Tell us your story

We'd like to hear about your experience of having a deaf child or growing up as a deaf person.

Sharing your personal story is an effective way of raising awareness of childhood deafness in the public eye, and showing the impact NDCS has on the lives of deaf children. This can help promote general understanding about the issues affecting deaf children, as well as motivate people to support the organisation.

We might want to use your story:

  • to illustrate a campaign;
  • for fundraising materials, such as letters and appeals;
  • in our publications;
  • on the NDCS website;
  • in newspaper and magazine stories.

Click to view some examples of how families and young people have helped NDCS by telling us about their experiences. 

If you share your story, we’ll contact you if we receive a request that you may be able to help with though you’ll always have the option to say no. We will never pass on your contact details without asking your permission first. 

If you’re able to support NDCS in this way, please fill out this short form.

If it’s more convenient, you can also email the details to news@ndcs.org.uk.

Your recent comments

glue ear

29 June 2009

My daughter age 4 has had two lots of gromits in over the last two years and her adenose taken out the last time she was under, mollyanna has been to a speach theripist and is very good at lip reading she looks at you so intense when she wnts to hear you, now the gromits have came out again and we cant put her though the op again not yet as they dont seem to be staying in very long. They are now going to fit her with an aid for her right ear on the 2nd of july 09. When i tell people she has glue ear they say she will grow out of it and be fine but its not fine and it dosent seem to be taken seriously, SOME THINK SHE IS JUST NAUGHTY! its not, she cant hear all the things and gets mixed up a lot and angry with herself and others. After her first op she woke and said mummy i can hear myself

sarah jewell

hiya

15 May 2009

im jemma and im 15 and im prfound deaf and i know how u would feel son well i was prfounderly deaf wen i was years old and i understand how u feel my mum was shock about me deaf when i was 5 yrs old we best thing is thinks all good times like i do it must be hard meny thanks jemma.

jemma gibba

Cochlear Implantation

16 March 2009

my son was born profoundly deaf which came as a major shock to me and my wife recently after many assesments he has been offerd a biolateral ci was just wondering if anyone has any coments on the matter would be very much appreciated thanks

ross gibbon

Boy

We'd especially like to know about your child’s experience of acoustics in schools so that we can campaign for change >