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Deafness
Is there support?
15 Dufferin Street
London
EC1Y 8UR
Tel: 0808 800 8880 Freephone Helpline & Minicom
(Mon, 9.30am-7.30pm; Tues-Thur, 9.30am-5.00pm; Fri, 9.30am-midday; Sat, 9.30am-midday)
Tel: 020 7490 8656 Switchboard
Fax: 020 7251 5020
e-mail: helpline@ndcs.org.uk
Web: http://www.ndcs.org.uk
The Society is a National Registered Charity No. 1016532. It is the only UK charity solely dedicated to the support of all deaf children and young deaf people, their families and professionals working with them. NDCS services include a Freephone helpline giving clear, balanced information and support on many issues relating to childhood deafness with specialist advice on audiology and technology. When calling the helpline, if you prefer to speak a language other than English, tell us the language of your choice and your phone number (in English). An interpreter will ring you back within a few minutes. The NDCS also provides a network of family officers, who offer advice on education and welfare benefits.
Group details last updated September 2009.
19-23 Featherstone Street
London
EC1Y 8SL
Tel: 0808 808 0123
Tel: 0808 808 9000 Textphone
Fax: 020 7296 8199
e-mail informationline@rnid.org.uk
Web: http://www.rnid.org.uk
The organisation is a National Registered Charity No. 207720. It promotes hearing health and the prevention of hearing loss and provides information on deafness, hearing loss and tinnitus. It offers consultancy to organisations on deafness and disability awareness, runs communication support services and trains BSL/English interpreters, lipspeakers and speech-to-text reporters. It supports people who are deaf or hard of hearing to find work and provides care services for people with additional needs who are deaf or hard of hearing. It develops equipment and products for people who are deaf or hard of hearing and carries out social, medical and technical research.
Group details last updated January 2010.
330-332 Gray's Inn Road
London
WC1X 8EE
Tel: 0808 808 2222 Freephone Information Service (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
Tel: 020 7915 1412 Textphone
Tel: 020 7833 1733
Fax: 020 7278 0404
e-mail: info@deafnessresearch.org.uk
Web: http://www.deafnessresearch.org.uk
Deafness Research UK, formerly Defeating Deafness, is a National Registered Charity No. 326915, established in 1985. It is the medical charity for deaf and hard of hearing people. Supported entirely by voluntary contributions, Deafness Research UK aims to educate people about hearing problems and their treatments, offering information and advice based upon the most up-to-date evidence available. It also aims to encourage and finance research into the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of hearing difficulties.
Group details last confirmed October 2009.
National Office
Trinity Centre
Key Close
Whitechapel
London
E1 4HG
Tel/Fax: 020 7790 6147
e-mail: info@deafplus.org
Web: http://www.deafplus.org
deafPLUS is a National Registered Charity No. 1073468, established in 1970 as Breakthrough. It is committed to deaf/hearing integration for those 18 plus and delivers essential services through its regional structure across England, covering the North, South, Midlands, London and Eastern regions. deafPLUS operates a Mobile Advisory Service providing demonstrations of equipment across the range of deafness for use in the home, at work or in the community. Information, advice and support is provided through drop in centres, advocacy work and peer group support. deafPLUS provides employment, sports and healthy living advice, internet cafes, equipment assessment, an interpreting agency and works with ethnic communities. It delivers a wide array of training to the public and private sector on deafness and BSL.
Group details last updated October 2009.
Head Office
19 Hartfield Road
Eastbourne
BN21 2AJ
Tel: 01323 638230
Text: 01323 739998
Fax: 01323 642968
e-mail: info@hearingconcernlink.org
Web: http://www.hearingconcernlink.org
Hearing Concern LINK is a National Registered Charity No. 264809 formed when Hearing Concern and the LINK Centre for deafened people merged in October 2008. They have offices around the UK, details are available on their website and they support deaf and hard of hearing people, in the UK, whose main method of communication is speech.
Group details last confirmed January 2010.
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