Sensory needs resources



These resources are for teaching staff, parents and carers.

Hearing impairment

- Tips for teaching deaf children with a mild hearing loss

Watch on YouTube: "Tips for teaching deaf children with a mild hearing loss"

This video explains

  • the major impact a mild hearing loss can have on a child in school
  • what professionals can do to support a child with a mild hearing loss in their class

- Flintstones hearing loss

Watch on YouTube: "Flintstones hearing loss"

This is an audio video clip of different types of hearing loss, and what it sounds like to a child who is not wearing their hearing aids.  

- Guide to hearing aid management

Watch on YouTube: "Guide to hearing aid management"

Step-by-step instructions from an audiologist on how to change the tubing in a child's hearing aids.

Resources, Toys and Books Promoting Deaf Awareness and Positive Role Models

Barbie Doll with hearing aids

Barbie Fashionistas Doll #187, Brunette Ponytail, Shift Dress, Pink Boots, Behind-the-Ear Hearing Aids, Toy for Kids 3 to 8 Years : Amazon.co.uk: Toys & Games

Ken Doll with hearing aids

Barbie Fashionistas Ken Doll #220 with Behind-the-Ear Hearing Aids & Broad Body Wearing a Removable Orange Patterned Shirt, Shorts & Jelly Sandals, HRH23 : Amazon.co.uk: Toys & Games

Solid Body Doll with hearing aids

Miniland PACIFICA BABY DOLL HISPANIC BOY WITH HEARING AID 38CM Beige 31116 : Amazon.co.uk: Toys & Games

Hearing aids for dolls

Glasses & Hearing Aids For Dolls | Early Years Resources

Freddie and the Fairy

Freddie and the Fairy : Donaldson, Julia, George, Karen: Amazon.co.uk: Books

What the Jackdaw Saw

What the Jackdaw Saw : Donaldson, Julia, Sharratt, Nick: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Can Bears Ski?

Can Bears Ski?: Amazon.co.uk: Antrobus, Raymond, Dunbar, Polly: 9781406394627: Books

Quest for the Cockle Implant

The Quest for the Cockle Implant – NDCS Bookshop

Dachy’s Deaf

Dachy's Deaf (Dinosaur Friends) : Hughes, Jack: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Jack Signs

Jack Signs!: The heart-warming tale of a little boy who is deaf, wears hearing aids and discovers the magic of sign language – based on a true story! (The JACK SIGNS! Series): Amazon.co.uk: Hardwicke, Karen, Saunders, Tanya, Walker, Amanda: 9781913968151: Books

Super Hearing

Super Hearing (Super Book Series) : Whitehead, Jennifer, Reymann, Emily: Amazon.co.uk: Books

C I Quest

C.I. Quest: a tale of cochlear implants lost and found on the farm (the young farmer has hearing loss), told through rhyming verse packed with ... sounds for early learners (Farmyard Heroes) : Saunders, Tanya, Broomfield-Payne, Faith: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Mighty Mila

Mighty Mila: An Inclusive Children's Book about an Unstoppable Deaf Girl : Petruzziello, Katie, Sarell, Nadja: Amazon.co.uk: Books

BSL Pocket book

BSL 100 EVERDAY SIGNS: Beginner's Handbook: British Sign Language (LET'S SIGN) : Smith, Cath: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Ling Ling Bird

Ling Ling Bird Hears with his Magic Ears: exploring fun 'learning to listen' sounds for early listeners (Ling Ling Bird Early Learners): Amazon.co.uk: Saunders, Tanya: 9781913968038: Books

Elephant and the Lost Blanket

Elephant and the Lost Blanket – NDCS Bookshop

BSL versions of some books, free downloads and additional books also available via the National Deaf Childrens Society (NDCS)

Products – NDCS Bookshop

Play Mat with BSL

Super Large PLAYMAT BSL Alphabet & Signs - DeafBooks

Free printable resources and additional books from Let’s Sign

British Sign Language - Let's Sign BSL at DeafBooks

Visual impairment



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