Audiology
Overview
Audiologists carry out a range of tests on adults and children to determine the presence, nature and extent of hearing loss and balance disorders, enabling accurate clinical diagnosis in a range of hearing related conditions.
We provide hearing assessments for people referred by their GP or ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctors at Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital. For those patients who choose to go ahead with a hearing aid, we arrange comprehensive hearing aid fittings with a range of modern digital hearing aids fitted to exacting standards.
A further role is the long-term management and rehabilitation of the hearing impaired and those with tinnitus many of whom require the support of hearing aids/communication equipment and counselling with respect to their hearing loss or tinnitus.
Contact
Do you have an appointment?
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Contact details during COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic
For replacement hearing aid batteries, tubing, lost or replacement hearing aids along with general enquiries, please contact:
- Royal Free Hospital: rf.audiology@nhs.net or call: 020 7472 6318
- Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals: RF-TR.AudiologyAdmin@nhs.net or call: 0208 375 1117
Post all repairs to:
- Royal Free Hospital patients: Audiology 1st Floor, Back of Clinic 5, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG
- Barnet or Chase Farm Hospital patients: Audiology, Zone N, First Floor, Chase Farm Hospital, The Ridgeway, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 8JL
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Barnet Hospital
Wellhouse Lane
Barnet
EN5 3DJPatient enquiries: 020 8216 4912 or 020 8216 4600 x64912
Fax: 020 8367 7328
rf-tr.audiologyadmin@nhs.netAudiology at Barnet Hospital can be found behind the main reception. Closed for patient visits
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Chase Farm Hospital
The Ridgeway
Enfield
Middlesex
EN2 8JLPatient enquiries: 020 8375 1117 or 020 8375 2999 x51777
Fax: 020 8367 7328
rf-tr.audiologyadmin@nhs.netAudiology at Chase Farm Hospital is located on the first floor, zone N. Closed for patient visits.
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Royal Free Hospital
Pond Street
London
NW3 2QGPatient and GP enquiries: 020 7472 6318 or 020 7794 0500 x38171
Fax: 020 7472 6811
rf.audiology@nhs.netAudiology at the Royal Free Hospital is on the first floor at the back of clinic 5. Closed for patient visits.
Referrals
Referral details
New patients
New patients who would like to use our services should arrange an appointment with their GP and request to be sent to us.
Direct access appointments can be made by a GP writing a referral letter directly to the audiology department or GPs can book patients on the departments’ e-referral system. This type of appointment is only for adults who are concerned about their hearing but have no other ear-related problems.
Existing patients
All patients who have already received hearing aids from the Royal Free London's audiology department should contact the department directly for an appointment. If hearing aids are faulty or broken, please attend the hearing aid repair clinic at the department that your hearing aid was issued.
Hearing aid lifespan is approximately four years, therefore patients who have hearing aids older than four years and patients who have not had a hearing assessment (hearing test) within the last four years will be advised to get a GP referral in order for us to reassess their hearing thresholds and discuss their amplification needs.
To simplify this process, the audiology department is able to send a letter to the GP. This letter should be signed by the GP (any wax removed from patients ears as requested) and faxed directly back to the departments.
Patient leaflets
Read our patient leaflets and publications
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Hearing aid repair appointment: important information to read before your consultation
.pdf (181 KB)
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Normal hearing (Large Print)
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Conductive hearing loss (Large Print)
.pdf (176 KB)
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How to insert your Oticon hearing aid on a lifetube (Large Print)
.pdf (214 KB)
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Your fine tune appointment: important information to read before your consultation
.pdf (223 KB)
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Your follow up appointment: important information to read before your consultation
.pdf (176 KB)
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Your group fitting appointment: important information to read before your consultation
.pdf (175 KB)
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Your re-assessment appointment: important information to read before your consultation
.pdf (213 KB)
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Impression appointment: important information to read before your consultation
.pdf (166 KB)
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Retubing your life tube (Signia)
.pdf (196 KB)
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Retubing your life tube (Oticon)
.pdf (211 KB)
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Instructions for using your Crescendo personal listening device
.pdf (265 KB)
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Earmould collection: important information to read before your appointment (Large Print)
.pdf (279 KB)
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Your hearing aid fitting appointment: important information to read before your consultation
.pdf (227 KB)
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Impression appointment: important information to read before your consultation (Large Print)
.pdf (178 KB)
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Your follow up appointment: important information to read before your consultation (Large Print)
.pdf (182 KB)
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Your hearing aid fitting appointment: information to read before your consultation (Large Print)
.pdf (181 KB)
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Hearing aid repair appointment: important information to read before your consultation (Large Print)
.pdf (188 KB)
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Direct referral appointment: important information to read before your consultation (Large Print)
.pdf (177 KB)
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Your telephone follow up appointment: information to read before your consultation (Large Print)
.pdf (180 KB)
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Retubing your life tube (Signia) (Large Print)
.pdf (201 KB)
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Your group fitting appointment: important information to read before your consultation (Large Print)
.pdf (194 KB)
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Your fine tune appointment: important information to read before your consultation (Large Print)
.pdf (182 KB)
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Your re-assessment appointment: important information to read before your consultation
.pdf (182 KB)
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Direct referral appointment: important information to read before your consultation
.pdf (172 KB)
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Your telephone follow up appointment: important information to read before your consultation
.pdf (180 KB)
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Earmould collection: important information to read before your appointment
.pdf (169 KB)
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Your hearing aid fitting appointment: information to read before your consultation
.pdf (175 KB)
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Your hearing aid fitting appointment: information to read before your consultation (Large Print)
.pdf (163 KB)
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Approved: 12/10/2020
Normal hearing
.pdf (204 KB)
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Approved: 12/10/2020
Conductive hearing loss
.pdf (191 KB)
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Approved: 02/10/2020
Sensorineural hearing loss
.pdf (155 KB)