17 / 05 / 2025
Financial assistance program for the deaf and people with hearing loss, ages 18 - 65

We inform you that a new allowance for the deaf and people with hearing loss has been announced according to the Government Gazette ΦΕΚ 2086 τεύχος Β / 30.4.2025

 

CONDITIONS:

  1. Ages from 18 years to 65 years.

  2. Citizens with deafness or hearing loss with a disability rate of 67% * and above (concerns exclusively deafness - hearing loss disability).

  3. They reside legally and permanently in Greece.

  4. They do not receive financial assistance from another public body, domestic or foreign, for the same reason (if they receive financial assistance less than this, the difference is paid). The concept of financial assistance does not include a pension from an insurance organization or the State.

  5. They are not absent abroad for a period of time greater than 6 months within each calendar year. 

* According to the Government Gazette ΦΕΚ 6282 τεύχος Β / 29.12.21 page 79759 disability rate 67% (in practice: at least a hearing loss > 70dB on the 1st ear and necessarily a hearing loss > 90dB on the 2nd ear). Hearing loss should be documented with an objective measurement method: ABR - Auditory Brainstem Response.


AMOUNT: €391.00 / month.

 

APPLICATIONS: 

Beneficiaries will be able to submit an application:

  1. At the Community Centers of their area or

  2. at the Regional Directorates of OPEKA

Those who submit an application by October 31st 2025, will receive the benefit retroactively from May 1, 2025.

 

DOCUMENTATION:

  1. Identification Document

  2. Sworn Declaration

  3. Proof of Bank Account

  4. Certificate of Family Status (where necessary)

  5. Residence Permit (where necessary)

  6. Proof of Studies (where necessary)

  7. Disability Certification Opinion/Decision (ex officio)

 

NOTE: The application is submitted by the applicant or his legal representative.

 

We remain at your disposal to support hearing-impaired patients.