Hearing Impairment Services

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Hearing Impaired Services are provided to support and enable deaf, hearing impaired and deaf blind people to maintain or improve their level or independence.

The service also provides information and advice on leisure groups and other activities available to support the needs of deaf and hearing impaired people.


More information on the services we provide are included in the following sections:

  • Registration - Information on how to register as deaf or hearing impaired

  • Assessing Your Needs - How we will assess your needs if you contact us requesting help and support

  • Deaf and Hearing Impaired Forum - Information on the forum which meets every three months to discuss issues affecting the community

  • Further Information - Copies of the Deaf & Hearing Impaired Newsletter and details of centres for deaf and hearing impaired people

  • Links

  • We also work in partnership with the Tees Valley and Durham Communication Service, who provide a lip-speaking and interpreting service for people, for example if you need to go to the doctors. For more information about any of our services please contact us:

    Telephone - 01325 346606
    Fax - 01325 346457
    Textphone - 01325 468504
    Text only - 07940 930515