{"id":608,"date":"2017-08-07T09:45:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T09:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/?p=608"},"modified":"2017-08-07T09:45:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T09:45:34","slug":"audiology-hearing-aid-referral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/?p=608","title":{"rendered":"Audiology Hearing Aid Referral"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>General Information<\/h2>\n<p>Patients referred to this service will not be seen by medical staff within the Audiology Department. The Clinical responsibility for patients treatment will remain with the General Practitioner.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Audiology Department can offer travel to Hairmyres Hospital, Stonehouse Hospital, MDGH or Wishaw General Hospital if required \u2013please indicate that transport is required<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Housebound\/Nursing home patients who are unfit to travel can be seen on a domiciliary visit. (Use separate template)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Referral Guidelines<\/h3>\n<p>Patients must meet the following criteria before the Audiology department will accept the referral:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Patient must be over 50 (under 50 if learning disabilities)<\/li>\n<li>Hearing loss is not of short duration<\/li>\n<li>Hearing loss is not of sudden onset<\/li>\n<li>Hearing loss is not asymmetric or unilateral There is no rotary vertigo<\/li>\n<li>There is no severe tinnitus<\/li>\n<li>There is no external or middle ear infection There are no perforations<\/li>\n<li>There is no recent discharge<\/li>\n<li>Both ears are free from wax at time of referral<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Please note: Wax Removal may be arranged by the department if necessary<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hearing Aid Repairs<\/h3>\n<p>Please advise patients that there is a walk in service available for hearing aid repairs and battery replacements, as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Audiology Services,<br \/>\n<strong>Douglas St Clinic, <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Hamilton<\/strong>, ML3 0BP.<br \/>\nTel: 01698 368700<br \/>\nTuesday &#8211; Friday, 1.30 \u2013 4 pm<br \/>\nCentral Advice Line<br \/>\n01698-456556<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hairmyres Hospital,<\/strong><br \/>\nEaglesham Road,<br \/>\nEast Kilbride,<br \/>\nTel: 01355 585000.<br \/>\nMon, Tues, Wed 9.30 \u2013 11.30<br \/>\nTues 2.00pm \u2013 4pm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stonehouse Hospital,<\/strong><br \/>\nStonehouse,<br \/>\nTel: 01698 794015<br \/>\nTuesday 1:30 \u2013 4pm<br \/>\nThurs only 9.30am \u2013 11.30am<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Audiology Clinic,<br \/>\n<strong>Wishaw General,<\/strong><br \/>\nWishaw.<br \/>\nTel: 01698 361100<br \/>\nMon, Tues, Wed, Frid,<br \/>\n9.30am \u2013 11 30am<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Audiology Clinic OPD,<br \/>\n<strong>Monklands Hospital,<\/strong><br \/>\nAirdrie, ML6 0JS<br \/>\nTel: 01236-712028<br \/>\nMon \u2013 Thursday<br \/>\n1.30-4pm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lanark Health Centre,<\/strong><br \/>\nLanark.<br \/>\nTel: 0155661534<br \/>\n2nd and 4th Friday<br \/>\n9.30am \u2013 11.30am<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Central Health Centre<\/strong><br \/>\nNorth Carbrain Road,<br \/>\n<strong>Cumbernauld<\/strong>, G67 1BJ<br \/>\nTel: 01236 731771<br \/>\nMon only 9.30am \u2013 11.30am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Information Patients referred to this service will not be seen by medical staff within the Audiology Department. The Clinical responsibility for patients treatment will remain with the General Practitioner. The Audiology Department can offer travel to Hairmyres Hospital, Stonehouse Hospital, MDGH or Wishaw General Hospital if required \u2013please indicate that transport is required Housebound\/Nursing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,11],"tags":[109,110,111],"class_list":["post-608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-referrals","category-gp-referrals","tag-ear","tag-hearing","tag-hearing-aid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":609,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions\/609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslref.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}