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Hearing impairment
Hi there,
I'm a hearing impaired student applying for 2010 and I've got a couple of questions. Maybe some of you have some expreiences to share with me
I'm severely hearing impaired on both ears, but I usually don't have too much trouble with coping with it in everyday life, but however there are some exceptions. In schhol I usually use a transmitter that my teachers wear so that I understand them when they're far aways or turn their back to the class. Second thing I might have troubles with at uni - it's difficult for me to listen and take notes at the same time. I do not need and interpreter though. Although I'm almost deaf I never learned sign language.
I have talked to some people from British universities before and I had the impression that they were really opend-minded when it comes to things like these (more than universities in Germany, where I live!), and they said it might be possible to get the lecturers notes/PP slides. Is this true? Is their someone here who is hearing impaired and would like to share their experience?
Before applying, should I contact the universities and find out what their attitude towards my impairment if they would be willing to consider my special needs or should I just enter the UCAS field? The teacher who worte my reference mentioned it to an he basically confirmed that it doesn't hinder me from participating in class and everyday life.
Normally I would always contact the institution applying to first, because I know that it is a problem for some people, but I had the impression that for the British it's not that a big deal at all.
I'd be happy if there's someone who can tell me more about this
I'm a hearing impaired student applying for 2010 and I've got a couple of questions. Maybe some of you have some expreiences to share with me
I'm severely hearing impaired on both ears, but I usually don't have too much trouble with coping with it in everyday life, but however there are some exceptions. In schhol I usually use a transmitter that my teachers wear so that I understand them when they're far aways or turn their back to the class. Second thing I might have troubles with at uni - it's difficult for me to listen and take notes at the same time. I do not need and interpreter though. Although I'm almost deaf I never learned sign language.
I have talked to some people from British universities before and I had the impression that they were really opend-minded when it comes to things like these (more than universities in Germany, where I live!), and they said it might be possible to get the lecturers notes/PP slides. Is this true? Is their someone here who is hearing impaired and would like to share their experience?
Before applying, should I contact the universities and find out what their attitude towards my impairment if they would be willing to consider my special needs or should I just enter the UCAS field? The teacher who worte my reference mentioned it to an he basically confirmed that it doesn't hinder me from participating in class and everyday life.
Normally I would always contact the institution applying to first, because I know that it is a problem for some people, but I had the impression that for the British it's not that a big deal at all.
I'd be happy if there's someone who can tell me more about this
There were quite a few deaf students on my course so i hope you don't mind me replying.
We had note takers and interpreters in every lecture and all you had to do was go down to the office after the lecture to pick up the notes. It was as simple as that.
You can ask them to wear a transmitter, there shouldn't be any problem with that. I only know one person who did it but the lecturer was fine with it. All the lecturers also knew not to turn their backs if they could help it so people could still lipread if they needed.
All of our slides were made available before lectures and they were also given to the note takers so it was possible to get copies off them before the lectures.
I don't think there is any need to contact them about that, you can't refuse someone entry because of their disabilities.
But you can contact them to ask what is available for you. If you're staying in university owned halls you would need to tell them about it so they could issue you with a deaf alerter and specially adapted room, usually just a flashing light so you know when someone is at the door.
Hope i helped a bit.
We had note takers and interpreters in every lecture and all you had to do was go down to the office after the lecture to pick up the notes. It was as simple as that.
You can ask them to wear a transmitter, there shouldn't be any problem with that. I only know one person who did it but the lecturer was fine with it. All the lecturers also knew not to turn their backs if they could help it so people could still lipread if they needed.
All of our slides were made available before lectures and they were also given to the note takers so it was possible to get copies off them before the lectures.
I don't think there is any need to contact them about that, you can't refuse someone entry because of their disabilities.
But you can contact them to ask what is available for you. If you're staying in university owned halls you would need to tell them about it so they could issue you with a deaf alerter and specially adapted room, usually just a flashing light so you know when someone is at the door.
Hope i helped a bit.
Jadel_L
There were quite a few deaf students on my course so i hope you don't mind me replying.
We had note takers and interpreters in every lecture and all you had to do was go down to the office after the lecture to pick up the notes. It was as simple as that.
You can ask them to wear a transmitter, there shouldn't be any problem with that. I only know one person who did it but the lecturer was fine with it. All the lecturers also knew not to turn their backs if they could help it so people could still lipread if they needed.
All of our slides were made available before lectures and they were also given to the note takers so it was possible to get copies off them before the lectures.
I don't think there is any need to contact them about that, you can't refuse someone entry because of their disabilities.
But you can contact them to ask what is available for you. If you're staying in university owned halls you would need to tell them about it so they could issue you with a deaf alerter and specially adapted room, usually just a flashing light so you know when someone is at the door.
Hope i helped a bit.
