This policy statement draws on insights from our employment evidence review and our work with deaf people and people with hearing loss to set out the changes we want to see, and how we can make that a reality. Deaf people and people with hearing loss need equal opportunities to enter, remain and progress in work....
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Signed responses from readers of the wire.
No actionable change for clinical practice; this is an advocacy policy document aimed at employers and policymakers, not clinicians.
Employment inequality for deaf and hard-of-hearing people is a recognised social determinant of health, and formal advocacy positions from RNID can influence UK workplace legislation and employer behaviour.
- 01RNID calls for equal employment opportunities for deaf people and those with hearing loss.
- 02The statement draws on both published evidence reviews and lived-experience research.
- 03This is an advocacy and policy document, not a clinical guideline.
- 04Workplace inclusion remains a significant unmet need for people with hearing loss in the UK.
- 05Audiologists may use this document to support patient counselling around workplace rights.
Deaf people and those with hearing loss do not currently have equal employment opportunities.
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