Basic Tactics to Improve Communication
This leaflet was written many years ago, though its wisdom remains the same as it ever did, and never gets out of date.
The leafet offers ‘constructive’ advice about how peole with hearing loss can be enabled to use their listening & lipreading skills to ‘join in’/ to participate in whatever is going on, to ensure ‘inclusion’ rather than the sometimes inevitable ‘exclusion’.
It was written from the perspective of the deafened or hard of hearing person, not to ‘preach’ to hearing/unaware members of the public, family members, members of committees or groups but to inform them about basic common sense tactics that can be adapted to most situations.
The leaflets can be used to inform hearing people how to support and improve communication.
This leaflet hopefully motivates the hearing person to want to help, and empowers them to do it constructively without being patronising. It has the two-fold effect of also informing of the consequences of NOT doing certain things they should be doing.
You can download the leaflet free-of-charge as a non-printing pdf document: members can access an printable version of the pdf document from the Members Downloads area which can be printed/copied for use in lipreading classes only.
Pricing
For members of the public and all others, a single leaflet can be obtained free-of-charge on receipt of a stamped addressed DL-size envelope. Please send your envelope to the ATLA postal address, and write 'Basic Communication Tactics Leaflet' in the top left corner.For atla members and professionals (eg audiologists), leaflets are priced in packs of ten leaflets at 10p/leaflet (not including postage). Price including current postage & packing rates on enquiry to Bill Allen, the Leaflets Officer at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Cheques should be made payable to 'Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults.'
