Our vision, mission and values

The charity’s vision remains a world where people are not disabled or disadvantaged by deafness or related conditions.

Our mission

Our mission is to:

• Encourage and fund research to improve the quality of life for everyone living with deafness and related conditions today and help prevent and cure these conditions in the future

• Inform, educate, support and influence to ensure that people with deafness and related conditions receive the best possible health care and support wherever they live in the UK and that people know how to reduce their risk of deafness and related conditions

Our values

We are committed to:

• Keeping those affected uppermost in our mind. Understanding, respecting and responding to their medical and healthcare needs

• Ensuring hearing impaired people have a collective voice with which to effect change in health services and policies

• Expecting and encouraging the highest standards in every aspect of our work

• Embracing learning and innovation to reflect change and meet the challenges of the future

• Evaluating the effectiveness of everything we do