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Hearing Aid
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is it possible to get a hearing aidon nhs
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.In many areas of the country, free NHS aids are available through Specsavers....so you don't have to go to hospital at all. But, you do need to see your GP first. Further information here:
http:// www.spe csavers .co.uk/ hearing /hearin g-aids/ nhs-hea ring-ai ds?gcli d=CKXG8 dnG_8MC FUiWtAo dfyYAjw
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From the NHS website:
http:// www.nhs .uk/chq /Pages/ 894.asp x?Categ oryID=6 8&S ubCateg oryID=1 57
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Not only can you geta hearing aid on the NHS (see posts above for how to get one) but your hearing will be rechecked regularly and your aid recalibrated to your hearing. NHS also supplies the batteries.
Bear in mind that the aids now given out by the NHS are tiny digital aids .
I have always found the audiology department that I use absolutely brilliant.
Bear in mind that the aids now given out by the NHS are tiny digital aids .
I have always found the audiology department that I use absolutely brilliant.
Here's what they say about the railcard
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paddywack.....you make a good point, however the deafness of the ageing (presbycusus ) affects both ears symmetrically, whereas an acoustic neuroma causes deafness only in one ear. It is slow growing and may not even be worth removing.
All patients with a one sided nerve deafness should have an MRI scan.
All patients with a one sided nerve deafness should have an MRI scan.