Today we launch a first-of-a-kind report warning that people who are deaf or have hearing loss are being excluded from public transport across the UK. Millions of people are facing stress, anxiety and a loss of independence. Our new report, Clear Signals, produced with funding from the Motability Foundation , reveals that shockingly, over three quarters of people with hearing loss who use public transport experience...
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No actionable clinical change; however, audiologists and hearing care professionals should be aware of this report when advocating for patients and discussing real-world functional limitations of hearing loss.
The RNID's 'Clear Signals' report formalises and scales up individual patient experiences into a national advocacy position, potentially driving policy changes that could meaningfully improve quality of life for millions of people with hearing loss in the UK.
- 01RNID's 'Clear Signals' report identifies UK public transport as systematically inaccessible to deaf and hearing-loss communities.
- 02Millions of people in the UK are affected by this exclusion.
- 03Key consequences reported include stress, anxiety, and loss of independence.
- 04The report represents a formal advocacy push by the UK's leading hearing loss charity.
- 05Calls for structural improvements to transport accessibility standards and infrastructure.
Deaf people and those with hearing loss are systematically excluded from UK public transport.
press releasepartially supportedThis exclusion causes stress, anxiety, and loss of independence for millions of people.
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