The LINK Centre for Deafened People

19 Hartfield Road
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN21 2AR

Tel (voice): 01323 638230
Tel (text): 01323 739998
Tel (minicom): 01323 739998
Fax: 01323 642968
Web: www.linkdp.org
Best time to telephone: 9am - 5pm, Monday - Friday.

LINK is the major organisation in the UK providing services exclusively for adults experiencing the trauma of acquired profound deafness. Their services are delivered throughout the UK and include:

• Intensive rehabilitation programmes for recently deafened adults and their families.
• A network of outreach volunteers who are trained to offer support and information to newly deafened people in their communities.
• A self-management programme for deafened people using trained peer educators, assisting people to regain control of their lives.
• Social support groups. This is a national network of support groups run by deafened people for deafened people and their partners. The support groups give this marginalised group of adults a forum and assists them in their reintegration into the hearing world from which they have become isolated. This project includes an internet chat-room.
• Support and training groups for cochlear implant users.
• Training courses for professionals working in the field of rehabilitation for deafened adults, such as social workers, audiologists and hearing therapists.
• Research into the effects of acquired profound deafness.
• Membership scheme.
• Magazine subscription.