Factsheet 7 Books, Videos, other Publications and Websites. A large number of books, videos, CD-ROMs and DVDs about Deafness and all Deaf Issues are available from Forest Bookshop, The New Building, Ellwood Road, Milkwall, Coleford, Glos GL16 7LE, Tel: 01594 833858, www.forestbooks.com. Ask for a free copy of their mail order catalogue. A useful sample of publications are listed below and show the providers’ websites. For any books you may need though, check your local library first. Cochlear Implants An Introduction to Cochlear Implants – NADP. Printed copies available (£5.00, or free to members) from NADP: www.nadp.org.uk Communications Communication solutions. BT (British Telecommunications plc). BT Customer Services, TVTE, Gateshead, NE11 022: www.bt.com Providing access to communication in English for deaf people. Your duties under the DDA. A guide for service providers, employers and trade organisations. Produced by Access to Communcations in English Coalition: www.rnid.org.uk Text Relay (formerly RNID Typetalk) – Bringing Everyone to the Phone: www.textrelay.org The Road to Access. Equal access to electronic communications. TAG. ISBN 978 0 9531857 1 9: www.tagcomm.org.uk Solutions. RNID catalogue of products. Updated yearly: www.rnid.org.uk/shop Disability Living Allowance Disability Living Allowance - Deafened people can claim it and Appeals and the law. HearingConcernLINK: www.hearingconcernlink.org/shop/publications.html DLA Financial support: www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/FinancialSupport/DG_10011731 Hearing Aids All about Hearing Aids. Information booklet. RNID: www.rnid.org.uk NHS Hearing Aids – Direct Government: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HealthAndWellBeing/Equipment/DG_4000527 Hearing Loss Issues Communication Tips Leaflet. NADP: www.nadp.org.uk Deaf and hard of hearing people. RNID. An introductory booklet for those who know nothing about this world: www.rnid.org.uk A Guide to Living with Acquired Profound Hearing Loss Hearing Concern LINK: www.hearingconcernlink.org/shop/publications.html Hearing Dogs for Deaf/deafened People: www.hearing-dogs.co.uk Information Booklet – NADP: (this website) Life after Hearing Loss: Telling it how it is by Val Tait Hearing Concern LINK: www.hearingconcernlink.org/shop/publications.html Managing your Hearing Loss: Impairment to Empowerment by Bunty Levine & Val Tait. Hearing Concern LINK: www.hearingconcernlink.org/shop/publications.html Lipreading An introduction to lipreading. Video. Forest Bookshop Watch this face - A practical guide to lipreading. John Chaloner Woods. ISBN 0900634588 Organisations providing membership, newsletters and information Deafness Research UK – a range of factsheets available from this hearing research charity: www.deafnessresearch.org.uk Hearing Concern LINK “Hearing Matters” - a quarterly magazine: www.hearingconcernlink.org NADP “Network” - a quarterly newsletter written by members: www.nadp.org.uk National Cochlear Implant Users Association. A quarterly newsletter: www.nciua.org.uk RNID “One in Seven” - a bi-monthly magazine: www.rnid.org.uk. They also provide “The Essential Guide” for members. Tinnitus and Vertigo Helping People with Vertigo/Tinnitus/Deafness. Meniere’s Society: www.menieres.co.uk Understanding tinnitus – managing the noises in your head or in your ears: www.rnid.org.uk Working Access to Work – Information for disabled people. Jobcentre Plus, DWP. Ref: DS4JCP: www.dwp.gov.uk or the Directgov website. Working without Hearing – Mark Weston. Hearing Concern LINK: http://www.hearingconcernlink.org/shop/publications.html BSL Many books, DVDs etc explaining and teaching BSL are available through Forest Books: www.forestbooks.com