{"id":3716,"date":"2022-05-03T11:47:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T10:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/audiology\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:20:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:20:58","slug":"audiology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/audiology\/","title":{"rendered":"Audiology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong>Services include management of<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hearing loss and assessment for hearing aids<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hearing therapy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Service and maintenance for existing NHS Hearing Aid users (patient self-referral)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tinnitus &#8211; both unilateral and bilateral<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hyperacusis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong>Adult Audiology Contact Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There is a centralised booking office covering all correspondence for the Audiology Clinics across the region:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NHS Lothian Adult Audiology, Level 1 Lauriston Building, 39 Lauriston Place EH3 9HA.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0131 536 1637 (10am-1pm; 2pm-4pm)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:loth.audiologyrhcyp@nhs.scot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">loth.audiologyrhcyp@nhs.scot<\/a><br><br><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong>Adult Audiology Department and Hearing Aid Clinics<\/strong><\/span><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Level 1, Lauriston Building<br> 39 Lauriston Place<br> Edinburgh<br> EH3 9HA<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>St John&#8217;s Hospital<br> Howden Road West<br> Livingston<br> EH54 6PP<br>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Please note that&nbsp;East Lothian Community Hospital&nbsp;only offers hearing loss services:<\/em><br>East Lothian Community&nbsp;Hospital<br> Hospital Road<br> Haddington EH41 3PF<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Where appropriate &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/paediatrics\/audiology-paediatric\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paediatric&nbsp;Audiology.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Audiology Services <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Audiology hearing aid repair:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>By appointment only Please phone 0131 536 1637 (Mon-Thurs 10:00-13:00 and 14:00-16:00).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For new batteries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/audiology\/hearingaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hearing Aid<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Or phone 0131 536 1637<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>C.M. &amp; R.R. 15-07-25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs\" data-active-tab=\"0\"><ul class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-links\"><\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Referral Guidelines<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<p>All referrals should be via SCI Gateway to Audiology at Lauriston, St John&#8217;s or Roodlands. 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