Goodlabs have been supporting the development of Tyneside-based charity Deaflink for the last year or so as part of a package of Lottery-funded support. The first phase of our work involved looking at how Deaflink could support local hospitals to better serve the needs of users of British Sign Language. In this next phase we shift focus to the issue of Hearing Loss.
The prevalence of Hearing Loss is reasonably well-known, affecting some 87,000 people in the Newcastle-Gateshead CCG region*. What is less well-known is how those experiencing Hearing Loss feel about it, especially here in the North East. This is where we hope to be able to shed some new light, bringing to the fore a range of authentic accounts of the challenges experienced, as well as the things that help.
*18-70 age group, hearing loss range of 25 - 64 dBHL