This leaflet provides you with information about transferring your hearing aid care from the paediatric service to the adult service. An appointment will be arranged with your transition audiologist. This is likely to be the audiologist who looked after you in the paediatric service.
The transition appointment
During the appointment, we will check your ears and perform a hearing test. The hearing aids will then be fine-tuned and checked to ensure they are working optimally.
Once these measurements have been performed, we will discuss the adult hearing aid services. This will include hearing aid maintenance, lost/damaged hearing aid charges, preventative care, contact details, environmental aids and accessing the hearing aid repair service. You will also be given an adult hearing aid information leaflet.
Differences between paediatric and adult audiology services
There are several differences between paediatric and adult audiology services. You will not have any further routine review appointments. This will be arranged at your request if you feel your hearing has changed.
As an adult hearing aid user, you are responsible for your own hearing aids. It is important to remember they are on loan to you from the NHS. There may be a charge for losing your hearing aids.
Changes to audiology staff
Our staff can help with any problems or issues you may have with your hearing aids. If you have any concerns about the service, please contact your transition audiologist who will be able to deal with your concerns.
Hearing aids
You will continue to use your current hearing aids and keep the same colour. When your hearing aids need updating, an appointment will be arranged. At this point you will have the choice of continuing with the same colour or alternatively have the option of one of the adult hearing aid standard colours: black, brown or chroma beige. Once a standard or skin tone hearing aid has been fitted, no further colour changes will be offered. If you already have a standard or skin tone hearing aid, you will continue to stay with the same colour even if the hearing aid is updated in the future.
Environmental Aids
An environmental aid is a piece of equipment that may help you to hear better in a particular situation or environment. This equipment includes steaming devices, loop systems, vibrating alarm clocks and flashing doorbells. We will discuss this equipment with you at the transition appointment.
Further tests
You may have had some medical assessments and investigations carried out when you were younger to try to find out why you have a hearing loss.
We will review the results of these investigations with you and look again to see if there are any further tests that can be done. It is also recommended that you have regular eye tests, and you may be asked at the transition appointment when your last eye test was. If you would like more information about these tests, please contact your transition audiologist.
Local and National Support Services
Royal Nation Institute for Deaf People (RNID), offer support for people who are deaf, have hearing loss or Tinnitus.
Email: contact@rnid.org.uk
Phone: 0808 808 0123
Text: 07360268988
National Deaf Children’s Society
Provides emotional and practical support for deaf children and their families including the stage of transition from children’s hearing aid services to adult hearing aid services.
Website: www.ndcs.org.uk
Telephone: 0808 800 8880
Contact us
Rochdale
Audiology Department Floor One
Nye Bevan House Maclure Road Rochdale, OL11 1DN
Telephone: 01706 674913
Email: NESaudiology@nca.nhs.uk
SMS (mobile text) is available if required, please ask.
Oldham
Audiology Department 4th Floor
Integrated Care Centre New Radcliffe Street Oldham, OL1 1NL
Telephone: 01706 674913
Email: NESaudiology@nca.nhs.uk
SMS (mobile text) is available if required, please ask.
Bury
Audiology Department Fairfield General Hospital Rochdale Old Road, Bury, BL9 7TD
Telephone: 01706 674913
Email: NESaudiology@nca.nhs.uk
SMS (mobile text) is available if required, please ask.
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We are an accredited UKAS Service 8172 - in accordance with the UKAS schedule of accreditation that can be found at https://www.ukas.com/wp-content/uploads/schedule_uploads/ 00009/8172IQIPS-2.pdf
We accept calls from Relay formally known as Type talk.
Please contact the department in advance if an interpreter is required.
We are an accredited training centre and it is possible that a student may undertake some aspects of the appointment under supervision.
There is limited availability for parking.
If you would like any further information or have any special requirements, please contact the department using the details above.
For further information see: https:// www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/our-services - Audiology.
UKAS: https://www.ukas.com/download-schedule/8172/IQIPS/
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Date of Review: December 2023
Date of Next Review: December 2025
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