Facility for the deaf unveiled



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by Susan Stephenson

A NEW £250,000 facility helping deaf children in Scarborough and across the
county has been unveiled.

The facility is based at the North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust's Lime
Trees site in York and supports 80 children and their families.
The service is designed to meet a child's individual communication needs as well
as any mental health needs which are linked to more complex neurological
problems.

This new facility, which includes dedicated patient consultation and meeting
areas, will help to provide an improved environment for families using the
service.


There are also video conferencing facilities to enable deaf people to be
contacted using sign language in the same way hearing people would use the
telephone.
Mandy Barker, York deaf child and family services manager, said: "We are really
pleased to unveil this new facility. The building is bright and airy which makes
it much better for lip reading and seeing sign language.

"It will certainly make it much easier for us to deliver the care children and
their families need now that we have a purpose-built facility specifically
designed for the service."

John Clare, the PCT's assistant director of mental health, said: "The new
extension at Lime Trees ensures that an excellent and innovative service is
supported in its work by smart, well equipped facilities. The service provides
expert support to children and their families with complex needs who would
otherwise be very isolated."


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Last Updated: 09 April 2008 8:29 AM

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