Our Audiology department are an experienced team dedicated to providing patient care to over 35,000 users within the area.
Our Audiology service comprises both adult and Paediatric (children) – including new-born hearing screening – services.
In addition to our audiologists, assistant technical officer’s and the admin team, the service manages the hearing screening programme (with dedicated hearing screeners). We also have a dedicated senior specialist nurse who specialises in paediatric audiology, working closely with community paediatricians.
Our adult audiology service receives approximately 1,500 new referrals each year, and our paediatric service receives over 1,200 referrals per year.
Our audiologists are experienced in diagnostic audiology. Our clinical leads are experienced in electrophysiological testing such as Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) on babies, children and adults. The service works closely with Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) consultants, supporting their outpatient clinics.
High specification digital hearing aids suitable for the patient’s individual needs are offered to all appropriate patients. Our main hearing aid provider is PHONAK.
Several members of our team are skilled in Tinnitus management and counselling for both adults and children.