Deaf Awareness Week 2018

Did you know that there are approximately 11 million people in the UK affected by loss of hearing (that’s 1 in every 6 people with a hearing disability).

If you’d like to read more about the symptoms and what you can do, then visit https://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/, where you’ll find some very handy information.

To help raise your students’ awareness, take a look at a few of our resources below, which explore different means of communicating with deaf people and learning about famous people with partial or total deafness.

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5-Day Deaf Awareness Week Lesson Plan

Deaf Awareness Week Information Sheet

Famous Deaf People Fact Sheet

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• Terence Parkin
• Pete Townsend and Eric Clapton
• Helen Keller
• Ludwig Van Beethoven
• Thomas Edison

 

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