Professional, Targeted Deaf Awareness

training for businesses and individuals across the UK

There are 12 million people with hearing loss across the UK, that’s around one in three of us

An estimated 900,000 people in the UK have severe or profound hearing loss.

By 2035, we estimate there’ll be around 14.2 million people with hearing loss across the UK.

Our Deaf Awareness Training

At Study Sharpe we help organisations recognise the importance and benefit of embracing the Equality Act in their business operations. Our core focus is on helping businesses create an inclusive community internally and externally.

We do this by offering a range of tailored Deaf Awareness training courses and support services which are designed to help employees understand how to communicate more effectively with d/Deaf people.

Our courses are designed for employees who work in sectors that come in to contact socially or commercially with D/deaf people for example: Healthcare, Recruitment, Construction, Public Services, Education, Institutions or Hospitality.

We offer valuable steps to becoming a communication professional by reducing barriers and difficulties that occur when there is interaction between hearing and D/deaf people.

Our courses require no previous knowledge or experience to benefit and are openly available to any organisations or individuals wishing to learn about Deaf Awareness and British Sign Language (BSL).

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35% of business leaders surveyed in a YouGov poll don’t feel confident about employing a person with hearing loss.

Hearing loss can lead to withdrawal from social situations, emotional distress, and depression. Research shows that it increases the risk of loneliness, but only for those who don’t wear hearing aids.

70% of people with hearing loss who responded to a survey said that hearing loss sometimes prevented them from fulfilling their potential at work.

British Sign Language (BSL)
Level 1 Award & Bespoke Training Services

Targeted and focused training for key workers and frontline staff
Individual/personal and family support
1:1 pre level 1 and Level 1 BSL Signature Approved tutorial support
Fully supported online teaching and remote learning courses for teams and individuals

There are 50,000 children with hearing loss in the UK. Around half are born with hearing loss while the other half lose their hearing during childhood.

More than 40% of people over 50 years old have hearing loss, rising to 70% of people over the age of 70.

We estimate that there are at least 24,000 people across the UK who use British Sign Language (BSL) as their main language (although there are likely to be more that we don’t know about).

Why Come To Study Sharpe?

I wanted to find a course that gave me a basic understanding of British Sign Language for use in my business. I am passionate about my services being accessible to as many communities as possible, and being able to work with the deaf community particularly, really appealed. Having found and joined Emm's course I was not disappointed. Emm is passionate about her work, incredibly knowledgeable and patient and made every session enjoyable. She also took the time to make sure that we each understood what we were doing and went over any signs that we were unsure of so that when it came to the assessments, we were well-prepared. I found all of the information which accompanied this course (handouts etc...) to be of an exceptionally high standard and would definitely recommend this course and Emm to anyone who has an interest in or works with those in the deaf community. Course attended: Level 1 BSL Frontline Staff