Charities
| NDCS | www.ndcs.org.uk | Offers support to children with a hearing loss, their families and professionals working with hearing impaired young people. Also offers opportunities for young people to meet and socialise, and support for parents and carers. |
| Action on Hearing Loss – now reverted back to its original name, RNID | www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/ | A charity offering support to parents and carers of those with hearing loss, deafness and tinnitus. Now RNID however the link still works |
| West of Scotland Deaf Children’s Society | http://www.wsdcs.org.uk/ | Offers local meetings and support for deaf children. |
| Hearing Link | https://www.hearinglink.org/about-us/ | A charity probably mainly aimed at adults however they have some very good information eg on lip reading and a shop. They are a merger of the British Association of the Hard of Hearing, LINK Centre for Deafened People and Hearing Dogs for the Deaf |
| Hear Together | https://www.heartogether.org.uk/ | A brand new charity to help you connect & communicate to live well with your hearing loss. This also gives access to research publications produced by The Ear Foundation (The Ear Foundation closed in March 2020) |
| Contact | contact.org.uk/ | A national charity for families with disabled children. They provide information, advice and support and bring families together so they can support each other. |
| UK Deafblind Scotland | dbscotland.org.uk/ | Campaigns for the rights of the deafblind community and provides a range of services, support, training and information. |
| Hearing Dogs for Deaf People | www.hearingdogs.org.uk/ | Offers information and support for deaf people who might use a hearing dog to support them in their everyday lives. |
| SENSE Scotland | www.sensescotland.org.uk | Supports disabled people and their families, in thousands of projects and services. |
Centres to support the education of visual impaired or hearing impaired children and young people
| Scottish Sensory Centre | www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/ | Information on research and professional learning for those with sensory impairments. |
| CALL Scotland (Communication, Access, Literacy and Learning) | https://www.callscotland.org.uk/home/ | Help children and young people across Scotland to overcome disability and barriers to learning |
Cochlear Implant Websites
| Scottish Cochlear Implant Programme | http://www.sciponline.co.uk/ | The Scottish Cochlear Implant Programme was established at Crosshouse Hospital in 1988 and is funded by the NHS. |
| Cochlear Implanted Children’s Support group | https://www.cicsgroup.org.uk/ | Statement from website: “CICS is an independent, voluntary group run by parents whose children have cochlear implants to help others whose children already have implants and those who are considering cochlear implantation for their child whether unilateral, simultaneous or sequential bilateral.” |
| The British Cochlear Implant Group | https://www.bcig.org.uk/ | Statement from website: “unique group of health care professionals and other interested parties in cochlear implant provision in the UK” |
| The National Cochlear Implant Users Association | https://www.nciua.org.uk/ | Statement from website: “The NCIUA mission is : to offer help to everyone who might benefit from a cochlear implant; to campaign for them to have the opportunity to do so; to represent the ongoing interests of cochlear implant users.
The NCIUA is the sole national association in the UK that represents all Cochlear Implant users.” |
Some Manufacturers’ websites
BSL
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Deaf Awareness
| American High School experiences | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZfTyBgdzBE |
| Deafness simulation | hhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbJiwH_9QCc |
| Watch The Flintstones with hearing loss | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va1wrnsMve0 |
| Using hearing aids and radio aids in the classroom | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJLAhFaslUI |
| Starkey hearing loss simulator | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYU8dazc79A |
| Download the Starkey hearing loss simulator | https://www.starkey.co.uk/hearing-loss-simulator |
NDCS Deaf awareness videos for early years children:
Videos for early years children | Become more deaf aware (ndcs.org.uk)
Sport and leisure
| Sport | Ukdeafsport.org | Provides information about access to deaf sports all over the UK, and links athletes with the UK Deaflympics team. |
| Access Scottish Theatre | www.accessscottishtheatre.com/ | Gives information about accessible performances at theatres in Scotland for Deaf, Hearing Impaired & visually impaired audiences. |
| Cinema Exhibitors’ Association (CEA) Card | www.ceacard.co.uk/ | 90% of UK cinemas give a complimentary ticket for someone accompanying a disabled/VI/HI cinema-goer. To qualify, you need proof of disability, a photo and it costs £6 for 1 year. See the website for details on how to apply. |
