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News Views

Making things happen for Deaf and hard of hearing people

Spring/Summer 2012

Secretary of State for Health visits Action for DeafnessFull Report On Page 2

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ContentsSecretary of State Visits AFD ........... 2

Questions and Answers with our Chief Audiologist ............................... 3

AFD sends support to Cambodia .. 3

AFD Burgess Hill Darby & Joan Club .......................................... 4

Sanofi staff dress down for AFD ..... 4

Talking Hands Community Deaf Club ............................................. 4

Fundraising for AFD ........................... 5

New Trustees for AFD ...................... 8

UK Council on Deafness presentation to AFD Chair, Roger Hewitt ...................................... 8

Prestigious Award forSTAGETEXT ......................................10

Chichester Festival Theatre signed and captioned performances .........10

Communication Support ................10

Club details & Churches with Communication support ................11

Membership application form .......12

Hearing Aid Maintenance clinic dates .........................................12

Photo on front cover shows Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley, with AFD’s CEO, Jane Shaw, outside AFD Worthing.

On the 29th February, Action for Deafness (AFD) was visited by Andrew Lansley, CBE, MP - the Secretary of State for Health.

Mr Lansley visited our Resource Centre in Worthing to show the BBC Newsnight team how third sector organisations can work with the NHS to deliver exemplary patient care. During his visit, Mr Lansley met service users who were given advice and support to help them to manage their hearing loss. Mr Lansley was also shown the extensive range of assistive listening devices which AFD can offer.

Jeremy Paxman interviewed Mr

Lansley at the organisation’s premises for a feature on that evening’s edition of Newsnight.

CEO, Jane Shaw, said “We were delighted when Mr Lansley asked if he could come down to see the work that we do and bring the fi lm crew of Newsnight to do a feature for their programme. Mr Lansley spent time with the patients and staff to gain a better understanding of the benefi ts that our contract with NHS West Sussex has brought to our service users.”

The Health and Social Care Bill received Royal assent in March.

Secretary of State Visits AFD

Photograph shows AFD’s CEO Jane Shaw with Newsnight’s Jeremy Paxman.

New AFD Communication Club

The Action for Deafness Communication Club takes place at 51 Rowlands Road from 7-9pm on alternate Wednesday evenings. £2 per session including tea or coffee and biscuits.

If you can sign, even if you have only done a ‘taster’ session, come along and

practise by playing games and having conversations with others. If you want to practise your lip-reading skills – this club is for you too.

Cathy and Gerry look forward to welcoming you. Please contact our head offi ce for more details.

“We would like to say a HUGE thank you to the lovely people of Action for Deafness who helped my Dad. You went to great lengths to ensure that he got something that worked for him and the difference it has made is beyond words.” (Haywards Heath client)

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Q & A WITH OUR CHIEF AUDIOLOGIST:

Q: What is the most common cause of deafness as we get older?

A: Apart from a build up of wax, the condition we see most of is presbyacusis.

Q: What is Presbyacusis?

A: Presbyacusis is the loss of hearing that gradually occurs in most individuals as they grow older. Hearing loss is a common disorder

In the last issue of ‘News and Views’ AFD’s Chris Wingrove sent a report from Uganda where he had worked in a school for Deaf children and donated some used hearing aids from AFD. The next leg of Chris’s trip took him to Cambodia where he spent some time with All Ears Cambodia, an Audiology clinic based in Cambodia’s capital City Phnom Penh. All Ears Cambodia is run by Cambodians for Cambodians. It is the only service accessible to everyone in Cambodia with a hearing loss and aims to help those who are the hardest hit by the poverty in Cambodia. Many of the people that come through the centre are victims of Acid attacks or suffer from HIV, Aids or Leprosy. Some are survivors of sex traffi cking. All are in need of help. The

majority of the people that are seen in the clinic are suffering with middle ear infection, a very common disorder around the world. This condition is easy to treat but, left untreated, it can have a devastating effect on the sufferer’s hearing.

The hearing aids donated by clients of Action for Deafness that Chris took with him were gratefully received as only 1% of those who could benefi t from a hearing aid currently have one, in Cambodia. Action for Deafness will continue to donate hearing aids and other supplies to All Ears Cambodia over the coming years. If you have an unwanted hearing aid please drop it into one of our Resource Centres or post it to us.

Whilst in Cambodia, Chris

also visited a Deaf Development programme where a group from America are helping to develop a native Cambodian Sign language. Cambodia is one of only a few places in the World where a local sign language has never been developed. The group are introducing Deaf Cambodians to each other, many meeting another Deaf person for the fi rst time having lived their lives in complete isolation.

