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It will also help you understand what access support this group of people may need.
University College London (UCL)'s Deaf Awareness - Working and Communicating Well with Deaf People (online course) course will look at how deafness affects people in different ways by exploring real life examples, giving you an insight into Deaf culture, identity and sign language.It uses videos to let you see people communicating, which will help you understand the different methods of communication in practice.Programme Structure
Courses include:
- the importance of deaf awareness, being deaf, different experiences of deafness and hearing loss: you'll experience different perspectives of deafness to enable you to understand how it affects individuals
- a history of deafness: we look back through history and consider how attitudes and policies impact on deaf people, then and now
- Deaf culture and sign language: you'll gain an insight into unique communities who identify not as a group with a disability but as cultural minorities with their own languages
- equal access: we look at why equal access is important, the effectiveness of lipreading, guidance on good communication and adjustments related to deafness
- some commonly available communication aids and support - from qualified communication-support professionals, to technology such as real-time speech-to-text
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Disciplines
Communication Studies View 36 other Short Courses in Communication Studies in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
The course is aimed at anyone who interacts with deaf people, or those with a hearing loss, who wishes to have a deeper understanding of the issues they face and Deaf culture.
Tuition Fee
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International
119 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 119 GBP for the full programme -
National
119 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 119 GBP for the full programme