Information and support
Websites that provide advice and support for people with hearing related problems
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Adviceguide
Basic advice and information from the Citizen's Advice Bureau on your rights, and a broad outline of where you stand and what you can do, on a variety of issues.
Axistive
Objective information on how to use and find devices that make the use of, and access to, the digital world easier.
Contact a Family
Provides support and advice to parents of disabled children, whatever the medical condition of their child.
Deaf4Life
Website and discussion board for all hearing impaired people.
The Deafened People Page
Information for people who have been deafened or who have age-related hearing loss.
Deafok.com
Message board, social events, and news for deaf people in the UK.
disabilitybenefits.co.uk
Information on benefits, charities, mobility equipment, vehicle dealerships, hearing aid dispensers, hotels suitable for people with disabilities, and other relevant topics.
Disabled Workers Co-operative
Provides a national searchable database that matches the needs of customers wanting a product or service with a local disabled person who is able to provide that product or service.
Enable Together
Aims to assist disabled people to lead a more independent life by providing information on health care, independent living and related products and services.
Hearing Friends
Aims to build open and positive ways to live with hearing loss through shared experiences and ideas.
Hearing Concern Link
Provides support and information to people with a hearing loss and their families
Hear-it
European site that aims to increase public awareness of hearing impairment.
Industrial Deafness
Information and advice on industrial deafness
NHS Direct
Information, support and advice from the NHS - sections specifically on hearing loss and related conditions
NHS Direct Wales
Information, support and advice from the NHS Direct Wales, in both English and Welsh
Max Appeal
Advice and support for parents of children diagnosed with DiGeorge Syndrome, VCFS, and/or a 22q11.2 deletion.
PALS Online
Patient Advice and Liaison Service. Aims to ensure that the NHS listens to patients, their relatives, carers and friends, and answers their questions and resolves their concerns as quickly as possible.
Talking Point
Information about communication development and disability.
UCL Disability support
Works with both staff and students at UCL who have identified that they are suffering from a disability and require support with IT.