Action for Deafness sends support to Deaf and hard of hearing people in Cambodia

associated with ageing. About 30-35 per cent of adults between the ages of 65 and 75 years have a hearing loss. It is estimated that 40-50 per cent of people 75 and older have a hearing loss. The loss associated with presbyacusis is usually greater for high pitched sounds. For example, it may be diffi cult for someone to hear the nearby chirping of a bird or the ringing of a telephone but the same person may be able to hear the low-pitched sound of a truck rumbling down the street quite clearly.

Q: What are the symptoms of presbyacusis?

A: When someone suffers from presbyacusis sounds often seem less clear and lower in volume. This contributes to diffi culty hearing and understanding speech. Individuals with presbya cusis may experience several of the following:The speech of others seems mumbled or slurred. High-pitched sounds such as “s” and “th” are diffi cult to hear and to distinguish.

Conversations are diffi cult to understand, especially when there is background noise. A man’s voice is easier to hear than the higher pitches of a woman’s voice. Certain sounds seem annoying or too loud.

Q: What can be done?

A: Unfortunately this is no cure for presbyacusis but there are many coping strategies that can help people with presbyacusis. Hearing aids are recommended for most individuals. Assistive listening devices can provide further improvement in hearing ability in certain situations. One example of such a device is the built in telephone amplifi er. Another example is FM systems that make sound clearer, with or without a hearing aid, by delivering sound waves like a radio. Training in speech reading (using visual cues to determine what is being spoken) can help those with presbyacusis to understand better what is being said in conversations or presentations.

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On 9th December we all went to Cuckoo Restaurant at Cuckfi eld. The tables were spread over three levels and it was very light and cheery with

beautiful decorations. The meal was delicious and the restaurant staff were very helpful and really looked after us all. Everyone enjoyed themselves and had lots of good laughs.

Many thanks to the staff of AFD for organising this.

The club meets every fi rst Friday at the Mid Sussex Conservative Club in Burgess Hill and is planning a summer outing to Alfriston on 6 July. New members are always welcome. Please contact AFD for more details.

Sanofi is the world’s fourth largest pharmaceutical company. Friday is dress down day for Sanofi employees so on the last Friday of each month, money is raised for charity. On Friday 30th March 2012 the employees of the UK head offi ce in Guildford raised money for Action for Deafness at the suggestion of AFD supporter Ellen Sparke.

Many employees were very interested in the work that AFD does as either they or close family

or friends have hearing loss. Some people said that they have tinnitus so were talking to AFD’s Cathy Cobbold about different ways of managing it. Employees were enthusiastic to hear what information Cathy could give about Action for Deafness and how it helps people with loss of hearing.

Many of the employees wore an item of yellow clothing , on the day, to raise awareness.

It was a great success and did much to raise awareness of the organisation

and the services it provides, and of course, raised some funds which were very gratefully accepted.

Members of the Talking Hands Community Deaf Club of Sussex were delighted to welcome Mr Nick Gibb MP, The Minister of State for Schools at one of their recent meetings. Mr Gibb took time to listen to and discuss some of the concerns of the members and agreed to return next year to

continue the discussion and evaluate how things have improved. The club meets at The Rifers Youth Club in Fering – full details on Page 11.

Burgess Hill Darby and Joan Deaf ClubJenny Cosker sent us this report:

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Talking Hands Community Deaf Club

Action for Deafness is grateful to Dave

Rudwick and Bupa Pendean for their

generosity in offering us the opportunity to

enjoy another Summer Evening Gathering on

Friday 22nd June.

Last year we raised just over £2,000 at this

event and hope that we can match or improve on that,

this year.

Photograph, courtesy of Bianca Duke, shows Mr Gibb with club members

Sanofi Staff Dress Down for AFD

Photograph shows Ellen Sparke from Sanofi with AFD’s Cathy Cobbold.

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Fundraising for AFD

Deafness. We were able to sell the phone on e-bay and raised £14. We can claim an additional 25% in Gift Aid on this kind of donation. Please see our website for details of how this works.

Supporters in Yorkshire knit beautiful Easter Chicks each year which we sell with a Creme Egg fi lling.

We have a popular second hand book sale in our Worthing Resource Centre. Please bring any unwanted books into us.

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BODO (Buy One, Donate One) is the brain child of Liz Fry, the manger of The Fountain Inn in Ashurst. The idea is that for every two meals purchased in a BODO evening the pub donates the cost of one of the meals to a chosen charity. AFD was lucky enough to be the charity of choice one Monday evening in April. About 30 supporters turned up for a meal together and we raised £258 in the process. Grateful thanks are due to Liz and her staff for making this such a successful evening. Could you persuade your pub to do something similar for AFD?

