Services for adults with a hearing loss

We give support, help and advice to adults who are profoundly deaf and who are British Sign Language (BSL) users. We also offer a service to all children who are hard of hearing.

If you have developed a hearing impairment you will receive a service from our sensory impairment teams. Teams can offer advice on available services and equipment.

We can support you and your family in looking at ways to improve hearing skills, ie. how lip reading can help, how your family and friends speak to you, and situations to avoid.

Staff work closely with health colleagues and will have received up to date training on hearing loss and relevant issues, ie. lip reading, communication skills, making the best of your hearing, and coping with discrimination.

We have a number of staff teams who provide these services. All team members are trained in deaf awareness. We can offer home visits to assess your needs and we support all our local voluntary services.

To find your local voluntary services or access our services please contact us at:

Call Derbyshire
All Call Derbyshire contact numbers (opens in a new window) are available here.

Or call one of our local teams at:

North of the county - Chesterfield
Tel: 01246 347777
Textphone: 01246 277249

South of the county - Derby
Tel: 01332 717567
Textphone: 01332 344358

Interpreters
We will provide sign language interpreters, on request, at any point when you want to access any of our council's services. Please use the numbers given above if you need to do this.

You can also contact our Interpreter Service, which is provided by Communication Unlimited, direct in these ways:

Tel: 01332 369920
Minicom: 01332 369435
Fax: 01332 369459
SMS: 07990 902656

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Services for adults with a hearing loss

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