Read our key social research reports.
Changing world: the impact of Covid-19 on deaf people and those with hearing loss or tinnitus (2021)
This report presents the findings from our research exploring the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on deaf people and those with hearing loss or tinnitus.
Access to remote GP appointments during COVID-19 (2020)
This report presents the initial findings of our research exploring the experiences of deaf people and those with hearing loss or tinnitus when accessing remote GP appointments during the coronavirus pandemic
Download Access to remote GP appointments during COVID-19
Working for Change: Support and advice needed for people with hearing loss or deafness in work
We wanted to understand what support deaf people and those with hearing loss or tinnitus would find most beneficial, so they can feel empowered to be open about their hearing loss and get the support they need in the workplace. This report brings together survey and qualitative research from 2019, in addition to previous research from RNID.
Download Working for Change 2020
Download Working for Change workplace experiences 2018
Download Working for Change survey 2018
Valuing Audiology (2019)
Valuing Audiology looks at the performance of NHS hearing aid services in England, and sets out policy solutions to increase accountability, boost access, ensure adherence to national guidance, and make use of emerging technology.
Download Valuing Audiology summary report
Download Valuing Audiology full report
Good Practice (2018)
This report presents the findings of survey research exploring the experiences of deaf people and those with hearing loss or tinnitus when accessing GP surgeries.
Download report for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Audiology Services Patient Survey 2018
In a survey commissioned by the Health & Social Care Board, we asked patients who had a hearing aid fitted between October 2013 and September 2017 to give their opinion on the quality of service they had received from their local NHS Audiology clinic.
Download Northern Ireland Audiology Services Patient Survey 2018
On the Right Track? (2018)
This report present findings of survey research exploring transport experiences of deaf people and those with hearing loss or tinnitus.
Inequality of Opportunity (2017)
Barriers to further and higher education, training and employment for people with hearing loss in Northern Ireland.
Download Inequality of Opportunity
Speak Easy: Hearing the views of your customers (2016)
In summer 2016, we launched Speak Easy: Hearing the views of your customers – a comprehensive report calling on restaurants, cafés and pubs to reduce background noise.
Managing hearing loss when seeking or in employment (2016)
Our report, funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), details how lipreading and related support can help people with hearing loss stay in, and find, work.
Download managing hearing loss when seeking or in employment
Hearing Matters (2015)
Hearing loss is major public health issue that affects more than 12 million people across the UK. Read our report which outlines updated evidence demonstrating the link between hearing loss and mental health.
Read more about Hearing Matters
Progress on Pause (2015)
What can be done to improve the experience of people who use subtitles on linear TV and on-demand services? Read our report Progress on Pause, launched in 2015 as part of our Subtitle it! campaign.
Hidden Disadvantage (2014)
We wanted to know why people with hearing loss are still missing out at work. So we conducted a survey to dig deeper into people’s employment experiences, the types of support and adjustments people made use of at work, and views on barriers to employment.
Access all Areas (2013)
A report into the experiences of people with hearing loss when accessing healthcare.
Joining Up (2013)
Why deaf people and those with hearing loss or tinnitus would benefit from an integrated response to long-term conditions.
Download our Joining Up report
A Tinnitus Strategy for Northern Ireland (2013)
A strategy to address the identified need for a new integrated health and social care pathway for people with tinnitus across Northern Ireland.
Download A Tinnitus Strategy for Northern Ireland
A World of Silence (2012)
Around 400,000 older people live in the UK’s care homes and the number is set to grow each year. Making sure these people receive the best care possible is an urgent priority.
Coalition on Deafness NI – Executive Summary
A policy manifesto for the Northern Ireland Executive.
Download Coalition on Deafness NI – Executive Summary
What’s That Noise? (2010)
A profile of personal and professional experience of tinnitus in Northern Ireland.