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About us

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People is a national charity and centre of excellence in training dogs to alert deaf people to important sounds and danger signals in the home, work place and public buildings.

Hearing dog recipient with a labrador cross golden retriever hearing dog

About us

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People is a national charity and centre of excellence in training dogs to alert deaf people to important sounds and danger signals in the home, work place and public buildings.

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Our mission
Our mission

To offer greater independence, confidence and companionship to deaf people by providing dogs trained to alert them to chosen everyday sounds.

Our Royal Patron
Our Royal Patron

HRH The Princess Royal has supported the Charity for many years, helping to promote awareness of our life-changing work.

Our history
Our history

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People was launched 30 years ago at Crufts. Since then, we've become a centre of excellence in training hearing dogs and have created over 1,600 life-changing partnerships.