Welcome to the Deafness Council of NSW

The Deafness Council of New South Wales is a non-profit, volunteer organisation with charitable status. As a peak body, we function as a voice for our members, assisting deaf and hearing impaired adults and children, and those with other disorders of the ear. We support many member organisations throughout NSW that provide assistance and support through multidisciplinary approaches, including rehabilitation, education and counselling.

We also offer support and advice for advocacy that gives deaf and hearing impaired people a voice. The Deafness Council and its members are concerned with encouraging understanding of hearing loss, and of ensuring hearing impaired and deaf people experience equality and social inclusion.

2009 Captioning Awards
3 July 2009 - Entries for the 2009 Captioning Awards are now open, until cob 22 July 2009. To nominate for the captioning awards, see the Deafness Forum website for more details.

Rear Window Captioning trial at the Sydney Film Festival
23 June 2009- Kate Locke reports back that she attended the Sydney Film Festival on a Friday night to trial the new Rear Window Captioning technology, provided by Accessible Arts. >>More