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BODO evening at The Fountain Inn, Ashurt

Photograph shows AFD’s Cathy Cobbold receiving a cheque from Brian Carter of Horsham Historics

AFD gratefully acknowledges the support of Janet Perkins and Glenda Thomson who nominated AFD to be the charity of choice at the village Spring Fair in April.

“You fi tted a hearing aid for my husband and I can honestly say he is like a new man. Do

tell anyone who is considering having a hearing aid fi tted to

grab the opportunity and see the magical difference it can make.”

(Worthing patient)

Action for Deafness relies on the hard work of our supporters to help raise funds in order to help us to maintain services for Deaf and hard of hearing people.

Here are some of our Supporter Stories.

Rose Carter makes knitted items which are often for sale at our Resource Centres. Rose recently attended Eastbrook Primary School Christmas Fayre and sold some of her items raising £67 for Action for Deafness. This money can help fund volunteer visits to elderly Deaf and

hard of hearing people who are housebound and without our help would struggle to hear.

Brian Carter donated a Hamper which was raffl ed at the Horsham Historics Christmas Party. This raffl e made £50 for Action for Deafness, which will go towards Staff training to help Action for Deafness staff understand Deaf Blind Communication.

Brenda Meakin makes delicious jams and chutneys which are very popular in our Worthing Resource Centre.

A Haywards Heath client donated an amplifi ed telephone to Action for

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AFD has a full range of Assistive Listening Devices available in Resource Centres and Online

www.actionfordeafness.org.uk

AFD needs Volunteers in Bognor, Chichester, East Grinstead and Steyning.

Can You Help?

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Haywards Heath5a Hazelgrove Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 3PH

Tel: 01444 415582 Fax: 01444 415587 Text: 01444 415593 Email: info@actionfordeafness.org.uk

Worthing 55-57 Rowlands Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 3JN

Tel: 01903 217341 Fax: 01903 239117 Text: 01903 201243 Email: info@actionfordeafness.org.uk

Making things happen for Deaf and hard of hearing people

Action for Deafness is a charitableorganisation offering a full range of services:

• Resource Centres for advice, information and support• Audiology Service on behalf of NHS West Sussex • Private Audiology Services• Assistive Listening Devices for demonstration & sale• WSCC Assessments for loan of specialised equipment• Advocacy• Sign for Fun courses• Deaf Awareness Training

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Two New Trustees for AFDIan Simpson brings a wealth of experience to the honorary treasurer’s role at AFD.Ian worked for the Barclays Bank Group for many years,

mainly in Africa and Asia, before early retirement. He then spent 10 years as Bursar of The Royal Scottish Corporation, a Charity which works

with Scots living in London who are in need, hardship or distress. He became a mentor with the Prince’s Trust and Treasurer and Chair of Bluebird Community Partnership, a community transport charity based in Mid Sussex.

Ian was the bookkeeper of Action for Deafness for several years and worked with us during a time of rapid expansion. He relinquished that role when his duties as a town and district councillor role rather took over his time. Ian has been a town councillor

for Burgess Hill since 2007 and a district councillor for the Franklands Ward since 2011. We were delighted when Ian agreed to serve as a trustee and he was elected as honorary treasurer at our last AGM.

Ian has been married to Hilary for 41 years. They have three married sons and six grandchildren. Ian’s interests include sport, gardening and reading and he hopes to fi nd the time to return to watercolour painting – one of these days.

Katie Willis has extensive experience of promotional marketing having worked in a variety of industry sectors developing her communication

and business development skills. She established her own business in 2003, providing product development and

marketing services. She has a keen interest in product design.In 2008, Katie was recruited by Action for Deafness to provide support for the rebranding of the organisation and subsequent marketing activities. Two years later Katie refocused her attentions on her own business. She was co-opted as a Trustee in May 2011 and elected to the board at our last AGM. Katie says she is very proud of the services offered by Action for

Deafness and we are pleased to have her back in our midst.

Katie is currently undertaking an Open University course in Web Applications Development in order to develop her existing skills and keep up with the rapid pace of change in technology. She enjoys travel having lived in Belgium, France, USA and Hong Kong. She also enjoys skiing whenever she has the opportunity and is an enthusiastic novice sailor.

Roger Hewitt has made a huge contribution to UK Council on Deafness (UKCoD) through managing the Opportunities for Volunteering scheme (OfV) over the past 10 years. AFD is one of many organisations throughout the UK that support deaf people that have a lot to be grateful to Roger for, due to the knowledge and professionalism that he brought to his role.

