Validity of Disabled Railcard

gtis · 2 Oct 2018

Llanigraham said:
Then your audiologist is not doing their job fully, as you should be issued with either an NHS Battery Book or in some areas a card that says basically the same thing.
I suggest you go back to them, explain why you need it and get them to supply it.

Hi I have just checked the information pack I got with my hearing aid
I have a telephone appointment at the
End of this month I will ask them then
I don’t need a railcard yet has I have a
Senior railcard
Neil

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Llanigraham · 2 Oct 2018

gtis said:
Hi I have just checked the information pack I got with my hearing aid
I have a telephone appointment at the
End of this month I will ask them then
I don’t need a railcard yet has I have a
Senior railcard
Neil

In my opinion the Disabled Railcard is better value than the Senior. It is cheaper for a start, isn't time restricted in it's use and gives you a discount for your "assistant".

Deafdoggie · 2 Oct 2018

gtis said:
Hi I have just checked the information pack I got with my hearing aid
I have a telephone appointment at the
End of this month I will ask them then
I don’t need a railcard yet has I have a
Senior railcard
Neil

Specsavers have the NHS Hearing Aid contract round here, so no battery books. But basically, any proof you have Hearing Aids is fine. A battery book used to be the easiest way, but is now old-fashioned and out of date and less and less people get one as the NHS moves away from them. Although some areas still have them of course.

People with cochlear Implants don't get batteries, but can still get a railcard. Hearing Aids don't help all Deaf people either, and Deaf people without hearing aids can still have a Railcard. So a battery book is most certainly not the be all and end all

gtis · 2 Oct 2018

Llanigraham said:
In my opinion the Disabled Railcard is better value than the Senior. It is cheaper for a start, isn't time restricted in it's use and gives you a discount for your "assistant".

Hi yes I know but I got my senior railcard before I got my hearing aid
Neil

aelius · 2 Oct 2018

gtis said:
Hi I went to the doctors to get me a appointment at my hospital
Then went to the hospital had a hearing test the ENT doctor said I would benefit
From one hearing aid
Saw the audiologist fitted me with a
Hearing aid give me two packs of batteries and a list of places to get batteries or I could go back to the hospital for them
Neil

I too have neither a battery book nor a card. I sent them copies of the relevant letters that I had about my aid, and they were accepted as evidence.

Peter Mugridge · 2 Oct 2018

Deafdoggie said:
Specsavers have the NHS Hearing Aid contract round here, so no battery books. But basically, any proof you have Hearing Aids is fine. A battery book used to be the easiest way, but is now old-fashioned and out of date and less and less people get one as the NHS moves away from them. Although some areas still have them of course.

A letter from your GP confirming your deafness will suffice.

Deafdoggie said:
People with cochlear Implants don't get batteries

I think you mean battery books, as we do get the implant batteries on the NHS? Just a matter of e-mailing the implant centre for the next battery supply when your stock runs low...

Deafdoggie · 3 Oct 2018

Peter Mugridge said:
I think you mean battery books, as we do get the implant batteries on the NHS? Just a matter of e-mailing the implant centre for the next battery supply when your stock runs low...

Indeed. My sons implants have rechargeable batteries so never needs any. But the point remains, basically any proof of deafness is fine. A battery book used to easy & fine, but for many reasons is no longer the case.

Be3G · 4 Oct 2018

Haywain said:
Two different things. Post #10 refers to Railcard discounted tickets not being available at unstaffed stations and #24 refers to the non-railcard discounts.

But your post #10 was a reply to my post #7, which was about the non-railcard discounts. Looks like we got our wires crossed.

Validity of Disabled Railcard

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