If you have any sight or hearing loss that affects your daily life, we can offer you an assessment and give you advice and support.
We can also give you information and advice about:
- training to help you get around independently, safely and confidently in your own home or outdoors
- communication skills, including using magnifiers, hearing speech on the telephone, Braille, minicoms or type talk services
- specialist equipment that may help you with daily tasks, for example, hearing the doorbell or preparing meals and drinks safely
- independent living skills to help you learn new skills or adapt old ones to carry out a full range of daily living tasks
There is no charge for the service, but there may be a cost for some of the equipment recommended for you.
You can find a local optician on the NHS website.
Useful documents/websites
Visual impairment
- Living with sight loss booklet
- Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
- Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind
- Guidedogs for the Blind
- Action for Blind People
- Barnsley Blind and Partially Sighted Association
- Barnsley Talking Newspapers
- Partially Sighted Society
- Macular Society UK
- Retina UK
- Blind Veterans UK
- SeeAbility
- RNIB sight loss booklet
- Assistive and inclusive home technology guide
Hearing impairment
Dual sensory impairment
Contact the sensory impairment team
- Call (01226) 775800
- Minicom users (01226) 787856
- Text 07825 454888