.ac.uk Making teaching more accessible Group discussions Participating in group discussions is notoriously challenging for people who are deaf or have a hearing loss. This guide provides practical advice on how to make full participation more possible in both face-to-face and online sessions. Document Group work good practice guide - February 2022 (508.89 KB / PDF) Lectures Clear, accessible speech and good audio will make it more possible for students with hearing loss to follow content, as well as increasing the accuracy of any auto-captions. These guides give practical advice on how to make spoken content more accessible. Document Online Lectures Good Practice (June 2021) (554.47 KB / PDF) Document Face to face lectures good practice guide - February 2022 (838.02 KB / PDF) Strategies where face coverings are required Most people who are deaf or have a hearing loss rely on lipreading to varying degrees. It’s not possible to lipread a speaker who is wearing a face covering. This guidance is for situations where use of face coverings is required or preferred. It gives practical advice on making your spoken communication more accessible. Document Updated Face Covering Guidance - May 2022 (111.6 KB / DOCX) British Sign Language This brief overview gives some basic facts about BSL as a language and a link to the University of Edinburgh BSL Plan. Document Facts about BSL (June 2021) (509.37 KB / PDF) University of Edinburgh BSL Plan Working with a BSL/English interpreter This guide give practical advice on working with BSL/English interpreters in classroom situations. Document Working with a BSL/English Interpreter in HE (June 2021) (559.16 KB / PDF) BSL Awareness Training for staff British Sign Language (BSL) awareness training is available to all staff looking to support colleagues, improve the accessibility of their services, or just to learn more about Deaf culture. Sessions can be booked through MyEd events. This article was published on 2024-07-22
