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NHS Website - provides information on different Ear problems and hearing disorders.
Patient UK - information fact sheets written by doctors on: ear and hearing, ears and flying, earwax, glue ear, grommets, meniere's disease, otitis externa, otitis media, otosclerosis, presbyacusis, tinnitus.
ENT.UK : Provides information on various Ear conditions
Other Language Leaflets
From Health and Safety Executive - Information in other languages
Around Hounslow & Isleworth
Hands On Access: Hands On Access makes organisations accessible for deaf and disabled people by identifying and resolving key accessibility issues.
Contact: The Old Chapel, 1 Holly
Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 4EA.
email:info@handsonaccess.com
Barnardo’s - Spectrum Project in Hounslow: provides a range of services such as Family Link to help share the care of a child and short-stay respite care to give families a rest. telephone (020) 8583 3177 for an appointment.
2000 Club: provide people with a physical, sensory or learning disability opportunities and facilities to participate in sports, recreational and social activities and to encourage community integration for members. Contact: 2000 Club, 144 Sutton Lane, Hounslow. TW3 4JR. Tel: 0208 5728901
@liberty: Disability awareness training covering areas such as assumptions, the Disability Discrimination Act and employment. Also sell a disability training resource pack. Contact: Acton Lodge, 84 London Road, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW8 8JJ. Tel: 020 8583 6145. Fax: 020 8847 2259Email: atlibertyonline@yahoo.co.uk.
Carers UK (Hounslow Branch): Provide information to the relatives and friends of anyone who has a disability or is frail or ill. Contact: The Lodge , The Grove, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 4JD. Tel: 020 8560 1501. Fax: 020 8560 1501.Email: cc@hounslowcarers.fsnet.co.uk.
Chiswick and Brentford Disability, Action and Support Group: Offers help to disabled people in their everyday lives. Individual and personal support and social gatherings. Contact:14 Ellesmere Court , Ellesmere, Road, Chiswick, London, W4 4QJ. Tel: 020 8995 3613.
Disability Network Hounslow: Provides advice and information to disabled people, their families, carers and professionals. Also Supporting People Service. Disability/ deaf awareness training and Braille translation service. Tel: 0208 577 0956 email: Ashi@disabilitynetworkhounslow.org . Also see entries for Hounslow Deaf Club & Direct Payments Support. Contact: Inclusive Living Centre, 121 High Street, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 8AT. Tel: 020 8758 2048, Email: emma@disabilitynetworkhounslow.org.
Disability Network Hounslow – Direct Payments Support Service. Contact: Eldridge House, 104-106 Hounslow Road, Feltham, Middlesex, TW14 0BD. Tel: 020 8890 8100 / 020 8890 8140. Fax: 020 8890 8122. email: directpayments@disabilitynetworkhounslow.org.
Hounslow Deaf Club : offer support and help to people who are deaf, their families and carers - a community group for deaf families in Hounslow. contact: Hounslow Deaf Club, Lampton Children's Centre, Neville Close (off Lampton Road), Hounslow, TW3 4DN contact: sharon.smith2@hounslow.gov.uk Tel: 07983 155089
Hounslow Child and Family Centre: Work with children and families in need through social reasons or disability. Contact: Nantley House, 33 Lampton Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW3 1JG. Tel: 020 8583 6510.Fax: 020 8577 0017. email: tracy.irvine@hounslow.gov.uk or claire.pizzingrills@hounslow.gov.uk
Hounslow Deaf Network: A project of Disability Network Hounslow – Contact: c/o Disability Network Hounslow, 121c High St, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 8AY. Minicom 020 8572 3923.Tel: 020 8570 5802. email:mail@disabilitynetworkhounslow.org
London
Asian People with Disabilities Alliance. Alric Avenue off Bruce Road, Harlesden, London NW10 8RA For Day Care services email: daycare@apda.org.uk For Home & Respite Care services email: homecare@apda.org.uk Telephone number: 020 8459 1030
British Deaf Association: It is the national membership organisation of Deaf people who use sign language in the United Kingdom.