We had note takers and interpreters in every lecture and all you had to do was go down to the office after the lecture to pick up the notes. It was as simple as that.
You can ask them to wear a transmitter, there shouldn't be any problem with that. I only know one person who did it but the lecturer was fine with it. All the lecturers also knew not to turn their backs if they could help it so people could still lipread if they needed.
All of our slides were made available before lectures and they were also given to the note takers so it was possible to get copies off them before the lectures.
I don't think there is any need to contact them about that, you can't refuse someone entry because of their disabilities.
But you can contact them to ask what is available for you. If you're staying in university owned halls you would need to tell them about it so they could issue you with a deaf alerter and specially adapted room, usually just a flashing light so you know when someone is at the door.
Hope i helped a bit.
Thanks for your reply! That sounds great
Actually I think you could refuse someone entry. Out of 4 secondary schools my parents asked only two were willing to take me in (although I was never had any troubles in elementary school and I'm still an excellent student
)I think I could probably contact my top choices, but I don't think that I'd need a specifically equipped room. I'm not completely deaf, just hearing impaired, besides that my room at home is just a normal room, too (except for the vibration alarm... flashing lights won't wake me up
)
la_mariposa
Before applying, should I contact the universities and find out what their attitude towards my impairment if they would be willing to consider my special needs
Before applying, should I contact the universities and find out what their attitude towards my impairment if they would be willing to consider my special needs
Hi, I don't have a hearing impairment but I do have a disability and other needs. But I'd just like to say a few things if you don't mind?
All universities will take any disability or medical condition into account and will find ways of helping you with university life and study. They have to, it's the law.
Under the Disabiity Discrimination Act of 1995 and Special Educataional Needs Act 2001, universities are under a legal obligation to make sure they don't treat students with disabilities less favourably and will make "reasonable" adjustments that will ensure the student with the disability is not at a disadvantage. Reasonable adjustments that can be made in your case include giving you lecture notes in advance or allowing the lectures to be recorded.
As an international/EU student I don't think you are entitled to Disability Students Allowance. This is a non-repayable grant given to students to meet any extra costs of their disability (equipment like laptop, specialist software, voice recorder or a non-medical helper eg. notetaker). But you should still be protected by disability discrimination legislation.
That said, some universities are still more sympathetic than others and will have better or more experienced disability services. I'd still recommend that you do contact the disability services of the universities you're applying to. You should be able to find their contact details on the uni website.
You can ask them things like what their disability policy is and where you can find a copy of their statement and whether they have any students with similar disabilities or needs. Obviously everyone's an individual, but at least it can give you some rough idea of what things they do currently offer.
Have you read Skill's booklet on applying to university as an international student (with a disability)? The link's below if you're interested.
http://www.skill.org.uk/uploads/international_students.doc
la_mariposa
Thanks for your reply! That sounds great
Actually I think you could refuse someone entry. Out of 4 secondary schools my parents asked only two were willing to take me in (although I was never had any troubles in elementary school and I'm still an excellent student )
I think I could probably contact my top choices, but I don't think that I'd need a specifically equipped room. I'm not completely deaf, just hearing impaired, besides that my room at home is just a normal room, too (except for the vibration alarm... flashing lights won't wake me up)
Actually I think you could refuse someone entry. Out of 4 secondary schools my parents asked only two were willing to take me in (although I was never had any troubles in elementary school and I'm still an excellent student
)I think I could probably contact my top choices, but I don't think that I'd need a specifically equipped room. I'm not completely deaf, just hearing impaired, besides that my room at home is just a normal room, too (except for the vibration alarm... flashing lights won't wake me up
)They will probably insist you have it, just to cover themselves if there's a fire alarm.
But its basically a normal room, just with the flashing lights and deaf alerter included, they don't look any different and no one will know you have either of those tihngs.
Laws in Germany are different to here, as River has pointed out.
As far as I am aware, and I'm saying that as a hearing impaired person from Germany, the support for deaf/h-i students in Germany is, according to the transmitters in lectures, very well. In Germany, you don't even have to pay tuiton fees when your disability ID states a physical disability beyond 70%. I couldn't find anything equivalent in the UK.
The only thing that really sucks is the English test and the tapes you get to hear, absolutely crappy quality and therefore impossible to understand- I did the Toefl ibt and can only recomment doing another test when you're hearing impaired.
The only thing that really sucks is the English test and the tapes you get to hear, absolutely crappy quality and therefore impossible to understand- I did the Toefl ibt and can only recomment doing another test when you're hearing impaired.
Lindath
The only thing that really sucks is the English test and the tapes you get to hear, absolutely crappy quality and therefore impossible to understand- I did the Toefl ibt and can only recomment doing another test when you're hearing impaired.
