There are 2,677 people registered deaf or hard of hearing in Merthyr Tydfil for the year 2005 -2006.
There are estimated to be about 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK. The number is rising as the number of people over 60 increases. About 698,000 of these are severely or profoundly deaf. 450,000 severely or profoundly deaf people cannot hear well enough to use a voice telephone, even with equipment to make it louder. The following table presents the number of people with hearing difficulties in Wales for the year 2005-2006. The data is provided by the Local Government Data Unit. Local Authority Number on register at 31 March Deaf with Speech at 31 March Deaf without Speech at 31 March Hard of hearing at 31 March Wales (Total) 90208 1846 946 10393 Isle of Anglesey 2079 16 7 73 Gwynedd 5801 59 31 223 Conwy 10922 17 24 233 Denbighshire 7775 21 30 591 Flintshire 5421 78 48 275 Wrexham - - - - Powys 6629 56 36 1088 Ceredigion 1760 24 2 24 Pembrokeshire 2929 26 26 363 Carmarthenshire 5360 120 73 956 Swansea 9668 419 102 847 Neath Port Talbot 5796 248 41 970 Bridgend 5834 138 71 1296 The Vale of Glamorgan 1326 94 32 469 Cardiff 5635 173 134 873 Rhondda Cynon Taff 3384 29 37 380 Merthyr Tydfil 2677 25 6 40 Caerphilly 1102 106 72 95 Blaenau Gwent 890 19 12 237 Torfaen 1088 28 41 366 Monmouthshire 1281 49 24 313 Newport 2851 81 97 681
There are estimated to be about 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK. The number is rising as the number of people over 60 increases. About 698,000 of these are severely or profoundly deaf. 450,000 severely or profoundly deaf people cannot hear well enough to use a voice telephone, even with equipment to make it louder.
The following table presents the number of people with hearing difficulties in Wales for the year 2005-2006. The data is provided by the Local Government Data Unit.
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