CAMTAD

Cambridge Campaign for Tackling Acquired Deafness

Director:Frances Dewhurst
Office Hours:Monday - Friday 9.30am - 12.30pm
Telephone/Textphone/Fax:01223 416141
Address:8A Romsey Terrace, Cambridge CB1 3NH

Also contact point for Cambridge Hard of Hearing Club and Cambridgeshire Tinnitus Support Group

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CAMTAD was the idea of the late Mrs Dorothy Parry, a lipreading teacher, and was founded in 1978. The first volunteers were trained in June 1982 and the first volunteer visiting commenced in 1983.

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CAMTAD's aims are two-fold:
1. To spread information about the problems of hearing impairment
2. To help people with acquired deafness

CAMTAD Services available

  • Follow-up service to new hearing aid users
  • Regular visits to residential homes, sheltered housing and wards of local hospitals
  • Visits to housebound people
  • Environmental equipment available on loan. Assessment of needs and issue of equipment through our joint worker with Cambridgeshire County Council Sensory Team
  • Battery issue
  • Receptionist's cards to encourage better communication

    Hearing Help Sessions in local areas around South Cambridgeshire villages, East Cambridgeshire including Ely, and Cambridge City, offering advice and hearing aid care including re-tubing NHS hearing aids.

    Talks to Groups. Speakers are available on all aspects of hearing impairment and can create a greater awareness of the problems and how they can be overcome. Talks can include deaf awareness, simulated deafness, information on hearing aids and how to insert them and demonstrations of some of the basic equipment to help hear the television, radio, telephone and door bell. These talks are suitable for any groups such as staff in health related settings, or anyone working or interested in working with the general public. Everyone needs to be aware of the needs of hearing impaired people.
    Contributions towards travel expenses are requested. Donations towards the campaign are very welcome.

    Training
    Training courses cover subjects such as the structure of the ear; types and causes of deafness, NHS hearing aids, their maintenance and limitations, procedures for assessment, communication methods etc. The use of environmental aids and how to retube are also taught. Training is compulsory for all new volunteers. Application for courses should be made to the Organiser.

    Reg. Charity 278155

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