Published Date:
12 March 2008
PATIENTS with hearing difficulties will now be able to stay in Buckingham for treatment after audiology equipment was donated by the League of Friends of Buckingham Hospital last week.
The equipment, which cost more than £6,500, consisted of a sound shelter, which provides a quiet environment to carry out tests, a diagnostic audiometer, which tests hearing, and a typanometer, which allows middle ear functions to be assessed.
Hearing tests were carried out at Buckingham Hospital, but ambient sound levels were found to be too high and the service was discontinued in July 2007. Patients had to travel to Aylesbury for treatment until December last year when a new service was re-established at the hospital.
Hearing aid assessments and follow-up care can now be carried out in Buckingham.
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Last Updated:
12 March 2008 10:22 AM
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Location:
Buckingham
