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Our aims and impacts of this year are divided among four themes.

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  • Enriching lives
  • We want all people who are deaf or hard of hearing to lead full lives.

  • Challenging stigma
  • We want to change society's attitudes towards hearing loss.

  • Valuing hearing
  • We want to promote hearing health, prevent hearing loss and cure deafness.

  • Working together
  • We want to ensure that RNID operates efficiently and effectively.



  • Welcome
  • Jackie Ballard, RNID Chief Executive introduces our Impact Report.

  • Music lover
  • Stanley and his wife, Stella, discuss RNID's telephone hearing check and how it motivated Stan to get hearing aids and continue his love of music.

  • Joining forces
  • Employees of The Co-operative talk about their partnership with RNID, the Co-operative Charity of the year, and their exciting fundraising events.

  • Hearing aid help
  • Volunteers on Hear to Help, RNID's unique and award-winning service for hearing aid wearers, talk about their motivation and why the service is so vital.

  • Care and support
  • Tony, an RNID Support Worker, talks about how Ransdale House care home has turned Dean's life around.

  • Life member
  • Clair tells the personal story of his deafness and explains why he has chosen Life Membership to support RNID's work.

  • Tackling tinnitus
  • Christine Tan, an RNID-funded PhD student at Essex University, explains how her work will improve tinnitus treatments in the future.

  • Home solutions
  • Jeremy tells us how RNID products have transformed his home life and helped him get to work on time.



  • Campaign success
  • Agnes, RNID Campaigns Manager, talks about working with our members on a campaign to persuade Essex County Council to abolish charges for lipreading classes.

  • Employment advice
  • Jason talks about the support he received from RNID in creating a new CV and finding a work placement, which has boosted his skills and confidence.

  • Confidence boost
  • Samantha explains how RNID's unique 'all in one' project, Transitions, has helped build her confidence, manage her money better and live more independently.

  • Curing deafness
  • Dr Marcelo Rivolta, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield, tells us how his research could make hearing aids and cochlear implants a thing of the past.

  • Hearing the future
  • Professor Matthew Holley, RNID Trustee, tells us about exciting developments in hearing loss research, and how this could eventually lead to a cure.

  • Protecting hearing
  • Jono and Paavo of Above&Beyond talk about Don't Lose the Music, our campaign to ensure that people protect their hearing.



  • Financials
  • Report by the Trustees on the summarised financial information

  • Partners
  • We can't do our work alone

  • Next year
  • Next year's aims

  • Get in touch
  • You can contact us in a number of ways

  • Help
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