Question reference: S6W-26760
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 9 April 2024
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Current status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 25 April 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has undertaken an assessment of any current unmet need for people with hearing loss.
Answer
The Scottish Government has not recently undertaken an assessment of unmet need for people with hearing loss, but we are engaged with stakeholders and those with lived experience to inform our understanding of unmet need.
As part of the See Hear Strategy refresh, we have engaged with people who are hard of hearing, deaf and deafblind. This includes children, young people and their parents/ carers.
We asked what topics and issues matter to them for inclusion in the strategy, through an online survey and a series of in-person and online focus groups and interviews.
In total we have received insights from over 170 adults with lived experience and 17 parents and carers of children/young people. Additional focus group discussions were held with 17 children and young people with lived experience from all sensory impairment groups. The engagement took place between September 2023 and February 2024.