This section includes additional system resources and links you will find useful in meeting needs locally.
This quality standard covers assessing and managing hearing loss in adults (aged 18 and over). It includes people presenting with hearing loss for the first time in adulthood whether it started in adulthood or earlier. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
The IQIPS scheme is a UKAS supported quality assurance framework including guidance for delivering quality audiology services.
This Information Standard puts a legal duty on all NHS and adult social care providers to make their services accessible for people with disabilities and sensory loss, including people with hearing loss.
This hearing loss data tool shows prevalence of hearing loss within CCG and Local Government Authority populations. It can be used to support planning of local service to meet local population needs.
This guideline covers the assessment, investigation and management of tinnitus in primary, community and secondary care. It offers advice to healthcare professionals on supporting people presenting with tinnitus and on when to refer for specialist assessment and management.
Guidance for GPs on the care of patients dealing with deafness and hearing loss.
NHSE Guidance on Pediatric Hearing Services.
- Download Paediatric Hearing Services Improvement Programme: system recommendations for immediate action
- View NHSE Guidance on Pediatric Hearing Services
This guideline covers some aspects of assessing and managing hearing loss in primary, community and secondary care. It aims to improve the quality of life for adults with hearing loss by advising healthcare staff on assessing hearing difficulties, managing earwax and referring people for audiological or specialist assessment and management.
- Download Hearing loss in adults assessment and management
- View Guidance on Hearing loss in adults: assessment and management
The Eligability Framework is a tool that enables sensory support services in education to provide an equitable allocation of their resources. Entry and exit criteria for support are provided as well as a means of identifying the levels of support required.