Sensory impairment

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Renfrewshire Council offers a range of services to residents with a significant sensory impairment. Residents who can use these services include:

• deaf or hearing impaired people
• blind or visually impaired people
• people who have dual sensory impairment
• carers and professionals

The services include information and advice, rehabilitation, skill training and supply of specialist equipment. The aim is to help people with sensory impairment to live independently and achieve a good quality of life. For more information on the services available use the links below.

Services for the deaf and hearing impaired

• About deafness
• Duty system for the deaf or hard of hearing
• People who are deaf or hard of hearing

Services for the blind or visually impaired

• Audio books, newspapers and magazines
• Benefits for people who are registered blind or partially sighted
• Blind and partially sighted registration
• Blind Person’s Income Tax Allowance
• Calibre Audio library
• Concessionary travel cards for blind and partially sighted people
• Cue and Review Recording Service
• Free telephone directory enquiry service
• Grapevine Talking Magazine/Newspaper for the Blind
• Playback recording service for the blind
• Postal concession for blind and partially sighted people
• Rehabilitation training for blind and visually impaired people
• Renfrewshire Sound
• Renfrewshire Visually Impaired Forum
• Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) Talking Book Service
• Talking Newspaper Association of the United Kingdom (TNAUK)
• Torch Trust for the Blind
• TV licence blind concession
• UK organisations for blind and partially sighted people
• Visual Impairment Team - duty system
• Visual Impairment Team

You might also be interested in finding out more about the:

• Mile End Centre

Based at the Mile End Centre in Paisley, our sensory impairment staff are divided into two teams which work closely together. The teams operate within the social work department:

Services for Deaf and Hearing Impaired People

• email: sw@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• phone: 0141 847 4983
• text phone: 0141 848 7232
• fax: 0141 847 4981

Visual Impairment Team

• email: vi.services.sw@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• phone: 0141 847 4977
• fax: 0141 847 4966

Mile End Centre
30 Seedhill Road
Paisley
PA1 1SA

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