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Assistive Listening Devices
Assistive listening devices are extra pieces of equipment to use alongside your hearing aids or cochlear implant to help you hear better in certain situations.
For example they can help you to:
- Hear better on your mobile phone
- Listen to your music directly through your hearing device
- Connect to Bluetooth devices directly through your hearing device
- Hear a speaker at a distance, for example at a meeting or lecture
- Hear a speaker in a noisy situation like a restaurant more easily
We can arrange an appointment to give you advice and to demonstrate equipment that may help. For more information please contact us on 0161 2764613 or email us at audiology.mri@mft.nhs.uk
Social Services
If you are having difficulty hearing the doorbell, TV, alarm clock, smoke alarm at home and require equipment to help you, then please contact Social Services for a home assessment as some of this equipment may be available with no charge:
Manchester
You can call: 0161 2345001 to request an assessment at your home (or 0161 2192658 if you have a question directly for the sensory team). You can e-mail: mcsreply@manchester.gov.uk
Sensory Provision
Manchester Deaf Centre
Crawford House
Booth Street East
Manchester M13 9GH
Telephone: 0161 234 5001
Textphone: 0161 276 9336
Fax: 0161 276 9336
SMS: 0753 493 8598
Tameside
Tameside Deaf Team
Tameside Adult Services
Stalybridge Resource Centre
Waterloo Road Stalybridge
SK15 2AU
Telephone: 0161 342 2400
Minicom: 0161 342 3602
Fax: 0161 342 2460
Stockport
Adult Social Care Team
Stockport Council
Town Hall
Edward Street
Stockport
SK1 3XE
Telephone: 0161 217 6029
Minicom: 0161 217 6024
Fax: 0161 217 6022
E-mail: adult.social.care@stockport.gov.uk
Trafford
Physical Disability and Sensory Team
Waterside House
Sale Waterside
M33 7ZF
Telephone: 0161 912 4450 / 4362
Minicom: 0161 912 4377 / 4381
Fax: 0161 912 4076
E-mail: sensoryenquiries@trafford.gov.uk
Bolton
The Sensory Centre
Brinks Place
Chorley Street
Bolton
BL1 4AL
Telephone: 0120 433 7900
Minicom: 0120 433 7901
Fax: 0120 433 7817
SMS: 0778 903 1832
E-mail: sensory.centre@bolton.gov.uk
Cheshire East Deafness Support Network (sensory support)- 0333 220 5050
If the contact information for your local Social Services is not on this list please ask an Audiologist.
Access To Work
Access to Work can help you if your hearing loss or other disability affects the way you do your job. It gives you and the person you work for advice and support with extra costs which may arise because of your needs. Access to Work can pay for some or all of the equipment that it feels you need at work, eg adapting premises to meet your needs, or a support worker etc.
Access to Work helpline
Telephone: 0800 121 7479
Textphone: 0800 121 7579
Relay UK (if you cannot hear or speak on the phone): 18001 then 0800 121 7479
The Royal National Institute For Deaf People (RNID)
The RNID is the largest charity working to change the world for deaf and hard of hearing people. Please contact them for additional information about the latest equipment and for further advice about your hearing
RNID Information Line (Freephone) – Tel: 0808 808 0123
Text: 0808 808 9000 Email: informationline@rnid.org.uk Website: www.rnid.org.uk
The RNID Tinnitus Helpline provides support, understanding and the opportunity to ‘unload’ when you most need it.
RNID Tinnitus Helpline (Freephone) – Tel: 0808 808 6666. Text: 0808 808 0007
SMS: 0780 000 0360 Fax: 020 7296 8199 Email: tinnitushelpline@rnid.org.uk
Hearing Concern Link
Hearing Concern Link provides support and information to people with a hearing loss and there families.
Tel: (01323) 638230 Text: (01323) 739998 Fax: (01323) 642968
Website: www.hearingconcernlink.org Email: info@hearingconcernlink.org
British Tinnitus Association (BTA)
The BTA is a charity providing support and advice about tinnitus:
BTA Tinnitus Helpline (Freephone) – Tel: 0800 018 0527
Website: www.tinnitus.org.uk
National Association of Deafened People (NADP)
The NADP provides help, advice and support to improve the lives of deafened people:
Tel: 0845 055 9663 Mobile (SMS only): 07527 211 348
Fax: 01305 262 591
Email: enquiries@napd.org.uk Website: www.nadp.org.uk
Lipreading Classes
If you want to find out where your nearest lipreading class is please contact the Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults (ATLA).
Tel: 0161 886 7000 or 0161 886 7070 Minicom: 0161 877 8435 Website: www.lipreading.org.uk
Manchester Deaf Centre – Chorlton-On-Medlock
The centre is a place for D/deaf, deaf-blind and hard of hearing people to meet and socialise. The centre also runs an agency, Communication Support Service (CSS), which provides Sign Language Interpreters. There are also Link workers based at
the centre to give advice and support on access to services.
Tel/Minicom: 0161 273 3415 Email: info@manchesterdeafcentre.com