Audiology (Children)

Admission:

All our appointments are out-patient appointments. The Paediatric Audiology Service accepts referrals from a wide range of professionals, including: GPs, ENT surgeons, paediatricians, school nurses, health visitors, speech and language therapists and neurologists, as well as neonates referred automatically via the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP).

All of clinics are by appointment only, so please arrange an appointment before attending.

Appointments for existing patients can be arranged by calling the department on 0161 746 2911

Location:

Our clinics are run Monday – Friday at:

Trafford General Hospital, Davyhulme
Altrincham Hospital, Altrincham

Hearing aid batteries are available to collect in person from Trafford General Hospital, Altrincham General Hospital and Partington Health Centre.

Hours:

Clinics run from 8am – 5.30 pm, Mon-Fri during the week.

Contact Details:

Paediatric Audiology Department

Trafford General Hospital

Moorside Road

Urmston

M41 5SL

Paediatric Audiology:

Phone: 0161 746 2911

Email: trafford.paedaudiology@nhs.net

Fax / Minicom: 0161 746 2450 (available Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm)

TypeTalk: 18001 0161 746 2911

Please note that it may be necessary to leave a message and someone will get back to you.

Additional Support:

Verbal and BSL Interpreters are available.

The Audiology department has many leaflets for patients and these are provided, when necessary, following the appointment. You may also find the following external websites useful.

We are not responsible for the content of external websites.

RNID
A charity offering services for deaf and hard of hearing people and also provide information and support on all aspects of deafness, hearing loss and tinnitus.

HearingLink
A national charity for the deaf and hard of hearing. Offers advice, campaign details and news and events information.

NDCS
A charity for deaf children based in the United Kingdom.

Staff:

Head of Audiology Services: Dr Greg Nassar, Principal Clinical Scientist

Co-clinical Lead of Paediatric Audiology: Rumannah Chothia

Co-clinical Lead of Paediatric Audiology: Penny Birchall

Clinical Scientist: Grace Andrews

Clinical Scientist: Eleanor Nunns

Paediatric Audiologist: Faheemah Kapadia

Paediatric Secretary: Mandy Warburton

Additional Information:

The Paediatric Audiology Service will undertake assessments on children for a wide range of reasons, including:

Parental / professional concern
If there are concerns regarding hearing or speech and language development
Persistent Glue ear
When there is a strong family history of congenital hearing loss
Frequent ear infections
In the case of serious childhood illness – e.g. meningitis
When a child requires follow-up from the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
As part of a routine battery of assessments for children

Being part of the same trust, the audiology department has excellent links with the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital ensuring that all patients have access to specialist interventions wherever necessary.

The Paediatric Audiology Service has close links with the University of Manchester as well as with other departments in the North West to provide training for Audiology students and trainee clinical scientists. Therefore, trainees or students may observe or perform part of the appointment. Trainees and students are always directly supervised by a clinical scientist in Audiology who may be observing the appointment from an adjoining room.