Audiology at Royal Derby Hospital and Florence Nightingale Community Hospital

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Audiology at Royal Derby Hospital and Florence Nightingale Community Hospital

The adult audiology service provides a range of audiological tests, including diagnostic hearing assessments, balance assessments and offers tinnitus counselling, hearing therapy and balance rehabilitation.

Access to this service requires a referral from your General Practitioner to the Ear, Nose and Throat department (ENT), or another discipline within the hospital who can then directly refer to the adult audiology department.

The department assesses, diagnoses, and manages the hearing needs of the adult population in Southern Derbyshire with complex needs.

Services

Diagnostic audiology:

Pure tone audiometry (hearing test)
Tympanometry (pressure test)
Speech audiometry (test)
Oto-acoustic emissions (hearing test)
Auditory evoked potentials (hearing test)
Videonystagmography/calorics (Balance test)

We currently accept referrals from the ENT specialists at UHDB. Your consultant or audiologist will refer you to the tinnitus and hyperacusis clinic if appropriate.

Rehabilitative audiology services:

Learning disabilities clinic
Tinnitus and hyperacusis therapy services
Balance rehabilitation services
Hearing therapy services
Auditory processing disorder assessment and rehabilitation
Single sided deafness service
Severe/profound hearing loss service
Hearing loss monitoring service (Medicinal/ENT)
Young persons transition services
Hearing aid fitting - latest digital hearing aids with remote care available and with smart phone app compatibility