Sound Waves Foundation

Thank you @DavidTrevallion @MichaelVermeersch for inviting us to speak at this months #Microsoft #accessibility Champions. We are installing #livecaptioning into mainstream #school #classrooms for #deaf students or anyone who benefits from multi sensory educational input!

Hove Surf Life Saving Club in collaboration with Sound Waves Foundation have become the 1st in the country to bring in British Sign Language to improve water safety. @OBrienKrystyna chatted with Silvie Koanda & Ian Davis about the 11 signs going up on the seafront @SoundWavesFdn

Sound Waves Foundation is calling on #schools to introduce free #livecaptioning to prevent #deafchildren being left behind as #facemasks return in schools in England. #hearingtech #education #policymakers #accessibility Press release: soundwavesfoundation.org/press-release-…

Jo Campion from @NDCS_UK is featured in the @guardian highlighting the impact of #facemasks for #deaf students. "Spare a thought for deaf schoolchildren who can’t lip-read or understand facial expressions when face masks are being worn." bit.ly/3qT3BlV

Dinah is campaigning for schools to be provided with additional support following the return of facemasks, including clear #facemasks, notetakers and interpreters, and additional #hearingtech, as she says she is ‘dreading the return to school’. Read more bit.ly/32RgRiT

Happy belated #WorldOceansDay! We must #SaveOurSeas to protect the vast variety of life and its powerful tides and swell. Celebrate this awesome #deaf surfer with us! Full interview on our website here: soundwavesfoundation.org/crystal-da-sil… #Surfing

Deaf Awareness Week 3-9 May 2021. Let's all be deaf aware and inclusive. Let's celebrate diversity! Boy wearing hearing aids, girl wearing cochlear implants. #deafawarenessweek #hearingaids #cochlearimplants #DeafAwarenessWeek2021 #deafchildren #deafworld #deafness

Nicola and Silvie: Why we are campaigning for Live Captioning software in educational settings limpingchicken.com/2021/04/13/nic… via @Limping_Chicken

Poet @RaymondAntrobus discussing sound and close captioning on @bbcradio4 is a really important subject to raise awareness in the hearing community. #actionforcaptions

#actionforcaptions campaign is still live until the end of March 2021 @SoundWavesFdn crowdfunder.co.uk/action-for-cap… #deafeducation #deafability #deaf #deafness #deafidentity #hearinglikeme #hearinglosswontstopme #deafawareness #deafchildren #deafiscool #hearingtechnology

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