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Who to contact for help and support

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RNID
19-23 Featherstone Street
London EC1Y 8SL
Tel: 0808 808 0123 (free call)
Text: 0808 808 9000 (free call)
Fax: 020 7296 8199
Email informationline@rnid.org.uk
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RNID is the largest charity representing the 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK. As a membership charity, it aims to achieve a radically better quality of life for deaf and hard of hearing people. They do this by campaigning and lobbying vigorously, by raising awareness of deafness and hearing loss, by providing services and through social, medical and technical research.

Hearing Link
27-28 The Waterfront
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN23 5UZ
Tel/text: 0300 11101113 Fax: 01323 471260 SMS: 07526 123255
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Hearing Link is a national organisation that offers help and support to people who have lost most or all of their hearing. It offers training courses and has Outreach Volunteers and Hearing Advisers who provide support and practical advice to people who have lost their hearing. Hearing Advisers are usually people who have hearing loss themselves.

Hearing Link Scotland
The Eric Liddell Centre
15 Morningside Road
Edinburgh
EH10 4DP
Voice/text: 0131 447 9420

Health Professions Council
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Complaints helpline: 0800 328 4218

The Health Professions Council is responsible for the regulation of hearing aid dispensers and for handling complaints about their fitmess to practice.

We are grateful for the generous support of Dr Naim Dangoor CBE
and the Exilarch Foundation

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Age UK Advice:
0800 169 6565
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Aids for the home

We have a variety of aids to help you feel safe and move around with ease at home, including stairlifts, personal alarms, bath lifts and assistive furniture.

Useful websites

  • The Health A-Z section of this website contains information on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of many types of illnesses.

  • The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has produced guidance on the early assessment and treatment of NHS patients

  • DirectGov provides information on more than 100 topics covering all aspects of healthy living and advice on coping with long-term health conditions as well as the NHS and health services

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