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Paediatric Audiology Service - Bexley and Greenwich

  • The Paediatric Audiology Service performs hearing tests for children under 18 years of age in the boroughs of Bexley & Greenwich.

    We provide a hearing assessment and diagnosis for children with ear diseases or hearing loss. When necessary, we refer service users to other specialist services. This includes the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Department for surgical intervention or our Tertiary Service at St Thomas’ Hospital for hearing aid management.

    We also provide an Aetiological Investigations Service twice a month at Acorns, Queen Mary's Hospital. Aetiological investigations are when we attempt to identify the cause of hearing loss. During this process, a specialist Consultant Community Paediatrician can request a range of tests to try and determine the possible causes of deafness.

  • Address: Memorial Hospital Shooters Hill, London, SE18 3RY
  • Reception phone number: 020 8836 8621 - select Option 2, followed by Option 2

Our team

The service works closely with all the specialist children’s services. These include:

  • Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP)
  • Community Paediatricians
  • Health Visitors
  • School Nurses
  • Advisory Teachers for Hearing impairment
  • Speech and Language Therapists
  • Ear Nose and Throat surgeons
  • Education Service
  • Other agencies working with children

We are based at Acorns, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup. We also run a clinic in Bexley at Erith Health Centre and clinics in Greenwich at Highpoint House and Plumstead Health Centre.

How to access this service

To access this service, the child must be registered with a Bexley and Greenwich GP.

Referrals

We accept referrals from GPs and any other healthcare professionals who have concerns regarding a child's hearing.

You can only be referred for an aetiological investigation after sensorineural hearing loss has been confirmed. Parental consent for the referral must also be granted and recorded. You can be referred by an:

  • Audiologist
  • Audiovestibular physician
  • ENT surgeon

How to contact this service

Memorial Hospital,

Shooters Hill

London

SE18 3RY        

Email: oxl-tr.childrenstherapies@nhs.net

Public phone number: 020 8836 8621 - select Option 2, followed by Option 2

Service hours: Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm                       

 

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