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Many thanks Malik. I am going through numerous assessments with the NHS team here in Belfast. Most of it is reassuring, but of course there are some lingering concerns. In the meantime, I am trying to get more involved with sign language as a complement to the CI and make me feel more integrated with the D/deaf community. I will continue to search within  the Forum for more info and feedback from CI users.

We are excited to be offering Introduction to British Sign Language, online and face-to-face. We also offer Signature-Approved Level 1 British Sign Language and Level 2 British Sign Language face-to-face. These courses are being taught in Plymouth by a native, deaf BSL user with almost 30 years of BSL teaching experience.  Visit www.completetrainingltd.co.uk to enrol As part of our social give-back, The Inclusivity Group are sponsoring one space on each of these courses for a pare

Hi Liam, are you doing Level 1?

Welcome back Gerry! I hope you manage to find members of your local Deaf community to interact with. I am not Deaf myself, but i do know CIs are a controversial topic in the community. I also heard that they can cause dizzyness and it can feel very overwhelming at the beginning. I hope that your transition goes smoothly, good luck!

Hi (again) everyone. If you look at my previous posts over the past couple of years (!!!) you can see that this latest attempt is surely going to be THIRD TIME LUCKY as I am determined to get back up to speed on my BSL course, as well as become more active on this Forum. Just a bit of an update. I'm now 76, and lined up for an NHS Cochlear Implant (CI) probably in the next 6-9 months. I with the support of my daughter and wife, want to use this 9-month window to better prepare myself for my

I’m learning BSL because my autistic daughter is too. She can manage to sign in situations that she previously felt too overwhelmed to be in. 

I'm not Deaf or Hard of Hearing. But as an autistic person, I feel like using BSL is less stressful than speaking. I have difficulty processing verbal information due to my autism. If I am not looking at a human's face, it is more difficult to understand what noises they are making. Signing feels more natural to me, and reduces the things I need to pay attention to in conversations. I am still at the toddler level of BSL, so I still struggle following a conversation in BSL. Especially