Hearing Loss Live and FanieDreams form strategic working relationship
- Erica
- Feb 24
- 2 min read
Hearing Loss Live, based in Utah, USA, and FanieDreams Movement, based in Cape Town, South Africa, are excited to announce a working relationship aimed at supporting people with hearing loss. Our partnership recognizes that successful management of hearing loss goes beyond hearing aids and cochlear implants. Lipreading, or speech-reading, is a valuable strategy to fill communication gaps, and Hearing Loss Live's classes and support services provide people with the tools to improve their communication skills.
Lip-reading/speech reading happens spontaneously without people realizing it, as it's a natural coping mechanism! Even those individuals without hearing challenges find themselves relying on lip-reading in noisy environments. Lip-reading/speech reading is the foundation on which each of the 4 million persons with hearing disabilities in South Africa build their daily interactions with their loved ones, family, friends, and colleagues. Now we have a training programme to improve your lip-reading skills!
"The FanieDreams Movement shares our commitment to empowering people with hearing loss with new communication strategies and skills," said Chelle Wyatt and Julia Stepp of Hearing Loss Live. "We are happy to partner with an organization that also understands the importance of empowerment, peer support, and disability rights."
FanieDreams Movement will coordinate interest in Hearing Loss Live's lipreading classes and facilitate interaction with the organization in the Southern African region.
"We believe this partnership will benefit people with hearing loss who do not use a signed language as their primary medium of communication," said Fanie du Toit, founder of FanieDreams Movement. "Our organizations' focus areas complement each other, creating a win-win situation for all."
Those in South Africa, can contact Fanie du Toit to learn more about this working relationship. In the USA, you can contact Hearing Loss Live directly
About Hearing Loss Live:
Hearing Loss Live provides lipreading classes, support services, and resources for people with hearing loss and helps hearing family, friends, and coworkers improve communication as well. We help both sides of the communication equation.
About FanieDreams Movement:
FanieDreams Movement is a South Africa-based organization focused on peer support and disability rights for individuals with hearing disabilities. We can't wait to start the process of empowering our people in the Southern African Region.
Endorsed by the National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD)
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