Hearing Loss Management- Lip Reading Classes
For a person struggling to hear, lipreading can make a huge difference. It’s just one of the strategies we learn to help cope with hearing loss. Our experience shows that the earlier you take action, the better.
Volunteer teachers run sessions in Hearing Loss Management – which includes lipreading. They’re suitable for people with all types of hearing loss, from mild to profound.
Sessions are relaxed and friendly – we have fun while we help each other. Our students tell us what a great help they are for anyone with hearing aids or cochlear implants. They’re an excellent way to make an informed choice when buying hearing aids.
Classes
Day Classes are suspended until further notice. Classes being held on Zoom or privately in office by arrangement. Please contact us via email for more information.
Contact Carol Taloni via Email: carol.taloni@gmail.com
Phone: 0410463761
Evening session: 5.30 – 7pm at the Hellenic Club in Woden
Contact Linda Dwyer via Email: ldwyer@grapevine.com.au
Phone: 0417696583
Map of Hellenic Club below:
Hearing Loss Management- Lip Reading Classes
For a person struggling to hear, lipreading can make a huge difference. It’s just one of the strategies we learn to help cope with hearing loss. Our experience shows that the earlier you take action, the better.
Volunteer teachers run sessions in Hearing Loss Management – which includes lipreading. They’re suitable for people with all types of hearing loss, from mild to profound.
Sessions are relaxed and friendly – we have fun while we help each other. Our students tell us what a great help they are for anyone with hearing aids or cochlear implants. They’re an excellent way to make an informed choice when buying hearing aids.
Classes
Day Classes are suspended until further notice. Classes being held on Zoom or privately in office by arrangement. Please contact us via email for more information.
Contact Carol Taloni via Email: carol.taloni@gmail.com
Phone: 0410463761
Evening session: 5.30 – 7pm at the Hellenic Club in Woden
Contact Linda Dwyer via Email: ldwyer@grapevine.com.au
Phone: 0417696583
Map of Hellenic Club below:
Better Hearing Australia Canberra
(https://bhacanberra.org/)
Hearing Loss Management- Lip Reading Classes - Better Hearing Australia Canberra
Cost: BHA annual membership $20 (discounted from $40); Joint membership $25 (discounted from $50).
Email: bhacanberra@gmail.com
What others say
Lipreading Classes are a place where we can relax and laugh. Our lipreading mistakes are important because that’s how we learn. It’s a place where our confidence grows and friendships are made.
Friendship and help with coping with various problems caused by hearing disability. We have a lot of fun and make new friends. Our teachers are wonderful and help us to manage our hearing loss as best we can.
I’ve learnt not to fear losing my hearing because I meet people who have a lot of knowledge about hearing aids, etc. technology – plus good communication strategies. They all manage life brilliantly lipreading is only one of the many skills I’ve learnt in this class
Hearing Loops
If you have hearing loss you’ll know the experience of being in a hall, unable to hear what’s going on. To help, many venues are now being equipped with hearing loops. Most hearing aids have a ‘T switch’ that picks up sound from the loop. They can make an amazing difference.
Hearing loop at the Shine Dome
The hearing loop is a wire laid round an area and connected to a microphone through an amplifier. The magic happens when you turn your T switch on and the microphone transmits sound directly into your hearing aid. In a church, auditorium, railway station, ticket office or any place which has a working loop, you can turn your T switch on and hear clearly.
The two enemies of the hearing impaired – distance from the speaker and background noise – are defeated by a loop.
We are keen on promoting loops and developing a system for reporting loops that do not work.
If you see a sign for a loop, perhaps in the National Museum of Australia or Canberra Connect, and you have a T switch then you should turn on the T switch on your hearing aid and check that the loop works. Please let the staff now if it doesn’t. They will be only too happy – the more people that use it the better.
(https://bhacanberra.org/)
Hearing Loss Management- Lip Reading Classes - Better Hearing Australia Canberra
Cost: BHA annual membership $20 (discounted from $40); Joint membership $25 (discounted from $50).
Email: bhacanberra@gmail.com
What others say
Lipreading Classes are a place where we can relax and laugh. Our lipreading mistakes are important because that’s how we learn. It’s a place where our confidence grows and friendships are made.
Friendship and help with coping with various problems caused by hearing disability. We have a lot of fun and make new friends. Our teachers are wonderful and help us to manage our hearing loss as best we can.
I’ve learnt not to fear losing my hearing because I meet people who have a lot of knowledge about hearing aids, etc. technology – plus good communication strategies. They all manage life brilliantly lipreading is only one of the many skills I’ve learnt in this class
Hearing Loops
If you have hearing loss you’ll know the experience of being in a hall, unable to hear what’s going on. To help, many venues are now being equipped with hearing loops. Most hearing aids have a ‘T switch’ that picks up sound from the loop. They can make an amazing difference.
Hearing loop at the Shine Dome
The hearing loop is a wire laid round an area and connected to a microphone through an amplifier. The magic happens when you turn your T switch on and the microphone transmits sound directly into your hearing aid. In a church, auditorium, railway station, ticket office or any place which has a working loop, you can turn your T switch on and hear clearly.
The two enemies of the hearing impaired – distance from the speaker and background noise – are defeated by a loop.
We are keen on promoting loops and developing a system for reporting loops that do not work.
If you see a sign for a loop, perhaps in the National Museum of Australia or Canberra Connect, and you have a T switch then you should turn on the T switch on your hearing aid and check that the loop works. Please let the staff now if it doesn’t. They will be only too happy – the more people that use it the better.