Resources
Safeguarding
School policy example provided by Nyabihu School for the Deaf, Rwanda.
Ling Sounds resources (Global South)
Resources available for the Ling sounds tend to designed for children and families in resource-rich countries. These resources have been created through in partnership with deaf education professionals in East Africa and linked to objects that are likely to be familiar to deaf children and families in that area.
Lip-patterns
Thank you to BATOD Special member, Elie Kwizerimana. Elie is a VSO volunteer, the founder of NGO Inclusive Rwanda and was a Head teacher of a School for the deaf in Rwanda.
Locally sourced resources
Sustainable Ling 6 resources ideas that can be created locally by families and/or communities that support educational settings. (Thank you to Mrs Alex Moorcroft for knitting the sample objects).
Ah (Oo (moon / ukwezi (Rwanda translation, monkey),
Mm (pineapple, cool water bottle, Cola, Soda , banana)
Ss (snake, sound of water bottle opening, sound of Cola bottle opening, sound of Soda bottle opening)
*Soda term used in some areas for fizzy drinks
Further suggestions
Mm – up to 250Hz – mmmmmama (use picture of child’s mother)
Oo – up to 750H Gorilla
Ah – 1000Hz – ‘Jaaaaaambo!’ Spread out the aaaaaa (Kenyan**)
Ee – up to 3000Hz ‘hibari!’ or in agreement with someone, people say eeeeee (Kenyan**)
Sh – 2000Hz (sleeping child/baby)
Ss 4 – 6000Hz siafu (whisper the whole word with emphasise on the ‘ss’) (Kenyan**)
** Thank you to Rosemary Gardner for the Kenyan specific examples. Rosemary is a BATOD member, QToD and Auditory Verbal Therapist. She who works closely with professional peers in Kenya.
