Audiology for children
Our audiology team assess and support children and young people with hearing conditions. We see patients from 8 months to 18 years old who live in Brent and Harrow.
Location: Central Middlesex, Ealing and Northwick Park Hospitals and Willesden Centre for Health and Care
Division: Surgery
Head of service: Rosbin Syed
About our audiology for children
We provide specialist hearing assessments and ongoing support for children and young people.
Second-tier service (8 months to 18 years)
We provide:
- Hearing tests suitable for your child's age
- Middle and outer ear assessments
- Ongoing monitoring of hearing
Third-tier specialist service (from birth)
We provide more specialised care for children who:
- Have permanent hearing loss
- Are at risk of hearing loss
- Find it difficult to complete standard hearing tests
This service includes
- Behavioural hearing assessments
- Middle and outer ear assessments
- Hearing monitoring
- Electrophysiological (specialist) hearing tests
- Hearings aids and support
- Hearing aid repairs and maintenance
Referring to our children's audiology service
We do not accept self-referrals.
GP and consultant referrals
- We accept referrals for patients living in Brent and Harrow
- Referrals must be made through the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS)
Referrals from other healthcare professionals
Speech and language therapists, health visitors, and other healthcare/educational professionals can email lnwh-tr.access-centre@nhs .net for our referral form.
Second-tier referrals in Brent
Email lnwh-tr.paedaudioBrent@nhs.net for our referral form.
Contacts and locations for children's audiology service
At Central Middlesex Hospital
- Department of audiological medicine, ACAD area 6
- Open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
- Call 020 8869 2908 or ext 2036
- Email lnwh-tr.audiologyadmin@nhs.net
At Northwick Park Hospital
- Department of audiological medicine, level 5, take stairs/lift next to the main out-patients department
- Open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
- Call 020 8869 2908 or ext 2036
- Email lnwh-tr.audiologyteam@nhs .net
At Willesden Centre for Health and Care
- Paediatric audiology department, Children's Centre, Robson Avenue, NW10 3RY
- Open Monday to Friday, 9am to 4.30pm
- Call 020 8438 7057
- If you leave a message, please include:
- Your child's full name
- Date of birth
- NHS number
- Contact number
- Email lnwh-tr.paedaudioBrent@nhs.net
Hearing aid battery service
You can collect hearing aid batteries from:
- Central Middlesex Hospital: ACAD reception desk
- Ealing Hospital: Outpatients 4, Audiology reception, Level 2
- Northwick Park Hospital: Outpatient reception desk, Level 4
Opening times are Monday to Friday, 9am to 4.30pm.
Please bring your:
- Brown battery book, or
- White battery card
You can recycle used batteries at our hospitals or in most supermarkets.
Hearing aid repairs
For hearing aid repairs or ear mould appointments:
- Call 020 8869 2908 or 020 8869 2036
- Or email lnwh-tr.audiologyadmin@nhs.net
Appointments take place at Central Middlesex and Northwick Park Hospitals.
Information and support for hearing loss
You may find these resources helpful.