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Paediatric Audiology Service

Last updated 06/12/2022 

The Paediatric Audiology service are based in Carmelita House and provide hearing assessments, routine checks, and follow up services for children aged 7 months to 18 years residing in Ealing. We also offer a hearing screening service to all reception children who attend school in the borough of Ealing. Our staff work within ESCAN (Ealing Service for Children with Additional Needs) and work closely with the Child Development Team and Speech and Language Therapy Team. We are mainly based within Carmelita House, however are accessible through various community clinics and health centres such as Featherstone road clinic and Jubilee Gardens Health Centre.

Our service is for all children who require a hearing assessment or routine test as referred by their GP, Speech and Language Therapist, Health Visitor, Community Nursery Nurse, Child Development Team, or universal screening services (at birth and in reception). Children may be referred to the service and assessed when or if;

  • There are concerns about their hearing
  • They have been referred by ENT (ear, nose and throat) for pre or post op hearing tests.

Referral process

Referrals are triaged by the senior audiologists in the service. All referrals are accepted, except those where the GP Is out of borough. Once a referral has been received , it gets registered onto the system and an appointment will be sent to you within six weeks.

If children have received a diagnosis of permanent hearing loss, or are wearing hearing aids, they are referred to the Tier 3 Audiology service, based in Hounslow.  The tier 3 service offers habilitation options (hearing aids), to help in the management of your child’s permanent hearing loss if there is one. Your child will also be referred to the tier 3 service for further management  if they have been assessed by Ealing’s Audiology team and have received a diagnosis of permanent hearing impairment that is not that is not a result of common middle ear congestion (glue ear).

The Paediatric Audiology service only assess children aged 7 months- 18 years. If your child has reached 18 yrs and further monitoring of their hearing is still required, a letter will be sent to your GP for a referral to the Adult Audiology Service. 

Who to contact

Contact Name
Paediatric Audiology Service
Telephone
0300 1234 544
E-mail
childrens.audiology@nhs.net
Notes

For referral information, visit Audiology :: West London NHS Trust

Where to go

Name
Paediatric Audiology Service
Address
Carmelita House
21-22 The Mall
Ealing
London
Postcode
W5 2PJ
Notes

The service is provided at community clinics across the borough. Children will be referred on to other services as necessary, e.g. ENT, speech therapy, the child development team. Children who have a significant hearing loss, for which they may need to wear hearing aids, will usually be referred to the Children's Hearing Clinic at Hounslow.

Other Details

Availability

Age Ranges
8 months -18 years
Referral required
Yes
Referral Details

Referrals can be made by your GP, Speech and Language Therapist, Paediatricians, Hospital Consultants and Health Visitors.
Parents cannot self-refer.

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