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Support for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Students

Support provided


Before the course starts:
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Support during interviews and course inductions
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'Taster' days - come and try some classes to help you decide which course you want to do
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An assessment of your needs so we know how best to support you
On the course:
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Signed support - BSL (British Sign Language), SSE (Sign Supported English), Total Communication (TC), etc
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Note-taking
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Modification of course materials to allow better understanding
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Individual tutorials to help students prepare for and/or follow up classes
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Communication support on work experience placements and residential trips
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Extra time and appropriate resources for examinations
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Equipment and Resources
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Course videos can be subtitled or transcribed
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Technical equipment such as radio aids can be borrowed
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Audiological support - advice and support on how to look after hearing aids and manage hearing loss
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Speech therapy can be arranged
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Training sessions on problems associated with deafness are provided for lecturers and fellow hearing students

Contact us

Louise Morton
Hearing Support Centre
Oxford & Cherwell Valley College
Oxford City Campus
Oxpens Road
Oxford
OX1 1SA

Tel: 01865 551909
Fax: 01865 551392
Mobile text: 07904 276982

Email: lmorton@ocvc.ac.uk

Who we are

Team Co-ordinator - Louise Morton
Teachers of the Deaf - Susan Wheare, Paul Manthorpe
Tutor of the Deaf - Wendy Grant
Senior Communication Support Worker - Wendy Hunter
Communication Support Workers - Justine Davies-Phillips, Judith Scholes, Lydia Goodall, Louise Cox, Marsha Locke, Jo Aherne, Nichola Cross, Allan Dover.