Support for people with a learning disability and other complex needs to help them with all aspects of eye care.
VisionPK
| Description | VisionPK is the local charity in Perth and Kinross supporting people who are blind, partially sighted, deaf or hard of hearing. If you or someone you know has a visual impairment or hearing loss, we can help you in different ways including:
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| Website | VisionPK |
| Address | 17-19 George Street, Perth, PH1 5JY |
| Telephone | 01738 626969 |
| info@visionpk.org.uk | |
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RNIB Eye Clinic Support Services
| Description | RNIB Eye Clinic Support Service provides emotional and practical support for people with a sight condition, their family, friends and carers. If you or someone who know has a sight condition and would like to find out more about the help available, please contact our Eye Clinic Liaison Officer (ECLO) using the contact details below, or in person at Ophthalmology Outpatients, Ninewells Hospital or Outpatients Clinic, Perth Royal Infirmary. |
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| Website | Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) |
| Contact | Janina McIntosh |
| Telephone | 07468 710900 |
| janina.mcintosh@rnib.org.uk |
Action on Hearing Loss: Hear to Help Service
| Description | The Hear to Help service is for NHS hearing aid wearers and includes:
Please take a look at this page on the drop-in service provided in Perth and Kinross for further information. |
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| Website | Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) |
| Telephone | 01382 201073 or 07436 543243 |
| michelle.donoghue@hearingloss.org.uk |
Deaf Hub: Deaf Links
| Description | Deaf Links provides a wide range of activities and learning opportunities for deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and deafblind people including an advocacy project for people who have a sensory loss. They can arrange to visit you at home if you find it difficult to get to Tayside Deaf Hub. |
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| Address | Tayside Deaf Hub, The Old Mill, 23 Brown Street, Dundee, DD1 5EF |
| Telephone | 01382 201077 or 07926 568529 |
| alana@deaflinks.org.uk |
Deaf Action lip-reading courses
| Description | Deaf Action's free online lip-reading courses are tailored for adults aged 16 years and over with any degree of hearing loss and who use spoken English to communicate with other people. Classes are taught by experienced lip-reading tutors with the course covering:
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| Cost | These courses are free of charge. |
| Website | Lipreading courses - Deaf Action |
| Address | 36 Roseangle, Dundee, DD1 4LY |
| Telephone | 01382 221124 or 07795 338231 |
| lipreading@deafaction.org |
Please also take a look at our page on Travelling Independently for further services.
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