Children’s hearing services
Audiology – Hearing Care are your local UKAS accredited department offering comprehensive hearing assessment and hearing aid services for babies and children.
We are based at Torbay Hospital and clinics are also held at Newton Abbot Hospital for hearing assessments appointments and children’s hearing aid clinics.
Who can refer my baby/child to the audiology services?
- NHSP
- GP
- Health Visitor
- School Nurse
- Community Doctor
- Speech and Language Therapist
- Hospital Consultant
These patient information leaflets explain what can expected during an appointment with Audiology – Hearing Care.
| Title | Date published |
|---|---|
| Difficulty listening, processing and auditory memory concerns | 28 Mar 2025 |
| Glue Ear and Your Child | 14 Jul 2023 |
| Hearing Assessment for your Child | 5 Nov 2025 |
| Sound sensitivity in children | 24 Mar 2023 |
| Unilateral Hearing Loss in Children | 14 Jul 2023 |
You may also be interested in NHS England's information leaflet, "Decision support tool: making a decision about glue ear if your child has hearing loss".
To receive the information in these leaflets in a different format let us know and we’ll do our best to meet your needs.