Lions Clubs International

I SEE WHAT YOU’RE SAYING BADGE

Sight Impaired people are easily recognised by the “carrying” of the white cane. Hearing Impaired people have no known easily recognisable aid, so people do not realise they have a problem hearing what is being said to them.

The Badge indicates that the hearing impaired individual uses lip reading as their main means of understanding what is being said to them. The basic outline is an eye. The pupil is the sympathetic hearing sign and the top eyelash says “I SEE WHAT YOU’RE SAYING”; a skill all deaf people have, to various degrees. The basic colour is yellow, and the important message is in blue. These colours have been chosen because they make it more easily readable for everyone.

District Speech and Hearing Officers have a supply of badges to issue, free of charge, to Severely and Profoundly Hearing Impaired adults and children. Clubs are encouraged to contact individuals in their locality, specialised Deaf Schools for children, Units for deaf children attached to mainstream Schools and Clubs for deaf people.

Please contact your District Speech and Hearing Officer or myself for further information or if you or someone you know could use this Badge.

Lion Penny Tregillus

MD Speech and Hearing Officer

33a Rock Lane Leighton Buzzard Beds LU7 2QQ

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Phone 0845 833 2914