We are a team of specialist staff who offer services to children and adults and include those who are:
- Deaf
- Hard of hearing or have an acquired hearing loss
- Have difficulties with Tinnitus Certified Severely Sight Impaired
- Certified Sight Impaired
- Visually Impaired
- Deaf/ Blind (dual sensory loss)
- Carers assessments
Referral to the service
- A person with significant sight loss ( significant is agreed to mean a sight loss that cannot be corrected by spectacles)
and
- Requires services and supports in coping with their sight loss
- Lives within the SHSCT area
or
- The carer of a person wth a sight loss who requires an assessment relating to their caring role
For more information see Sensory Disability Services (at SouthernTrust.hscni.net)