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:

Appointments take place at Central Middlesex and Northwick Park Hospitals.

Information and support for hearing loss

You may find these resources helpful.