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Hearing difficulties

Your concerns whilst looking after some one with hearing difficulties may be about keeping him or her safe and communicating with him / her.

The are a wide range of services which may help them such as:·

• Hearing Dogs
• Type talk and Text devices
• Sign languages
• Interpreters·
• Other equipment

And training, advice and support to help you communicate and cope.

You can get more information from:

www.rnid.org.uk - RNID (Royal National Institute for the Deaf) is the largest charity representing the 8.7 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK.

www.britishdeafassociation.org.uk - The BDA is the UK's largest national organisation run by Deaf people, for Deaf people.

There are people who can help:

West Sussex Carers Network Carers Support Services across West Sussex