Useful information
For help with your hearing aids
Shropshire NHS Audiology Services (Adults): for all enquiries regarding hearing aid appointments, repairs, batteries, domes and tubes
Local organisations
Community resource (formerly known as Shropshire RCC): support
Enable: employment service providing support and advice for people with disabilities and to employers looking to recruit people with disabilities
In The Loop: lipreading and deaf awareness by Sally Joyner
Shropshire Choices: The Shropshire Choices team provides advice on a wide variety of health and social care support. Working with Shropshire Council, the Choices team are able to signpost and support residents to access services from the local authority, NHS partners and voluntary and community groups
Visual Language Interpreting Services (VISS): VISS is the only sign language interpreting service based in Shropshire, and provides communication services to deaf, deaf-blind and hard-of-hearing people within Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and surrounding counties
National organisations
Access to Work: Support in work if you have a disability
Age UK: provides services and vital support to people in later life, delivering a range of services across the UK, including: money and legal, health and wellbeing, care and support, work and learning, travel and hobbies
C2 hear online: useful interactive multimedia videos on how to service hearing aids and troubleshoot problems, and how to hear well
Deafblind UK: providing vital support to people who have sight and hearing loss
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People: a national charity that train hearing dogs to help transform deaf people’s lives
Hearing Link: helps people with hearing loss, their families and friends
Louder than Words: advice for organisations to make the workplace more accessible
Ménière’s Society: the national charity for people affected by dizziness and imbalance
RNID: Independent information and support for deaf people and those living with tinnitus. Helping you to stay independent, making the best out of new and existing technology, advice on alerting devices, communication and entertainment
Take on Tinnitus: helping to better understand tinnitus and offers practical ways to help relive tinnitus
Tinnitus UK: all you need to know about Tinnitus (ringing ears)