Hearing Loss Workplace Assessments
We conduct Hearing Loss Workplace Assessments throughout the UK and Ireland to help create an inclusive environment for employees with hearing challenges, ensuring everyone can thrive professionally.
Hearing loss affects over five million people of working age in the UK, and our holistic assessments can help your organisation enable employees to overcome barriers at work, and foster a supportive and productive environment.
Hearing Loss, Deaf and Tinnitus Workplace Assessments
At Visualise Training and Consultancy Ltd, we provide comprehensive Deaf, Hearing Loss, and Tinnitus Workplace Assessments. Recognising and addressing the needs of employees with hearing impairments is crucial for any inclusive employer. Our holistic assessments ensure that all employees can develop their careers successfully while feeling valued and supported.
Spotting the Signs of Hearing Loss
Employees may not always realise they have hearing loss or may not understand the impact on their work. Common signs include:
- Difficulty hearing people in meetings
- Asking people to repeat themselves frequently
- Turning up the TV volume unusually high
- Struggling to hear on the phone
When to Commission a Hearing Loss Workplace Assessment
An assessment should be conducted as soon as hearing challenges are suspected or identified with a new or existing employee. Causes of hearing loss can include illness, infection, injury, or hereditary conditions. To ensure ongoing support, assessments should be updated every two years or sooner if new challenges arise.
As a responsible employer, it’s essential to comply with equality legislation by making reasonable adjustments for colleagues with hearing impairments. This not only enhances productivity and wellbeing but also ensures that employees feel supported and valued.
Solutions Provided by a Hearing Loss Assessment
If hearing loss or deafness is negatively impacting an employee, our assessments highlight resources and workplace adjustments available, such as:
- Changes to lighting and meeting room layouts to facilitate lipreading
- Adapting job roles to consider additional needs
- Repositioning for better acoustics
- Providing portable hearing loops for off-site training courses
- Implementing assistive technology
- Installing equipment like transmitting microphone radio aids and flashing-light fire alarms
- Offering support for meetings, such as speech-to-text reporters
Our Approach to Workplace Assessments
Our assessments provide a friendly and flexible solution for Deaf colleagues and those with hearing loss or tinnitus and include…
- Identifying workplace and home-related challenges
- Addressing health and safety concerns
- Understanding the background history of hearing loss or deafness
- Suggesting specialist aids, resources, and equipment needed for effective job performance
- Recommending specialist learning options, such as lipreading classes
- Considering environmental factors impacting hearing
- Identifying BSL interpreter provisions
- Offering specialist training, like deaf awareness training for colleagues
- Providing emotional support and coping strategies
Testimonials
Here’s what our clients say about our Hearing Loss in the Workplace Assessment:
“The process was very easy. I was a little apprehensive as having hearing aids is very new to me but the assessor was amazing and understood everything. She explained everything clearly and put my mind at rest regarding the assistive equipment I was going to receive.”
“The assessor was lovely, she was very helpful, considerate, knowledgeable and gave me some really good advice as I’m quite new to hearing aids and didn’t know what was available for work or home.”
“It was accessible but my Microsoft Teams crashed so I rang the assessor on my mobile which was great as I could hear her clearly and I didn’t have to use my headset as it pushes my hearing aids into my ears and head. Thank you.”
“The assessment was extremely helpful and accessible, and I can’t find enough words to say how brilliant the assessor was. She was reassuring, comforting, confident, and knowledgeable. I have been struggling for years with hearing loss and she made me feel like I wasn’t alone. However much you are paying her, she deserves more!”
“The process was effortless, and the assessor was a consummate professional with extensive expertise that made me feel at ease and in exceptionally capable hands. She provided an engaging and holistic approach to my specific needs by looking at solutions to fit me rather than the other way around.”
Make a Referral
To refer your colleague for an assessment, download our referral form by clicking the ‘Make a Referral’ button.
Once your referral is received, one of our specialist assessors will make the appointment, conduct the assessment, and then compile a comprehensive report outlining the recommended reasonable adjustments, assistive technology and equipment. This report will be sent to you within ten working days.
The cost for a workplace assessment and recommendations report is £795 + VAT (plus travel and accommodation if applicable).