{"id":541,"date":"2022-02-07T23:18:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T23:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/referral-pathways\/referral-pathways-audiology\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T10:57:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T10:57:51","slug":"referral-pathways-audiology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/referral-pathways-audiology\/","title":{"rendered":"Audiology: Referral Pathways"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-accent-green-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Making a referral<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">If your resident does not currently wear NHS hearing aids, ask their GP to make a referral to Audiology.\u00a0 <br><br>Many people who can&#8217;t hear well but have no aids may have used NHS aids in the past but these have been lost.\u00a0 Please consider contacting Audiology to check if they are under our care as we may be able to easily replace lost aids.<br><br>If they have NHS aids, contact the Audiology Department directly .<br><br>For all hearing aid repairs and yearly maintenance, contact Audiology directly. Many services can be provided remotely by post or drop-off. \u00a0We do not send automatic reminders for hearing tests or maintenance.<br><br>If hearing aids are lost, please contact Audiology to arrange replacements.<br><br>If NHS hearing aids are no longer required, please return them to Audiology.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-accent-green-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to contact Audiology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Telephone: 0131 536 1637 (10 am \u2013 1 pm and 2 pm \u2013 4 pm)\u00a0\u00a0<br>Email: <a href=\"mailto:Audiology@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk\">Audiology@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-accent-green-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our outpatient clinic locations are:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Edinburgh \u2013 Lauriston Building Level 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>East Lothian \u2013 East Lothian Community Hospital<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>West Lothian \u2013 St John\u2019s Hospital OPD4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Midlothian \u2013 Midlothian Community Hospital for hearing aid repairs and maintenance only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making a referral If your resident does not currently wear NHS hearing aids, ask their GP to make a referral to Audiology.&nbsp; Many people who can&rsquo;t hear well but have no aids may have used NHS aids in the past but these have been lost.&nbsp; Please consider contacting Audiology to check if they are under<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/mainmenuvertical.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-541","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/author\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"Making a referral If your resident does not currently wear NHS hearing aids, ask their GP to make a referral to Audiology.&nbsp; Many people who can&rsquo;t hear well but have no aids may have used NHS aids in the past but these have been lost.&nbsp; Please consider contacting Audiology to check if they are under","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8823,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/541\/revisions\/8823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}