Hearing Dogs for Deaf People was founded in 1982 by vet Bruce Fogle when he heard about dogs assisting deaf people when he was in the USA. He contacted Lady Beatrice Wright of the RNID (Royal National Institute for the Deaf) and together they launched the Charity at Crufts in the same year. Lady Wright felt that deafness was the most least understood major disability and therefore the most neglected. The research in the USA had found that hearing dogs could alleviate some of the anxiety and depression experienced by deaf people and she wanted to help people in the UK.
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£500 provides a puppy socialising kit for one of our new recruits including toys, food, bedding and grooming equipment.
£2,000 helps us support the first year of a partnership as dog and owner work together at home and in the community.
£3,000 supports the advanced soundwork training of a dog at one of our centres (Buckinghamshire or East Yorkshire) with each dog individually trained for its chosen partners needs.
£5,000 enables us to offer complete partnership support to dog and recipient throughout the dog's working life.
£7,500 supports the complete training of a hearing dog through both socialising and advanced soundwork training.
£10,000 supports a life changing partnership including socialising, training and placement in a partnership with a severely or profoundly deaf person until the end of the dog's working life.
