Hearing Impairment Support & Information
Calderdale Council’s sign language team/service – Video Explaining the Service
Calderdale Council – if you are an adult with significant hearing loss, you can self-refer to the Council’s hearing or visual impairment teams by contacting Gateway to Care on 01422 393000, TEXT PHONE for the deaf – 0777454642, or emailing them to ask for a referral on gatewaytocare@calderdale.gov.uk Following this, the appropriate person will contact you to arrange to speak with and visit you and assess your needs on a case by case basis. For a child referral, contact: MAST Admin, T: 01422 393336
Calderdale Council Gateway To Care
Tel: 01422393000 / DEAF TEXT Phone: 07776454642 manned from 9-5 Mon-Fri
Email: gatewaytocare@calderdale.gov.uk
Website: www.calderdale.gov.uk/v2/residents/health-and-social-care/social-care-services-adults-page#gateway
Calderdale Council Customer First – Tel: 01422357257 Website: (Contact Us) www.calderdale.gov.uk/siteinfo/contacts/index.html
The RNID (Royal National Institute For The Deaf) have an excellent website full of information and advice.
British Deaf Association – The BDA is the UK’s leading membership organisation and registered charity run by Deaf people for Deaf people. The BDA delivers a range of services to achieve its aims of empowering Deaf people to overcome difficulties that they face on a daily basis.
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People – Hearing Dogs for Deaf People train hearing dogs to alert deaf people to select household sounds and danger signals in the home, work place and in public buildings – providing a life-changing level of independence, confidence and security.
Hearing Link – Their remit is to ensure that people living with hearing loss can find information, specialist services, and social contact, in order to live well with hearing loss. Their links page is extremely comprehensive and useful.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the the independent regulator of health and social care in England. The CQC has introduced SignLive video service, which allows people to connect with CQC to share their feedback using British Sign Language (BSL) as well as text relay.
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