Director of Lipspeaker UK Ltd, Lesley Weatherson, will be lipspeaking once again for Royal Collection Trust. Where? The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace When? Tuesday 29th January 2019 – 18:30 – 20:30 Cost? £6 per person For more information and to … Continue reading
Posted in News | Comments Off on ‘Russia, Royalty and the Romanovs’: Guided Tour With Lipspeaking SupportThis year, I am celebrating a decade as a deaf person. I say ‘celebrating’ very specifically… 10 years ago, when I lost my hearing, I had a very different view and because of my own ignorance about deafness, and indeed … Continue reading
Posted in News | Comments Off on Lipreading Awareness Week – Evolution of CommunicationI have used lipspeakers for twenty years to provide communication support in the workplace, to readily access information which is all too often taken for granted by hearing colleagues. Without lipspeakers, I would never know my role in the workplace … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged civil servant, lipreader, lipreading Awareness Week, lipspeaking | Comments Off on Lipreading Awareness Week – Lipspeakers and meAll Eyes on the Lips! or It’s all about the Lips! When you think of lipreading and lipspeaking you notice that they are intertwined. Both words contain ‘lip’, a part of our mouth, and the actual main body part that … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged deadened, Deaf, deafened, how, lip reader, lipreader, lipreading Awareness Week, lipspeaking with sign, sse, ssl | Comments Off on Lipreading Awareness Week – All about the LipsAs a child, I was always an avid reader, perhaps because my general lack of coordination meant I was so terrible at sport. I read anything and everything; consuming every book in my parents house and the local library several … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Deaf, deafened, lipreader, lipreading Awareness Week, Lipspeaker, lipspeaking | Comments Off on Lipreading Awareness Week – Extraordinary BlogA bit about me first. I noticed I was losing my hearing in the 1980’s I was only in my 30s. This took me by surprise as I hadn’t realised how bad my hearing was getting. I went to a … Continue reading
Posted in News | Comments Off on Lipreading Awareness Week – Living with Hearing LossFeel like royalty as you explore in the Queen’s Gallery with Lipspeaker support provided by Lesley Weatherson. Lipspeaker UK Ltd and Royal Collection Trust are very proud to offer this specialist tour of the Splendours of the Subcontinent exhibition. Spaces are … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Lipspeaker support, Lipspeaking tour, queens gallery, royal tour | Comments Off on Lipspeaking Tour in Queen’s GalleryPlease find below a number of hyperlinks to the Hampshire Constabulary website, their Facebook page, Twitter account, and the YouTube channel for Hampshire Police Link Officers for Deaf people (PLOD). Hampshire Constabulary website – accessible contact methods https://www.hampshire.police.uk/contact-us/accessible-contact-methods/ Hampshire Constabulary website – … Continue reading
Posted in News | Comments Off on Hampshire Deaf Access InformationA total of 22 people have now applied for our next lipspeaking training course in Birmingham. As numbers are limited, the competition for places was high. Lesley, our director explains. “We were delighted to receive so many applications for the … Continue reading
Posted in News | Comments Off on Future lipspeaker students attend selection dayLipspeaker UK Ltd Director, Lesley Weatherson is celebrating a successful first year as Chair of the Association of Lipspeakers with Additional Sign (ALAS). After establishing in January 2017 the association has 18 members and over 800 followers on Twitter. With … Continue reading
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