{"id":891,"date":"2026-07-07T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/audiology-new\/?page_id=891"},"modified":"2026-07-07T11:29:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:29:45","slug":"repeat-hearing-tests-to-update-your-hearing-aids","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/audiology\/hearing-aid-guide\/repeat-hearing-tests-to-update-your-hearing-aids\/","title":{"rendered":"Repeat hearing tests to update your hearing aids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most people&#8217;s hearing does not change significantly over a three to five year period. We can offer a reassessment of your hearing every three to five years. If it has been three years since your last hearing test and you feel your hearing has deteriorated, you can self-refer for a reassessment by contacting the Audiology department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will be put on a waiting list in the first instance and sent a letter to inform you of the date of your appointment. Please note there may be a lengthy wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We do not call you for a reassessment automatically<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/audiology\/hearing-aid-guide\/\">Back<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people&rsquo;s hearing does not change significantly over a three to five year period. We can offer a reassessment of your hearing every three to five years. If it has been three years since your last hearing test and you feel your hearing has deteriorated, you can self-refer for a reassessment by contacting the Audiology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":309,"featured_media":0,"parent":860,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-891","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"scottsamson","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/audiology\/blog\/author\/scottsamson\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"Most people&rsquo;s hearing does not change significantly over a three to five year period. We can offer a reassessment of your hearing every three to five years. If it has been three years since your last hearing test and you feel your hearing has deteriorated, you can self-refer for a reassessment by contacting the Audiology","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/audiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/audiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/audiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/audiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/audiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/audiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1356,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/audiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/891\/revisions\/1356"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/audiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/audiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/audiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}