The Silent Workplace: Understanding Hearing Loss
More than 1 in 6 working-age adults experience some form of hearing loss, yet its impact in the workplace often goes unnoticed as more than 50% of employers admit they have limited or no understanding of the challenges people face, emphasising the need for training and awareness with sessions like this one.
Join Sarah Petherbridge, an authentic Disability Awareness Trainer with lived experience of profound deafness, as she leads this webinar for professionals who want to foster greater awareness, understanding, and action around hearing loss in their workplace.
Do you know that around 1.2 million UK adults have hearing loss so profound that they cannot hear most conversational speech?
Are there barriers in your organisation that make it harder for colleagues with hearing loss to succeed?
Do you truly understand the challenges faced by people with hearing loss in the workplace?
Sound Advice for a Deaf-Friendly Workplace
Many people who are deaf or have hearing loss suffer from mental health impacts at work because of the barriers they experience due to their hearing loss, leading to many considering leaving their jobs. This session will provide you with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to address these challenges head-on and create a more inclusive environment for everyone.
Sarah will share her journey of living and working with profound deafness, offering unique insights into her personal experiences of navigating life and work.
What’s in it for you?
This isn’t just another webinar – it’s a chance to gain actionable insights and tools that you can start using immediately to foster a more inclusive workplace.
Becoming an Ally: Learn how to build a culture where people feel safe to talk about their hearing loss and confident asking for support.
Breaking Down Barriers: Explore the most common challenges faced by individuals with hearing loss and how these barriers affect their work and wellbeing.
Practical Solutions: Get actionable tips on how to remove these barriers and foster a culture of inclusion.
Sarah’s Story: Sarah will share her journey of living and working with profound deafness, offering unique insights into her lived experience.
Who is this webinar for?
This session is designed for HR professionals, ED&I specialists, line managers, and anyone committed to creating a more inclusive workplace. Whether your organisation is already working on accessibility initiatives or just beginning to explore how to better support employees with disabilities, this session will provide practical insights and tools to drive meaningful change.
If you’re looking to improve communication, foster allyship, or break down barriers for colleagues with hearing loss, this webinar is for you.
Although everyone is welcome to these Skill Sessions events, this particular one intends to educate decision-makers in an organisation to help provide better support to individuals.
Speakers
Sarah Petherbridge
Disability Awareness Trainer
Sarah is an authentic Disability Awareness Trainer helping businesses create inclusive workplaces for people with disabilities.
Sarah is also a public speaker on disability, inclusion and mental health and bases her work on her lived experiences of working and living with a disability of profound deafness.
Claire Dibben
Director of Marketing @ CareScribe
Claire is the webinar host and Director of Marketing at CareScribe, an award-winning assistive technology company based in Bristol.