Communicating with the deaf
We now have Sign Language collections in
Bury St Edmunds,
County Library Ipswich, and
Lowestoft libraries. The collections will help those learning
sign languages at different levels.
There are videos and DVDs of interest to deaf people, such as one
on coping with hearing loss, and driving skills, in British Sign
Language (BSL). The children's titles include stories for toddlers
and young children.
All loans are free of charge (except some DVDs). Titles can be
reserved at no cost from anywhere in the county (including over the
World Wide Web) and be picked up at your
local
branch library. We also have books on these subjects.
Please
check the library catalogue
Instructional videos (British Sign
language)
British Sign Language,
also known by the abbreviation BSL, is the language used by over
50,000 deaf people within the UK.
BSL: A beginner's guide
BSL made easy
Sign In: an introduction to
BSL
BSL video phrasebook Tapes
1&2
Fingerspelling within BSL Tapes
1&2
Handshapes within BSL Tapes
1&2
Classifiers in BSL
Multichannel signs and non-manual
features in BSL
Placement within BSL
BSL stories for Advanced Level 1
students
BSL story builder
BSL learning curve
Other useful videos
How to cope with hearing
loss
Introduction to
lipreading
Cued
speech: explained by people who use it
Deaf humour.
Mental
Health Act video for deaf people
Step up to safety: avoiding slips,
trips and broken hips
Complete driving video
(subtitled)
Sing and sign: help your baby to
communicate before speech
Children's BSL Videos
The
magic key
Pirate adventure
Village in the snow
Gran
Baby's first book
My first blue picture
book
My first red picture
book
First words for me
Don't worry William
Six dinner Sid
Busy day at the airport
Amazing facts
Mousehole cat
Three little kittens
I love you so much
Trucks
Big animals
Makaton video
Makaton is a unique language programme for the teaching
of communication, language and literacy skills. Devised for
children and adults with a variety of communication and learning
disabilities, Makaton is used extensively throughout the
UK.
Makaton nusery
rhymes
Signs for Makaton
core vocabulary
Makaton signs used in Britain (Urdu and
Punjabi versions)
Check the Makaton website for
further information
CD-ROMs (BSL)
Sign away!
Basil’s world: colourful and
easy-to-use package for deaf children and their parents
The BSL CD-ROM
BSL works
Deaf world: Definitive multimedia
reference on British deaf issues
Let’s sign: BSL building
blocks
Start to sign! (in
conjunction with a book)