Lidia Best
President
European Federation of Hard of Hearing People - EFHOH
United Kingdom
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Lidia Best, CPACC
Lidia Best is the President of the European Federation of Hard of Hearing People ( EFHOH), and co- vice Chair of International Telecommunication Union Joint Coordination Activities on Accessibility and Human Factors ( ITU JCA-AHF)
Lidia brings unique knowledge as an expert with lived experience, as a person who is hard of hearing and a cochlear implant user. Her work has specific focus on accessibility, raising standards, policy development, innovation, and training for deaf and hard of hearing people.
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Thursday, 22 February 2024
13:40 - 14:40
Methods for teaching sign language and fostering signing communities
- Focus: Hard of Hearing or Deaf
- English captions | International Sign
Experience good practices in building up signing communities, be it family sign language training in the Amazonas, schools pioneering bilingual deaf education, or ICT innovators developing a global sign language app.