The service can be accessed by patients directly (existing patients), or new patients can be referred to ENT or Audiology, dependent on referral criteria (see below).
We provide a comprehensive Adult Audiology service and support ENT Consultant appointments, through specialised testing and treatments:
- Direct GP Referral, for hearing aid consideration
- Hearing aid repairs, advice and follow-up service
- Community-based hearing aid repair and advice clinics (Warrington only)
- Diagnostic Audiometry
- Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Therapy
- VNG (balance testing)
- Newborn Hearing Screening
- ABR (paediatric testing)
- Paediatric hearing aid service (hospital and community-based)
Audiologists
- Paula Atherton - Audiology Manager
- Anna Chan - Deputy Audiology Manager
- Lynda Coyne - Senior Audiologist
- Jill Green - Senior Audiologist
- Anne Marie Pickavance - Senior Audiologist
- Julie Dutton - Audiologist
- Mike Lynch - Senior Audiologist
- Beth Wise - Senior Audiologist
- Sara Kadodia - Audiologist
- Sameena Majeed - Audiologist
- Ammaar Vali - Audiologist
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Assistant Technical Officers
- Anna Cleary - Audiology ATO
- Ian Griffiths - Audiology ATO
- Kathryn Tocher - Audiology ATO
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Clinic Assistant
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Joanne Brown - Clinic Assistant
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Hearing Screeners
- Jess Capper - Hearing Screener/Clerical officer
- Deborah Grogan - Hearing Screening Co-ordinator
- Victoria Jones - Hearing Screener/Clerical officer
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Administrative
- Val Challinor - Clerical officer
- Carole Fernandez - Audiology Administrator
- Laura Williams - Hearing Screener
- Pamela Mcglinchey - Hearing Screener
- Victoria Rigby - Hearing Screener
- Georgia Sharples - Hearing Screener
Hearing Aid Assessments
- Monday - Friday, AM and PM, at both Warrington Hospital and Halton Hospital
- Selected days at Highfield Hospital, Widnes
Hearing Aid Community Clinics
- Last Friday of the month, 9:00am - 11:30am, at Orford Jubilee Park
- Second Wednesday of the month, 1:30pm - 4:00pm, at Grappenhall Clinic
- First Friday of the month, 9:00am - 11:30am, at Penketh Clinic
- Last Tuesday of the month, 9:00am - 11:30am, at Woolston Clinic
For more information on our Community Clinics please see our information poster which can be accessed by clicking here.
Newborn Hearing Screening
- 7 days a week, 364 days of the year, at Warrington Hospital
Paediatrics
- Monday PM and Thursday AM appointments, at Sandy Lane Child Development Clinic, Orford
- Tuesday AM appointments, at Warrington Hospital
Referral Guidance
Referrals to the Audiology Service can be made via:
- Indirect Choose & Book
- Fax – 01925 662696
- Email – whh.
audiology @nhs.net - Post – Audiology Department, Lovely Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 1QG
To access our referral criteria please click here.
Warrington Hospital
Main Outpatients Department
Appleton Wing
Warrington Hospital
Lovely Lane
Warrington
WA5 1 QG
Halton Hospital
Clinic Area B & C
Outpatients Department
Halton Hospital
Hospital Way
Runcorn
WA7 2DA
Highfield Hospital
Highfield Road
Widnes
WA8 7DT