Contact:1-3 Worship Street, London EC2A 2AB Tel: 020 7588 3520 (voice) and 020 7588 3529 (text). Helpline (voice): 0870 770 3300 Textphone: 0800 6522 965 all calls are free, Videophone: 020 7496 9539 Email: helpline@signcommunity.org.uk
Greater London Deaf Association: email:enquire@glda.org.uk
Children's Trust Tadworth: The Children's Trust offers treatment, care, rehabilitation and education for children with disabilities, mostly also with complex medical needs.
Contact:The Children's Trust, Tadworth Court, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5RU.Tel:01737 365 000 01737 365 847. email:enquiries@thechildrenstrust.org.uk
Hearing Link: A charity providing support and information to people with a hearing loss and their families. Tel: 01844 348 111. email enquiries@hearinglink.org
Disabled Children: Children with Disabilities Team, 41 New Heston Road ,Heston, TW5 OLW. Telephone (020) 8583 3177
British Cochlear Implant
Group: St Thomas' Hospital Adult Cochlear Implant Programme
ENT Department, St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EH.
Phone: 0207 188 7188 ext 82196.
Contact a Family: Offering advice and support to parents or carers of a child with any disability, including rare disorders, including assessments, benefits and special educational needs. Also support parents who wish to start a support group either locally or nationally. No financial support is available. Contact: 209-211 City Road, London, EC1V 1JN, Tel: 0808 808 3555, 020 7608 8700. Fax: 020 7608 8701.email: info@cafamily.org.uk.
Ewing Foundation: National charity which works to raise the educational and social achievements of deaf children by fostering the maximum use of their residual hearing and by promoting deaf children's spoken language.
Contact: Ewing Foundation, 15 Great College Street, London SW1P 3RX TEL: 07778 599939 EMAIL:info@ewing_foundation.org.uk
Feltham Child And Family Centre: Family support and group work for families and children under 8 who are assessed as being "in need" perhaps because their families are under stress and are finding parenting difficult for some reason, or have special needs as a disability. Some groups run within the centre for the local community. Support to families suffering from racial harassment. Joint information days can be arranged with other organisations in addition to providing information on child-related issues. Contact: 13 Hanworth Road, Feltham, Middlesex, TW13 5AF. Tel: 020 8890 3816.
Jewish Deaf Association: National charity, offers support, information and a range of social, cultural and educational programmes to people with all levels of hearing loss, tinnitus sufferers and hearing people living or working with deaf and hard of hearing people.
Contact: Julius Newman House, Woodside Park Road, Off High Road, North Finchley
,London N12 8RP.Tel: 020 8446 0502. email:
mail@jdeaf.org.uk
Kith and Kids :
Self help group for families with one or more members with a learning, physical
and/or sensory disability. Providing advocacy, friendship, social development
projects and info/support for parents. Contact: Kith & Kids, Irish Centre, Pretoria Road,
London,N17 8DX.Tel: 020 8801 7432.email:
projects@kithandkids.org.uk.
National Deaf Children's Society: Gives advice on education and the advancement of life generally for deaf and hearing-impaired children in the region (including Hounslow Borough).
Contact: Castle House , 37-45 Paul Street, London EC2A 4LS ; Email: ndcs@ndcs.org.uk
Real Life Options: National voluntary organisation supporting people with learning disabilities, multiple disabilities, head injuries, challenging behaviours and autism. Provide services in North London.
Tel: 01977 781800 Email: info@reallifeoptions.org
Sense (National Deaf, Blind and Rubella Association): is the national voluntary organisation supporting and campaigning for people who are deafblind or have associated disabilities, their families, their carers, and professionals who work with them.
Contact: 101 Pentonville Road. London N1 9LG tel: 0300 330 9256 email: info@sense.org.uk
RNID for deaf and hard of hearing people: 126 Fairlie Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 4PY. Tel;0808 8080 0123/ text 07300 268 988/ relay uk : 18001 0808 808 0123 email: contact@rnid.org.uk
West Middlesex Tinnitus Group: Counselling, information and relaxation, Tinnitus retraining therapy, Cognitive therapy, stress management and caring for oneself.
Contact: c/o 2 Viscount Road, Stanwell, Staines, Middlesex, TW19 7RD. Tel: 01784 255485. email: johazelby@aol.com
Other Local information can be found at London Borough of Hounslow
see also Disability support and Older people's support
Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
National Deaf Children's Society
Vestibular Disorders Association
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