‘Russia, Royalty and the Romanovs’: Guided Tour With Lipspeaking Support
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 book your place please visit The Royal Collection Trust.
Lipreading Awareness Week – Evolution of Communication
This 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 communication access, I resigned myself to believing that I was unable to take a job […]
Lipreading Awareness Week – Lipspeakers and me
I 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 or the tasks I am supposed to undertake. Moreover, lipspeakers have helped me realise how […]
Lipreading Awareness Week – All about the Lips
All 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 I and most other deaf people focus on with our eyes for communication support (hearing […]
Lipreading Awareness Week – Extraordinary Blog
As 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 times over before I went to secondary school. One book that made a lasting impression […]
Lipreading Awareness Week – Living with Hearing Loss
A 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 local hearing aid shop to get it checked out thinking I was mistaken but the […]
Lipspeaking Tour in Queen’s Gallery
Feel 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 limited so please book early to avoid disappointment. Tuesday 4th September, 18:30-20:30 Book your place […]
Hampshire Deaf Access Information
Please 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 – Direct Access Line https://www.hampshire.police.uk/contact-us/accessible-contact-methods/direct-access-line/ Hampshire Constabulary – Police Link Officers for Deaf people (PLOD) Facebook […]
Future lipspeaker students attend selection day
A 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 next course and the standard of applicants is very high. Word has got around about […]
ALAS celebrates first year!
Lipspeaker 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 growing demand for lipspeaking with additional sign and with more lipspeakers now being trained, there […]
