People over State Pension age with hearing problems could be due up to £434 each month
dailyrecord.co.ukThe latest figures from the Scottish Government indicate there are around 850,000 people living in Scotland 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 condition or deafness, however, just 35,633 of them are receiving extra financial support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Adult Disability Payment (ADP) or Attendance Allowance.
Some 8,616 people over State Pension age are now receiving either £72.65 for the lower rate or £108.55 for the higher rate of Attendance Allowance each week for a hearing condition.
Payments are typically made every four weeks so this amounts to either £290.60 or £434.20 each pay period. There are 15 main hearing conditions being supported through these three disability benefit s, but this is not a definitive list as the benefit supports an ever-evolving list of conditions.
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