It would be reasonable to request that this is done in a different format. (I'm not hearing impaired, so can't make any suggestions)
Titch89
It would be reasonable to request that this is done in a different format. (I'm not hearing impaired, so can't make any suggestions)
Absolutely, but I was told they use good headsets- as I am always using headsets instead of speakers, I decided to go for it- unfortunately the headsets turned out to be crappy enough to let me fail the hearing part.
Thanks for your information
Lindath, you've got a PN.
And for anyone who might be reading this with a similiar problem: IELTS has a special lipreading test for hearing impaired people, which I can just recommend!
Lindath, you've got a PN.
And for anyone who might be reading this with a similiar problem: IELTS has a special lipreading test for hearing impaired people, which I can just recommend!
I also have a severe hearing impairment also here!
Can I just say the universities are very helpful in organising equipments and note-takers. You can get free note-takers if you apply for a DSA and I stress a note-taker will help. Even with my cochlear implant which gives me about 60% of a normal person's hearing, I find that I do eventually miss out on a lot and get a lot more tired than other students, especially when lip-reading from a distance. You have to take this into consideration, especially when you do have to study a lot more later. They don't have to be sign-interpreter but notetakers might be better because I know it is harder for the department head to find you suitable note-takers.
Regarding notes- they probably will be put up on slides on university intranet. However, there will be bunch of stuff missing so this is where note-takers help. Especially when some lecturers still haven't caught up with the digital age. 
Regarding accommodation, you probably will be provided a vibrating alarm that is also a fire-alarm in one, I had one last year and it worked superbly. So you won't need a specially designed room for deaf people..I am completely deaf, dead to the world when sleeping but managed to be woken up when the fire alarm went off.
Can I just say the universities are very helpful in organising equipments and note-takers. You can get free note-takers if you apply for a DSA and I stress a note-taker will help. Even with my cochlear implant which gives me about 60% of a normal person's hearing, I find that I do eventually miss out on a lot and get a lot more tired than other students, especially when lip-reading from a distance. You have to take this into consideration, especially when you do have to study a lot more later. They don't have to be sign-interpreter but notetakers might be better because I know it is harder for the department head to find you suitable note-takers.
Regarding notes- they probably will be put up on slides on university intranet. However, there will be bunch of stuff missing so this is where note-takers help.
Especially when some lecturers still haven't caught up with the digital age. Regarding accommodation, you probably will be provided a vibrating alarm that is also a fire-alarm in one, I had one last year and it worked superbly. So you won't need a specially designed room for deaf people..I am completely deaf, dead to the world when sleeping but managed to be woken up when the fire alarm went off.
blahbloo
I also have a severe hearing impairment also here!
Can I just say the universities are very helpful in organising equipments and note-takers. You can get free note-takers if you apply for a DSA and I stress a note-taker will help. Even with my cochlear implant which gives me about 60% of a normal person's hearing, I find that I do eventually miss out on a lot and get a lot more tired than other students, especially when lip-reading from a distance. You have to take this into consideration, especially when you do have to study a lot more later. They don't have to be sign-interpreter but notetakers might be better because I know it is harder for the department head to find you suitable note-takers.
Regarding notes- they probably will be put up on slides on university intranet. However, there will be bunch of stuff missing so this is where note-takers help. Especially when some lecturers still haven't caught up with the digital age.
Regarding accommodation, you probably will be provided a vibrating alarm that is also a fire-alarm in one, I had one last year and it worked superbly. So you won't need a specially designed room for deaf people..I am completely deaf, dead to the world when sleeping but managed to be woken up when the fire alarm went off.
Can I just say the universities are very helpful in organising equipments and note-takers. You can get free note-takers if you apply for a DSA and I stress a note-taker will help. Even with my cochlear implant which gives me about 60% of a normal person's hearing, I find that I do eventually miss out on a lot and get a lot more tired than other students, especially when lip-reading from a distance. You have to take this into consideration, especially when you do have to study a lot more later. They don't have to be sign-interpreter but notetakers might be better because I know it is harder for the department head to find you suitable note-takers.
Regarding notes- they probably will be put up on slides on university intranet. However, there will be bunch of stuff missing so this is where note-takers help.
Especially when some lecturers still haven't caught up with the digital age. Regarding accommodation, you probably will be provided a vibrating alarm that is also a fire-alarm in one, I had one last year and it worked superbly. So you won't need a specially designed room for deaf people..I am completely deaf, dead to the world when sleeping but managed to be woken up when the fire alarm went off.
Thanks for sharing your experience with me. That sounds great and I'm impressed how many people here are either hearing impaired themselves or know people who are
Probably because I hardly know anyone my age who is. I never thought about fire alarms, but actually that is a great idea. I can't hear at all without hearing aids, but at home I know my parents won't leave my asleep when the house is burning
What should I fill into the UCAS slot about impairment? How detailed should it be?
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