Hearing Impaired

British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD)
www.batod.org.uk
Set up to promote excellence in the education of the hearing impaired. They will also give advice to parents on teaching in the home and general advice to parents of children who have auditory impairment.

British Deaf Association (BDA)
www.bda.org.uk
The BDA wants to see a society where deaf people have full and unrestricted access to all walks of life thus becoming equal citizens, contributing and participating freely. They do this by providing advice and training to all those involved with the deaf community.

Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People (CACDP)
www.cacdp.org.uk
CACDP's main aim is to promote communication between deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind and hearing people by offering high quality nationally recognised assessments and accreditation in British Sign Language (BSL) and other forms of communication used by deaf people.

National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS)
www.ndcs.org.uk
Dedicated to supporting all deaf children, young deaf people and their families in overcoming the challenges of childhood deafness. Provides information, support and opportunities to empower deaf children.

Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
www.rnid.org.uk
Provides information, training, communication services (interpreters etc), training and employment programmes and equipment and products for the deaf and hard of hearing.