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"Audiology drop in"

About: Lanarkshire Community Services / Audiology

(as a relative),

My husband has been finding it quite difficult to get anybody to listen to him at the Audiology drop in department Princess Gate Hamleton. He has tried to explain his problems but feels like no one is listening to what he has to say. I offered to speak to the service on behalf of my husband in hope that I could explain the issues he has been having.

I myself work in Health & Social care so deal with these kind of service in my line of work so thought I would be able to stay calm and explain the issues but I myself came away from the speaking to staff just as frustrated.

The issue we are having is that my husband in the past has been able to manage his hearing aids himself via the going to the classes and then managing and ordering new parts on-line, the issue is that when the size of his hearing aid has been entered incorrectly by someone onto this computer system, so when he tries to order new parts they send the wrong size. When we try to explain this to staff they are not very helpful at all and direct us back to the website.

We feel like we are in a horrible cycle of not being heard and all the while my husband cannot hear properly and we are both very frustrated by the whole process to the point we have both felt weepy after coming off the phone to staff who have not been able to resolve the issue.

Please can someone help get the correct size of my husbands hearing aids entered onto the computer? ? ?

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Response from Robbie Rooney, Service Manager Audiology, Princess Gate, NHS Lanarkshire 4 years ago
Robbie Rooney
Service Manager Audiology, Princess Gate,
NHS Lanarkshire
Submitted on 18/12/2019 at 13:10
Published on Care Opinion at 13:36


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Hi circinuskz93,

Firstly, my sincere apologies for the ongoing frustrations both you and your husband have experienced from the detail in your post.

It is disappointing to hear that you feel that staff haven't listened to either you or your husband. It is important within any service that patients are listened to and staff listen to the needs of the patient or carers.

Clearly, from your post this is not how either you or your husband have felt during your contact with staff which I am sorry to hear.

I know that you have now made contact with me directly and I have tried to call you this morning to discuss further.

I will be in touch directly to discuss the issues you have highlighted and to address the issue of the domes being the incorrect size for your husbands hearing aids.

Many thanks

Robbie Rooney

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