Free Volunteer Training Course

A training course for new volunteers to help the hearing impaired starts on Tuesday 1st April 2008. It will run on Tuesday mornings for six weeks.

CAMTAD, Cambridge Campaign for tackling acquired deafness, runs hearing help sessions where volunteers clean, check and re-tube NHS hearing aids and advise on regular maintenance and best listening conditions. They also loan out equipment. They can help with hearing doorbells, telephone, television and household alarms. Training courses cover such subjects as the ear, types and causes of deafness, NHS hearing aids, procedures for assessment, communication methods and so on. If you are interested in the training course or would like to discuss it further please phone or fax Sue Hempstead or Sue Magee on 01223 416141 or write to Sue Hempstead at 8a Romsey Terrace, Cambridge CB1 3NH. We welcome hearing impaired volunteers on the course and a loop system is provided.

Training is compulsory for our volunteers but there is no obligation to volunteer at the end of the course. Most of our volunteers help at the monthly sessions but many help in other ways.

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