§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will itemise the specific measures which 223W have been taken over the past five years to help deaf people cope with their disability and minimise the handicap arising therefrom.
§ Mr. NewtonA wide selection of measures has been undertaken, including significant improvements in the range and effectiveness of hearing aids, provision of central funding to help set up the new profession of hearing therapists, the development and evaluation of the Linco Bennett auditory response cradle and installation of inductive couplers in all public and motorway emergency telephone boxes. Also financial support has been given to several voluntary organisations in the deaf field, including considerable help towards the sympathetic hearing scheme, and for various technological projects helping hearing impaired people.