Hearing & Sight Care, Caithness & North Sutherland - Wick
Hearing and Sight Care, Caithness and North Sutherland consists of 2 drop–in centres;
The Sensory Centre Wick is open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 10am-2pm
The centre provides many services including:
- The provision of hearing aid upkeep, issue of NHS batteries and tubing
- Referral to statutory services
- Help, advice and information on hearing loss and associated issues
- Demonstration, loan and procurement of specialist equipment for the home e.g. flashing doorbells, pager systems, amplified telephones
- Training in deaf awareness and communication tactics
- Basic introduction to British Sign Language (BSL)
- Advocacy for profoundly deaf sign language users and hard–of–hearing clients
Home visits to your own home, nursing and residential homes, hospitals, sheltered housing and day care centres for those who cannot access services within the centres because of limited mobility, health or transport issues.
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