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The latest figures from the Scottish Government indicate around 850,000 people in Scotland are living with some form of hearing loss and of those, 70 per cent are over 70 - some 595,000. ‌

Across Great Britain, there are believed to be 12 million adults living with a hearing impairment or deafness, however, just under 50,000 of them are receiving extra financial support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Adult Disability Payment (ADP), Attendance Allowance or Pension Age Disability Payment (PADP). ‌

PADP is a devolved payment that has now replaced all new claims for Attendance Allowance north of the border. The benefit is administered and delivered by Social Security Scotland and not the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) - full details on MYGOV.SCOT.

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