Flo is delighted that she can now hear
Vivaldi on tape!

FLO - A CASE STUDY

To find out who Flo is and how you can help her, scroll down this page.

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deafPLUS receives specific funding from various statutory authorities and grant making trusts, but these funds come with restrictions so there is much essential unfunded work which we do.

Flo is one such person we have been helping but as no-one pays us for this, we are very limited in what we can do. Refer below for Flo's story.

After you have read about the Wedge Card scheme below (which we would love to have you join), continue down to read about Flo.

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Florence

Florence, or Flo to her family and friends, is an 85 year old lady whose husband sadly passed away 15 years ago.

Since then Flo has been living on her own and in that time her hearing deteriorated to such an extent that she was unable to make any sense of the world around her. She could not hear the telephone ringing nor the person speaking at the other end. She was unable to listen to symphonies by her favourite composer, Vivaldi.

Flo could not even converse with her 2 daughters and son as well as her 6 grandchildren without this becoming a struggle she would rather have done without. And to top it off she couldn’t even watch her favourite BBC television and radio programmes.

Flo soon became depressed, isolated and lonely but she did not know what to do. She had been fitted with hearing aids at her local audiology clinic but given poor instructions as to how to use them, and besides she didn’t like the way they felt in her ears.

One day she met with her social worker and expressed what a struggle her daily existence had become. The social worker immediately referred Flo to the nearest deafPLUS office, where she underwent an initial assessment by one of our caseworkers.

As a result, Flo was shown how to make best use of her hearing aids, given special equipment to help her understand the telephone, radio and TV, and equipped with a vibrating pager system to let her know when there is someone at the door or if the phone is ringing.

Additionally the deafPLUS worker directed Flo to one of the several hard of hearing support groups in her area and now she is making lots of new friends.

Florence is now a much happier person and she is better able to make sense of the world around her. Her self esteem has received an enormous boost and she is now much more alert and her family and friends have remarked how her life has been turned around, thanks to deafPLUS

This is why deafPLUS needs you. People like Flo need your support if they are to lead independent lifestyles.

To find out how you can help, click on Donate button at the top.

(name and personal details have been changed to protect the identity of the individual concerned)