Claim: There are 11 million people in the UK who are deaf or hard of hearing. After a cancer diagnosis, they aren't able to receive the extra help they need.
Fact-check: Not all people with hearing loss are unable to access extra cancer care help - Full Fact
Verdict: there are around 11 million people in the uk with some form of hearing loss. however, the majority may not have hearing loss to the extent that they would require extra help to access cancer care, or that they would be unable to receive this extra help.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2022-08-04T00:00:00