{"id":7,"date":"2022-09-15T13:02:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T12:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2022-09-26T13:26:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:26:05","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We Train Clever Dogs to Help Deaf People<\/h3>\n

That\u2019s what we do in a nutshell \u2013 we train dogs to alert deaf people to important and life-saving sounds they would otherwise miss \u2013 such as the\u00a0smoke alarm, alarm clock and even a baby’s cry<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. Being aware of these \u2013 thanks to a hearing dog \u2013 makes a real difference to deaf people\u2019s lives, and can even save them.<\/p>\n

Hearing Dogs Help Deaf People Reconnect with Life<\/h3>\n

But our clever canines do so much more than alert their partner to sounds. Deafness can be a very\u00a0isolating disability<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. A hearing dog provides lots of love, companionship and emotional support. This is really important as many of the deaf people who come to us for help have felt very lonely and isolated. Our amazing dogs help deaf children and adults to leave this loneliness behind and reconnect with life.<\/p>\n

Our Dogs Have Even Saved Lives<\/h3>\n

As if this wasn\u2019t enough \u2013 hearing dogs have saved countless lives in their important role; fire alarms sounding at the dead of night, alerting them to the shouts of a loved one who is in peril, even saving their deaf partners from potential car thieves! Dogs are known for their loyalty and love \u2013 and we see these valuable traits in a hearing dog every day.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve Helped Thousands of Deaf People So Far<\/h3>\n

We have matched thousands of our adorable dogs with deaf people since our\u00a0humble beginnings in 1982<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. At the moment, we have over 1,100 working hearing dog partnerships across the UK. We are also helping thousands more through our other\u00a0personalised services<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, such as our\u00a0Helpdesk<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0support groups<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

The cost to train and support each hearing dog throughout their lifetime is \u00a340,000 \u2013 so we rely heavily on our amazing supporters to help us change lives. It really is all down to people like you, who give up\u00a0time<\/strong><\/span><\/a>,\u00a0effort<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0money<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to help us create many life-changing partnerships and provide other important services. But there are still so many deaf people and people with hearing loss whom we can help.<\/p>\n

We Put a Lot of Time and Thought into Matching a Hearing Dog with a Deaf Person<\/h3>\n

A hearing dog and their deaf partner need to be carefully matched to ensure the partnership will work well. So many things need to be taken into consideration \u2013 for example, whether a person lives in a big city or tiny hamlet, whether they have cats or other pets that a dog would need to get to know, what their individual needs are, what their social life, work life and family life are like, how active they are, and many other things. We then need to assess which dogs we have in training, what their strengths and weaknesses are, what they like and dislike, what their personalities are like, and which dogs would be the best match for different people.<\/p>\n

We take the matching process very seriously to ensure we get it right – and create partnerships that will last.<\/p>\n

Our Staff and Volunteers are Really Passionate<\/h3>\n

We are so passionate about training these amazing dogs, and it\u2019s a real team effort. From volunteers who look after our hearing dog mums and dads, to volunteer puppy trainers, and the volunteers and staff who deliver our\u00a0Hearing Link Services<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, everyone in the Hearing Dogs family has an important part to play.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}