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DeafFocus provides DeafHear.ie with an advocacy and campaigns capacity to further the mission of DeafHear.ie through:
- Campaigning for accessible public services for deaf and hard of hearing
- Advocating for improved support services for deaf and hard of hearing
- Campaigning
- Advocating for equality of opportunities for all deaf and hard of hearing people
- Campaigning for equal access to television, telephony, information and communication
From 2002 - 2007 NAD conducted a campaign which led to the HSE agreeing (in late 2007) to introduce Universal Newborn Hearing Screening for all babies born in Ireland.
In 2001 - 2003 NAD ran a successful campaign to improve television subtitling and to introduce digital hearing aids.

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