USAIS Appointments
The number of appointments hosted by USAIS increased to over 9,000 during the period from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024. Hannah Turner is our in-house BSL interpreter and she attended the majority of those appointments that required this support. Sometimes, we need to book and pay for BSL and Language interpreters to support the patients who need this.
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Visual communication and reading development research
Reading research has traditionally focused on mappings between auditory representations of spoken language and written words. However, this is a limited view of language. Visual spoken language input (visual speech/ lipreading), sign language and fingerspelling are increasingly recognised as important to reading development in deaf children.
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Sign Language App for South West Trains
An app immediately translating train announcements into British Sign Language has been launched.
South Western Railway is trialling Signapse, which uses AI generated images to deliver information to deaf passengers.
The trial is currently running on services between Basingstoke, London, Salisbury and Exeter, with hopes to extend the initiative.
Developers hope the app will make train journeys less stressful and plans to introduce the app in all public places.
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Twitter feed introduces first deaf commentator at Paralympic Games
Rose Ayling-Ellis has joined the Paralympic Commentating Team. See link below which you can see on Twitter, so you will need to log in.
Rose explains how she is supported in her work.
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Cochlear Implants: The Basics online
USAIS has an online training course which can be accessed from the website at
Cochlear Implants: The Basics online
Anyone who has previously used the www.bit/ly link will find that it does not work. We are working to resolve this as soon as we can.
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My non-implanted hearing device – ADHEAR
Hearpeers is a series of online webinars in which experienced patients discuss their experience of a device and answer questions by those who are considering using it.
Hosted by Lorraine, the parent of Will who has used ADHEAR since the age of 11, and current ADHEAR user, Allison.
At the age of 2 Will was diagnosed with a cholesteatoma which took the hearing from his left ear.
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