Members of this club are on various committees for disabled people. There are 7 Hearing Concern Advisers in this area. Areas 3A and 3B - North West back to top The North West area stretches from Cheshire in the South to Cumbria in the North. There are two Area Representatives for this area, one covers the Metropolitan areas of Greater Manchester and Liverpool, and the other covers the remaining, more rural areas. A Tinnitus Support Group and Hard of Hearing Club is starting up in Manchester.
Many clubs hold lip reading classes.
Teachers fresh from the course on 'Teaching Lipreading to Adults', held annually at Manchester Metropolitan University are now helping to fulfil the local demand for classes. There are 5 Hearing Advisers in this area. Two advisers are active in starting up a co-operative venture for helping new hearing aid users together with the National Health Trust in North Lancashire. There are 5 hard of hearing clubs in this area, Shrewsbury, Telford, Birmingham and East Birmingham. Lipreading classes take place at the same centre.