Keeps being told i can but get refuse

[Deleted User]

HI.
I am hard of hearing (Profounly Deaf) in both ears & wears hearing aids! Now everyone inc the staff that deal with my hearing aids, people that works at benifit offices etc told me im entitled to some of allowces each month. I applied about 3 times over the 15 years keep getting refuse.
I work full time.. but i know that if i ever look for a job i be limited!!! wanted to join the army when i was young but got refuse do to being deaf understanble.. work at a building site and as soon as site manager saw my hearing aids he took me off but kindly pay me a month wages as it not my fault i didnt know i couldnt work due to health & safely... so looking for a job would limit me in some places..

Wife works full time..

They say that being hard of hearing i lose a lot out of life!! not sure what they mean i can hear music but not lyrics or tv need to have subtitles on other cant understand what they saying..

so hoping someone on here knows alot more than thoses nagging at me weather im filling form wrong or going for the wrong benifits!!! if im intitles to it i want to claim as i pay TAXES and wouldnt mind it back since goverment waste it.... Also someone here not as deaf as me and he get benifits and both him & his wife works and he not as deaf as me..... thanks

merlin68

Have you got any care and mobility needs? As that is what you get DLA for, not the illness.

[Deleted User]

No i can look after myself.... normal person... i struggle on phones converstaion or normal converstion like in the pub at times but that it...

paddedjohn

Iain79 wrote: »

No i can look after myself.... normal person... i struggle on phones converstaion or normal converstion like in the pub at times but that it...

if you can manage ok, why do you think you need benefits?

[Deleted User]

i dont.... but if im entitled to it then im claiming it!!! I remeber a while ago job centre said i was entitled to it... aint bothered to be honest just that if there money i can have i claim it.... beside like i said... it limitd to me in jobs i can do... like call centres.... also do have learning difficluties but that got refuse as it not bad...

Lady_gaga

The Job centre has no idea if you will or wont qualify for DLA of any sort.

If you've already applied 3 times and been turned down the probability of you ever getting it for your current condition is zero...

DorsetGirl_2

If you dont have care or mobility needs then you are not entitled to it.

Hear-Hear

I suppose, on reflection, it's a fair question from the OP. We often hear about the £millions of awards/benefits that go unclaimed, and the OP has been brutally honest about why he is enquiring.

The advice given is spot on of course. Hearing impairment does not trigger a DLA claim - just as visual impairment / need for specs doesn't trigger it either. Crikey - imagine the re-shaping of Government finances if all specs-wearers could claim DLA :think:.

The JobCentre, as posted above, is not involved in DLA decision-making, but it can certainly "signpost" clients if appropriate, to the options of DLA. What the JobCentre can do even better, though, is discuss with the OP the options under Access To Work. ATW has been managed by JobCentre for some time now, and whilst ATW no longer funds hearing aids, it can and does significantly fund other equipment to help hearing-impaired people remain in a job and/or secure a job. The ATW folks are really nice people too :A.

Morglin

Her's a questionaire you can do indoors, just to see if you have and prospect entitlement' to DLA.

http://www.benefitsnow.co.uk/questions/dlagatewayquestions.asp

Or, have a look at this hearing impaired info site:

http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/supporting-you/rights-and-benefits/benefits-and-services/what-benefits-are-available.aspx


If you do wish to claim again, I wouldf advise that you get help with completing the forms from either the CAB or Welfare Rights, after making sure that you will get support from any GP or consultant invloved with your hearing problems:

http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/getadvice.htm


Lin

naf123

Hear-Hear wrote: »

The advice given is spot on of course. Hearing impairment does not trigger a DLA claim - just as visual impairment / need for specs doesn't trigger it either. Crikey - imagine the re-shaping of Government finances if all specs-wearers could claim DLA :think:.

That is the fundamental problem here. People think - hearing aids = problem solved. Yes that is true for hard of hearing people and severely deaf people. But when it comes to profoundly deaf - even though they were hearing aids - it is of limited benefit - its more of an "aid" than a "solution". Profoundly deaf people can hear certain sounds through their hearing aids but their brain cannot, in most cases, translate it! So if a profoundly deaf person picks up the phone - he would hear sounds but won't figure out what it is saying.

So YES you can claim DLA. Make sure you stress your mobility needs - - you need help getting around with your hearing loss - Do you understand what random announcement are being made? Like on the tube? Do you understand strangers when asking for direction? MOBILITY part of DLA is about getting AROUND on your every day life and you need help getting around every day because of your profound hearing loss.

Then make sure you stress your CARE needs - say that hearing loss is a BODILY function say that speech impairment is a BODILY function (assuming your speech is not 100% clear because most profoundly deaf people speech are not perfect) You need communication support for understanding other people? You need communication support when meeting random doctors or people or appointments. You need help at social events understanding friends and family. The CARE part of DLA is about looking after yourselves due to an impairment in your bodily function which is hearing loss of the profound level. (and speech impairment)

Most of the help profoundly deaf people get are informal help from family and friends - that should not be a reason not to get DLA.

FIGHT for it, and try get it back dated as much as possible!

Good luck. Been there, done it (I'm profoundly deaf)

treeboa

get advice from a deafened support unit, its ok saying oh you can sign or lip-read, you may do but if someone cant sign back your knackered, as for lip reading you will find strange accents or words uncommon to you very hard to work with, as for care, think this way - you wont hear that car honking at you to get out the way, your clue will be when it hits you