NHS Hearing Aids Gloucestershire
We are able to offer:
Behind-the-Ear (BTE) hearing aids: these have an earmould or open insert that fits inside your ear and the aid itself sits behind your ear.
Bone Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHA): these are a type of bone conduction hearing aid that require a permanent surgical implant in the bone behind your ear.
CROS (contralateral routing of signals) and BiCROS hearing aids: these are for people with hearing in only one ear and work by transmitting sound from the side with no hearing to your good ear.
Body Worn Hearing Aids with insert/bone conductor are offered to patients with specifics needs.
Ear Level Bone Conduction Hearing Aids Issued to children with specific needs.
The following hearing aids are only available under strict medical criteria:
In-The-Ear (ITE) hearing aids
In-The-Canal (ITC) hearing aids
Completely In the Canal (CIC) hearing aids
Spectacle hearing aids
Cochlear Implants
These are fitted at regional centres through an (ENT) referral
West Of England Cochlear Implant Programme
Southmead Hospital
Bristol
BS10 5NB
Tel: 0117 3235151
Centre for Hearing and Balance Assessment, Rehabilitation and Research (HARC)
Selly Oak Hospital
Selly Oak
Birmingham
Tel: 0121 627 2000
B29 6JD