Action for Deafness Chair, Roger Hewitt, receives recognition of his work with UK Council on Deafness

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01444 415582Photograph, courtesy of Brain Archbold, shows Roger with John Brennan and Clare Long of UKCoD

Sadly, UKCoD’s OfV grant is not being renewed, so Roger left UKCoD at the end of March. At the UKCoD conference on 27 March, the Director of UKCoD, John Brennan, presented Roger with an inscribed silver salver and a couple of brandy glasses as a memento of his time with UKCoD, on behalf of the trustees. The gift was given with grateful thanks for all Roger had done.

Roger responded, saying how pleased he was to have made a difference to so many people through the volunteering scheme. He used AFD’s CEO Jane Shaw, who was in the audience, as an example. Jane began her work with AFD as a volunteer and is now Chief Executive. She is also a trustee of UKCoD.

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Nicola Small, a freelance Communication Support worker, provides communication support for members of our staff and board who have hearing problems but do not use British Sign Language. Here she explains the role of an Electronic Notetaker.

To be able to provide the service of electronic notetaking a qualifi cation has to be achieved which incorporates Deaf Awareness, and insurances have to be in place. Registration with NRCPD (The National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People) is also necessary.

The NRCPD regulates communication professionals and safeguards the wellbeing and interests of people who rely on those professionals. Notetakers are trained to undertake their work safely and consistently and carry a photo ID card to show that they meet the standards of professional practice set by the NRCPD.

The role of an electronic notetaker is to produce an accurately typed summary record of what is spoken using a laptop computer. They can then provide the transcription to the client either by email or direct onto a USB memory device immediately or within one day of the booking, so that the client can read through the notes at a later stage.

Prestigious Award for STAGETEXTAction for Deafness CEO, Jane Shaw, was delighted to present a prestigious Signature Organisational Award to STAGETEXT in recognition of the great work STAGETEXT do in captioning live theatre productions. STAGETEXT makes the magic and power of live theatre accessible and enjoyable to Deaf and hard of hearing people and is considered a world leader in its fi eld. STAGETEXT currently captions a wide range of shows, details of which can be found on the Action for Deafness website.

Photograph shows Jane with the STAGETEXT team and Jim Edwards (CEO of Signature) courtesy of Signature.

Chichester festival theatre captioned performances for the new 2012 season:

Saturday May 5th 2012Way of the World - 2:15 performanceSaturday June 2nd 2012Marvellous Year – 2:15 performanceSaturday August 25th 2012Heartbreak House – 2:15 performanceSaturday September 1st 2012Kiss me Kate – 2:15 performanceSaturday September 29th 2012Antony & Cleopatra – 2:15 performance(Captioning by STAGETEXT)

Chichester Festival Theatre has been leading the way in making all if its 2012 shows accessible to Deaf and hard of hearing people. The full list of accessible performances is as follows:

Chichester festival theatre BSL Interpreted performances for the new 2012 season:

Wednesday 25th April 2012Way of the World – 7:30 performanceSaturday May 26th 2012Marvellous Year – 7:30 performanceWednesday July 18th 2012Kiss me Kate – 7:30 performanceWednesday August 1st 2012Heartbreak House – 7:30 performanceThursday September 27th 2012Antony & Cleopatra – 7:30 performance

For tickets please e-mail Box.offi ce@cft.org.uk or access@cft.org.uk Telephone 01243 781312 or visit www.cft.org.uk

Communication Support Electronic notetakers have specialist software which allows them to have interaction with the client through linking two laptops together, the operator types into one laptop and the client reads the transcript on the second laptop. Speakers names can be entered so that the client knows who is talking and, as well as the spoken word being recorded, any other sound that can affect a situation is also recorded such as a phone ringing or door opening so that the client knows what is going on in the environment around them.

Bookings can be undertaken in a variety of settings such as educational, business, healthcare, charities, public services from one to one situations to large conferences.

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CRAWLEY St Alban ChurchGossops Drive, Gossops Green, Crawley2nd Sundays of each month at 9.30amContact: The Diocese of Chichester, Fax: 01273 421041, Helen.swyer@diochi.org.uk

EAST GRINSTEADTrinity Methodist ChurchLingfi eld Road, East GrinsteadEvery Sunday at 10.45amContact: admin@trinitymethodist.org.uk

HORSHAMSt John the Evangelist RC Church3 Springfi eld Road, Horsham1st Saturdays of each month at 3pmContact: Maria Booker, 01444 451381 (voice/minicom/fax), ma.booker@talk21.com

LITTLEHAMPTON Arun Community ChurchLittlehampton Community School, Hill Road, LittlehamptonEvery Sunday at 10.30am Contact: Arun Community Church, 01903 787078 (fax), offi ce@aruncommunitychurch.com

