Hearing dog
If you are living with severe to profound hearing loss, a hearing dog could give you practical assistance in and outside the home.
What is a hearing dog?
A hearing dog is the most common and best-known dog role we provide. Hearing dogs have been trained to internationally recognised standards to perform tasks which support someone with hearing loss. As assistance dogs, they have a legal right to accompany their deaf partner in places where pet dogs are not allowed.
How could a hearing dog help you
Hearing dogs are assistance dogs for adults. They work in the home and out and about.
For example, at home they can alert a deaf person to important sounds such as the smoke alarm, oven/cooker timer, and doorbell.
In public they provide confidence and comfort.
A hearing dog wears the distinctive burgundy jacket when out in public. This lets other people know that the dog is in a working role and helps to makes them aware that the person with the dog is deaf – making deafness more ‘visible’.
