MOY RESOURCE CENTRE Dungannon Road Moy Co. Tyrone. BT71 7SN TEL: FAX:

WHERE ARE WE? Moy Resource Centre is located in the centre of Moy village, in the grounds of Roxborough House.

AREA COVERED The Team provides services to visually and hearing impaired people who live in the Armagh and Dungannon District Council area.

MOY RESOURCE CENTRE SENSORY IMPAIRMENT TEAM

REFERRAL SOURCES E.N.T. Consultants Audiologists Other Statutory Agencies eg. Older People’s Team Voluntary Organisations Social Workers/Social Work Assistants G.P.s Self referrals/ Relatives

WHY WE EXIST Social Workers, under legislation have DUTIES and POWERS that give rise to PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY and ACCOUNTABILITY. HPSS Order 1972 Articles 4a, 4b,15. CSADP Act 1978 Section 1&2 DP Act 1989 Section 4 DDA 1995 Section 20(a), 21(b) N I Act 1998 Section 75 Schedule 9 Human Rights Act 1998 Article 14

SOCIAL WORK ROLE Assessment Provide information and advice Equipment Promote awareness through training and education Liaison with other disciplines Groupwork Assistance and advice on coping mechanisms

EQUIPMENT LISTENING DEVICES Room listening device (loop system). Personal Communicator. Car loop. Inductive coupler.

EQUIPMENT ALERTING DEVICES Doorbells Telephone alerting devices Smoke alarms Alarm clocks Pagers Baby alarms

EQUIPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS Converse 200 and tone caller Textphones Videophone Mobile phone neckloop

GROUPWORK Hear and Their Group (3rd Thursday) Tinnitus Group (2 nd Wednesday) Deaf Club (3 rd Tuesday) Craft Class (1 st Thursday) Gardening Club

REGISTRATION Deaf with speech Deaf without speech Hard of Hearing

STATISTICS Northern Ireland 16-60yrs 0ver 60yrs Total Mild/Moderate Deafness 62, , ,000 Severe/Profound 3,000 14,000 17,000 All Degrees/Deafness 65, , ,000

DEAFNESS Deafness is a generic term which covers a wide range of hearing loss Deaf with a capital D denotes people who regard themselves as part of a linguistic cultural minority group. (Deaf people). deafness with a lower case d is used when describing hearing loss in general. Hard of Hearing denotes people with an acquired hearing loss.

THEORY Social Model of Disability (Oliver 1990) Loss Disengagement Theory

THEORY ‘Maslow’s Heirarchy of Needs.’ However, contrary to Maslow’s theory, the Deaf community formed as a result of an oppressive society, having achieved a strong sense of ‘belonging’ despite the fact that lower level needs may not have been met.

NINE COMMANDMENTS For relatives, friends and those caring for Hearing impaired people.

1. Hard of hearing people need to see you clearly

2. Face the light and the person at all times

3. Include hard of hearing people in your conversation. Let them know what you are talking about

4. Don’t hide your mouth, eg. Behind a newspaper

5. Talk directly to hard of hearing people

6. Speak clearly, not too fast and repeat if necessary

7. Don’t shout into the ear or hearing aid.

8.Tell hard of hearing people what you are laughing at.

9. Avoid unnecessary noise to get the persons attention before speaking