Our facts and statements

Statistics on the prevalence of deafness and hearing loss in the UK.

Statistics on how many people have tinnitus in the UK.

Statistics on the number of British Sign Language users in the UK and more.

For information on access to services, interpreter provision and subtitles.

For information on how deafness and hearing loss impact access to work, experiences at work, economic impact and the benefits of employing people who are deaf or have hearing loss.   

For information on health, including dementia, mental health and health inequality. Information is also here about access to healthcare, including audiology, and the RNID hearing check.  

RNID is the only charity in the UK dedicated to funding hearing research. Find out more about how much RNID have spent on research, our key achievements, and about the Hearing Therapeutics Initiative. 

Join our research panel to help us carry out research into the experiences of deaf people and those with hearing loss or tinnitus.

We are RNID. We’re making life inclusive for the 12 million people in the UK who are deaf or have hearing loss or tinnitus.

Find out more about the impact of our medical research, made possible by our supporters.