The aims of 'Concern with Hearing - East Dorset' are...

• To promote awareness of the needs of hard of hearing and deafened people and especially the importance of lip-reading.

• To be a focus for the exchange of information between members and professional and voluntary services.

• To provide the opportunity of advocacy and to act as a pressure group if required.

• To promote greater public awareness of the difficulties encountered by people with a hearing loss.

• To set up friendly and informal meetings where people with hearing difficulties can air their views, exchange ideas and offer mutual or individual support.