If your child has permanent hearing loss or deafness

If the hearing tests show that your child has permanent sensory neural or long standing hearing loss or deafness, they’ll be referred to Lambeth Hearing Support Service.

An educational audiologist from our Hearing Support Service will work closely with a paediatric audiologist in the NHS.

The NHS paediatric audiologist will:

• assess hearing levels
• fit hearing aids
• help your child to use their hearing aids or cochlear implants.

Our educational audiologist:

• will assess your child's hearing levels to understand what help they need to hear better at school and home
• may offer radio systems or other listening devices at your child’s nursery or school.