WORTHINGSt John the Divine ChurchCorner of Elm Grove / Ripley Road, Goring, Worthing4th Sunday of each month at 3pmContact: The Diocese of Chichester, Fax: 01273 421041, helen.swyer@diochi.org.uk

Jubilee Community ChurchWorthing High School, South Farm Road, WorthingEvery Sunday at 10amContact: Jubilee Community Church, 01903 821921 (voice), offi ce@jubilee-church.co.uk

Churches with Communication Support in West Sussex

BOGNOR REGISCommunication Group (BSL & Lip-Reading – practice & support)Where: Laburnum Centre, Lyon Street,

Bognor Regis, PO21 1UX.When: Every Friday, from 7pm onwards.Contact: Tricia Johnson – 07794 655368 (voice/sms)

George – 07737 889954BRIGHTONThe Bee’s Mouth Brighton Deaf Pub Where: 10 Western Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN3 1AEContact: thebeesmouth@hotmail.co.uk

or Facebook: BOOZY SIGN LANGUAGE @ The Bee’s Mouth

BURGESS HILLAFD Burgess Hill Darby & Joan (Deaf) ClubWhen: 1st Friday of each month.Time: 11am to 4pmLocation: Burgess Hill Conservative ClubContact: Action for Deafness, Tel / SMS: 01444 415582,

Fax: 01444 415587, Text: 01444 415593CRAWLEY Crawley Deaf Darby & Joan ClubWhere: The Twitten, Ginhams Road, Crawley.When: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays, from 10am to 4pm.Contact: Mary Dean – 01293 523488 (fax)Crawley Deaf Social ClubWhere: Three Bridges Community Centre,

Gales Place, Three Bridges, Crawley.When: 3rd Saturdays, from 5pm to 11pmPub GatheringWhere: Goffs Park Hotel, Goffs Park Road, Crawley.When: 1st Fridays, from 8pm onwards.Contact: paula@eboz.co.uk (email)Springboard – Mothers & ToddlersWhere: Northgate Children and Family Centre, Barnfi eld

Road, Crawley, RH10 8DP When: 2nd & 4th Monday Mornings of the month from

9.30-11.30am Contact: Sensory Support Team

sensory.support@westsussex.gov.uk Tel: 0845 075 1007

The Friday Club ( Ages 11 – 19)

Where: Dormans Youth Arts Centre, Dormans (Off Dower Walk), Gossops Green, Crawley, RH11 8HZ

When: Weekly on Fridays 7pm-9pm Contact: Phone 01293 526 388

E-mail- dyac@westsussex.gov.uk

WORTHING

Action for Deafness Communication Club Where: 51 Rowlands Road, Worthing BN11 3JN When: Alternative Wednesdays from 7pm Contact: info@actionfordeafness.org.uk

Call 01444 415 582

AFD Lip reading class Where: 51 Rowlands Road, Worthing BN11 3JNWhen: Every Thursday Contact: info@actionfordeafness.org.uk

Call 01444 415 582

Worthing Deaf Ushers GroupContact us for more details

Worthing Deaf Darby & Joan Club Contact: Peter Cornish – 01903 752058 (fax)

Worthing Deaf Social ClubContact: Julie Cornish – 01903 752058 (fax)

Worthing Hard of Hearing ClubWhere: Methold House, North Street, Worthing.When: Every Monday (except August), from 7.30pm to 9pmContact: Barbara Cook 01903 230319 (voice/text)

Worthing Talking Hands ClubWhere: The Rifers youth Club, Greystone Road, Ferring,

West Sussex When: Mondays 7pm- 9pm

SDA Communication ClubWhere: West Worthing Baptist Church,

South Street, Tarring, Worthing BN14 7LUWhen: Every Thursday, from 7pm to 10pmContact: 01273 671899 (voice), 01273 625283 (fax)

Clubs in West Sussex

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Hearing Aid Maintenance Clinics 2012 Dates

Providing advice, support, re-tubing and batteries.

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Haywards Heath5a Hazelgrove Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 3PH

Tel: 01444 415582 Fax: 01444 415587 Text: 01444 415593Email: info@actionfordeafness.org.uk

Worthing 55-57 Rowlands Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 3JN

Tel: 01903 217341 Fax: 01903 239117Text: 01903 201243Email: info@actionfordeafness.org.ukWebsite: www.actionfordeafness.org.uk

Steyning Steyning Health Centre, The Hollow, Tanyard LaneSteyning, West Sussex BN44 3RJ

For information, please contact our head offi ce at Haywards Heath.

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