Advocacy Resources
An initial selection of resources, also available on our open resources page, to help our members in advocacy work. We look forward to adding more. Please send suggestions of resources you find useful.
EUROTRAK REPORTS ON UK,FRANCE AND GERMANY: LOW AWARENESS OF CI
EuroTrak is the largest comparative multi-country study on hearing loss and hearing aid usage. See the information on the low awareness of CI in UK, France and Germany. What are we doing about this?
Resources for Teachers of the Deaf @BATOD
The British Association of Teachers of the Deaf have many resources for teachers and parents and young people on their website. They publish annual reports about teh figures for deaf children in the UK and resources about managing Listening and Cognitive Effort. Do have a look and they are downloadable.
The Real Cost of Hearing Loss
The Real Cost of Hearing Loss looks at the cost of unaddressed hearing loss to the individual and to society. It considers not only economic costs but personal costs.
FIRST VOICE: SOUND OUTCOMES REPORT
FIRST VOICE SOUND OUTCOMES REPORT FOR 2021. Their report from Australia to share includes data from their members in Australia, New Zealand, S Africa and UK. A useful resource for others.
AVUK – #HearUsNow! VIDEO RESOURCES
AVUK have produced some videos, available to share to support your advocacy work: interviews on Perspectives on Hearing, and young people asking the government to HEARUSNOW!
ONLINE TRAINING FOR RADIOGRAPHERS ABOUT CI
This is an important topic -and this training resource for radiographers has been developed to help to prevent problems happening. The resource is on line and easily available - make it known to radiographers everywhere!
Resources for Mainstream Teachers
SUKI, the Czech organisation, has produced seven great brochures for different educational situations – and EURO-CIU is helping with the translations. The project is to support the inclusion of hearing impaired children (6-12). They include: Being a parent to a child with hearing impairment – starting school Teacher of a child with a hearing impairment. […]
Spanish CI Students tell us what they need and demand in the pandemic
Accessibility in Education. Accessibility in the pandemic is so important - in Current Issues Lidia Best and others share their views on Accessibility. Here listen to these Spanish CI students share their issues and what they need and demand to provide Accessibility in Education
