1. What does it mean to be Deaf?

2. What is deafness?
Not being able to hear well

3. What is deafness? Not being able to hear well
May not be able to hear some sounds nearby

4. What is deafness? Not being able to hear well
May not be able to hear some sounds nearby
Teachers talking
Friends laughing
The school bell

5. What is deafness?
Some children are born deaf

6. What is deafness? Some children are born deaf
Others become deaf through illness

7. Ways of communicating

8. Ways of communicating
Using our senses

9. Ways of communicating
Using our senses
Smell
Taste
Sight
Touch

10. Ways of communicating
Using our senses
Hearing aids

11. Ways of communicating
Using our senses
Hearing aids
Sign Language

12. Ways of communicating Using our senses Hearing aids Sign Language
Finger spelling
Lip reading

13. Hearing Aids
Amplify, or make sounds louder

14. Hearing Aids
Amplify, or make sounds louder
Make sounds easier to hear

15. Sign Language
British Sign Language

16. Sign Language
British Sign Language
Two handed gestures

17. Sign Language British Sign Language Two handed gestures
Facial expressions

18. Sign Language British Sign Language Two handed gestures
Facial expressions
Body language

19. What would you do?

20. What would you do?
If the telephone rang?

21. What would you do? If the telephone rang?
Have a telephone with a flashing light

22. What would you do?
If the doorbell rang?

23. What would you do? If the doorbell rang?
Have the doorbell connected up to the lights in the house

24. What would you do?
To watch television?

25. What would you do? To watch television? Use subtitles
Teletext page 888
Hello

26. Communication Tips Get the person’s attention Tap their shoulder
Face the person

27. Communication Tips Get the person’s attention
Tap their shoulder
Face the person
Speak clearly and talk normally

28. Communication Tips Get the person’s attention
Tap their shoulder
Face the person
Speak clearly and talk normally
Don’t shout