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Hi By not attending lectures the student will never develop any strategies for learning. Whether they use electronic, manual notetakers, or lipspeakers etc. - access is always going to be something that the student and the tutors are working on. It is never going to be prefect but you need to get to a point where it feels like you can pass the course. Best wishes Ember --On 10 November 2008 10:55 +0000 Michael Woodman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear All: > > Wonder if anybody could offer any advice re: supporting a Biomedical > Sciences student with profound hearing loss who doesn't use BSL, but > relies entirely on lip-reading. > > Despite our attempts to make lectures as accessible as possible, the > student finds it extremely difficult to get anything of use from > lectures. He uses a radio mic to support what hearing he does have, but > this clearly isn't enough. He has requested that he no longer attends > lectures, and that his note-taker support attends instead, as he feels > this will be a better use of his time. > > Academic staff have actually agreed to this in the short term while we > figure out a different solution, but it isn't ideal. His note-taker is > uncomfortable with this, and it's clear he is missing out on any student > / lecturer interaction that take place in these lectures. > > One suggestion was that lectures are recorded for the student, and then > subtitled. This would be a large undertaking but might it be > reasonable? Does anybody else have any other suggestions? > > Thanks, > > -- > Michael Woodman > Disabilities Coordinator > Registry, Hunter Wing, > St. George's, University of London, > Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, > SW17 0RE. > > www.sgul.ac.uk/disability > > Tel: 020 8725 0143 > Fax: 020 8725 0841 > [log in to unmask] ---------------------- Dr Ember Kelly Communication & Support Services Coordinator Access Unit for Deaf and Disabled Students University of Bristol, 4th Floor, Union Building Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1LN Minicom: 0117 9545731 (text only) Mobile: 07717 360868 (SMS text only) Fax: 0117 923 8546 E-mail: [log in to unmask]