The HSE is to actively shorten hearing-test waiting-lists in its Mid-West area, which covers North Tipperary, Clare and Limerick, and consists of about 53 per cent adults and 47 per cent children, the Irish Medical Times reports.
Read: New HSE initiative to cut hearing-test waiting list
Only recently, the HSE advised that newborn hearing tests will extend to maternity hospitals in Dublin and the north-east area through end-2013.
Read: Newborn hearing tests to start at end of year
With the National Audiological Review having published in April 2011, it is hugely encouraging to see hearing-care get the state attention it needs.
Further Reading
- Figures On Newborn Hearing Tests For Ireland/The UK
- Hearing-Aids + Learning = Education
- Family Gets Apology From HSE For Mis-Diagnosis
- UK High Street Clinics Benefit From NHS Reforms
- The HSE’s National Audiology Review document (April 2011)
