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Combined sight and hearing loss

Introduction

Our aim is to enable people who have both a hearing and a sight loss to maintain or improve their level of independence by helping them with communication, access to information, mobility and daily living tasks. The Dual Sensory Specialist Worker liaises closely with the Rehabilitation Officers for People with a Visual Impairment and the Social Workers with Deaf People.

We provide a service for children, young people and adults who have a dual sensory loss and who live in Calderdale.

This service was established following Government Guidance under Section 7 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970.

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