Services

There are several different types of appointment

Hearing Assessment Appointment

Hearing assessment focuses on whether there is a hearing impairment, and if so how much and the likely cause of the impairment. Parents may want a hearing assessment if they have been unsure about their child's hearing responses, whether it is due to mild or temporary hearing difficulties or more long-term concerns.

Hearing Aid Evaluation

Hearing Aid Evaluation is for children who have been previously diagnosed as having a hearing loss, to review the management that the child has. This would include evaluation of the child's current hearing aid prescription. If there are alternative hearing aids which may improve a child's access to sound, we may review the potential benefits of different signal processing strategies. This information is given to parents and, if parents request it, to the local audiology service to consider these recommendations.

Auditory Processing Disorder Assessment

This term is used for people who have broadly normal hearing ability on the audiogram but who have difficulty in processing spoken information. This is not a single condition but a description of difficulties found particularly when the listening conditions are noisy or reverberant. An assessment allows the profile of difficulties to be defined with recommendations on how to improve listening conditions and skills.

Hyperacusis Assessment and Management Programme

Hyperacusis refers to oversensitivity or intolerance of particular sounds. This can cause major difficulties in everyday life for children with hyperacusis and their families or carers. We have a programme of management that reduces the impact of hyperacusis on daily life, which has been found to be effective for many children, either with or without other learning or communication difficulties.