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Deafness
Is there support?
15 Dufferin Street
London
EC1Y 8UR
Tel: 0808 800 8880 Freephone Helpline & Minicom (Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm)
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 confirmed August 2007.
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 offers equipment and employment services. It has a network of regional offices and a national telephone relay service through RNID Typetalk. It holds Disability and Deaf Awareness Training and campaigns on issues ranging from subtitling to audiology services. It publishes a membership magazine 'One in Seven' and has a wide range of information available, details on request. Over 25,000 use the services of the RNID.
Group details last confirmed November 2007.
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 updated October 2007.
National Office,
Trinity Centre,
Key Close,
Whitechapel,
London
E1 4HG
Tel/Fax: 020 7790 6147
Tel: 020 7790 5999 Textphone
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 issues.
Group details last updated October 2007.
95 Gray's Inn Road
London
WC1X 8TX
Tel: 08450 744 600 HelpDesk (voice & text)
Tel: 020 7440 9871
Fax: 020 7440 9872
e-mail info@hearingconcern.org.uk
Web: http://www.hearingconcern.org.uk
Hearing Concern is a National Registered Charity No. 1094497, established in 1947. It supports deaf and hard of hearing people, in the UK, whose main mode of communication is speech.
Group details last updated April 2007.
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