Living Successfully with Hearing Loss Level 2

This course provides the opportunity for individuals with hearing loss and their partners to build upon the foundation of effective communication skills introduced in DHHE 0618 Living Successfully with Hearing Loss Level 1 (Speechreading Level 1). Students continue to improve speechreading efficiency through individual and group activities. Students demonstrate more confident and assertive behaviour and conduct conversations that demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitude that support effective communication. They become more adept at self-advocacy. This course provides practical classroom and computer lab experience to become more proficient in the strategies and behaviour changes introduced in Level 1.

Prerequisites

DHHE 0618 with a 'S' grade.

What you will learn

• Communication scales (e.g. Client-oriented Scale of Improvement) to identify challenging situations
• Homophenous sounds review
• Relaxation exercises (e.g. eyes, body, breathing)
• Individualized speechreading practice in the computer lab (e.g. vowels, consonants, everyday communication, stories)
• Automatic speechreading of familiar phrases & speechreading drills (e.g. contrast words, homophenous words, paragraphs)
• Identifying key words
• Speechreading components (e.g. gestures and body language, situational cues, linguistic factors)
• Communication strategies (e.g. anticipatory, repair)
• Assertive behaviour
• Making assertive requests
• Identifying communication problems and devising solutions
• Hearing assistive technology (use and reflection)
• Meta-communication (e.g. talking about conversational successes)
• Using memory strategies
• Conversational repair strategies
• Using questions in conversations
• Interactional versus transactional conversations
• Conversations in quiet and noise
• Evaluating conversational topics
• Communication styles (self-assessment and reflection)

How to register

Please contact the School of Instructor Education at 604.871.7488 or 604.871.7499 or by email at advising@vcc.ca to apply.
For more information, please see the PIDP Program Content Guide.

Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.