Event

Making teaching spaces accessible to deaf students

Experience hands-on with the latest assistive technology designed to provide access to sound for students (or staff) who use hearing aids, cochlear implants, or who experience barriers to listening in noise in a range of learning environments.

  • Three hours
  • Free

This event will be held on

  • 20 May 2025

    • In person
    • 13:00 – 16:00
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About

So much of teaching and learning is delivered through sound and spoken language. How can we ensure that all students can access vital auditory content? Facilitated by experts, this workshop will cover:

  • Why assistive technology is essential for deaf students
  • Why loops are not a universal technology for deaf students
  • Some of the latest technology being used in educational settings
  • Incorporating assistive technology to provide a seamless experience for deaf students

Technology demonstrations will include:

  • The Roger Base station – a universal provision for teaching areas where various audio outputs may be used (microphones, internet, YouTube, recorded digital resources, etc)
  • A soundfield system that makes lectures and other audio visual resources accessible to those who wear, and don’t wear, hearing aids

Facilitators:

  • Dr Brian Shannan, Educational audiologist, Scottish Sensory Centre and Clarivox
  • Tony Murphy, Wireless technology specialist, Phonak

There will also be plenty of time to ask questions, share experiences and identify areas with which you would like further support. You are also invited to bring along cases you have experienced in the past, or have with your current workload (remember to maintain anonymity). To enable everyone to have a quality hands-on experience, numbers are strictly limited. Therefore, booking is essential.

If you will be using your own devices (e.g. cochlear implant, hearing aid, or Roger systems) and would like support with set-up for the hands-on part of the workshop, please tell us in the ‘accessibility’ section of the registration form, including the make and model of your device(s).

Who should attend

This workshop is free to attend for people working in further and higher education. Please register with your .ac.uk email account. All with an interest are welcome, but as a guide for whom this will be relevant, we recommend sharing this event with:

  • Assistive technologists
  • Disability advisers
  • Facilities and estates staff
  • Inclusiveness practitioners
  • Needs assessors
  • Staff who are deaf or hard of hearing
  • Support workers

Contact

For further information, please contact events@jisc.ac.uk.