Audiology (ICAN)
We work with children and infants with hearing impairments early in life so that their conditions can be managed as well as possible.
About the audiology (ICAN) service
Operating as part of the integrated children’s additional needs (ICAN) Service we identify children, aged 0 to 18 years who attend a Leeds school or GP, with a hearing impairment early in life so that the condition can be managed as well as possible. We work with the child and family to consider all health and wellbeing issues and then refer to other health services as required.
Referral
Referrals accepted from any healthcare professionals include:
- GPs
- Paediatricians
- School nurses
- Health visitors
- Speech and language therapists
- Community nursery nurse
- School hearing screening programme
- Newborn hearing screening programme
These professionals can refer using the audiology referral form
Read about our referral criteria.
Note: Relay UK free support to help deaf people and those who have hearing loss or have a speech impairment to communicate over the phone.
Service site walkthrough
Video transcript
Hello!
I’m Sam.
I’m going to show you what happens at a hearing test appointment with Children’s Community Audiology.
An audiologist’s job is to check children’s hearing from the age of zero to eighteen years old. They do this by playing listening games.
There are three sites to choose from across the city, Armley Moor Health Centre, Chapeltown Health Centre and St George’s Centre in Middleton. This film is about Armley Moor Health Centre.
Once you walk into the building, the reception is on the left-hand side.
The receptionist will take your name and tell you where to wait.
There are some toys to keep you busy whilst you wait.
One of the team will come and collect you from the waiting room.
Your appointment will take place in a very quiet room.
You can play with some toys while the audiologist asks some questions.
Then, it’s the fun bit, you get to play the listening game!
You might hear some quiet sounds through a speaker or headphones.
It’s a good idea to not bring your brothers or sisters as it will become harder to hear these quiet sounds.
You may be asked to put a man in a boat or bricks in a box. Wait for the sound… in it goes!
Or even press a button every time the sound comes.
Sometimes, you might have to listen for the sounds and then you can see the animals in the boxes or cartoons on the screen.
After the listening games, they look inside your ears with a special torch.
It tickles a little bit.
They put a special tip in your ear and it draws a picture on a machine. I wonder what picture yours will draw?
At the end of your appointment, the audiologist will go through your results.
I always enjoy my hearing test and I get a special sticker to take home.
Your parent or carer may need to know some information before they arrive.
The carpark can be accessed via the back of the health centre on Modder Avenue and the entrance is at the front. It’s a good idea to allow extra time to find parking as it can be very busy. There are also bus stops on Town Street near to the entrance of the health centre.
It is very important you attend your audiology appointment. You may be discharged from their service if you don’t let them know beforehand that you can’t attend.
If you have any questions, or need to change the appointment time, you can ring the number on your appointment letter,
See you soon!
Video transcript
Hello, I’m Sam.
I’m going to show you what happens at a hearing test appointment with children’s community audiology.
An audiologist’s job is to is to check children’s hearing from the age of zero to eighteen years old. They do this by playing listening games.
There are three sites to choose from across the city, Armley Health Centre, Chapeltown Health Centre and St George’s Centre in Middleton. This film is about Chapeltown Health Centre.
Once you walk into the building, the reception is on the right.
The receptionist will take your name and tell you where to wait.
There might be some pictures to colour in while you wait.
One of the team will come and collect you from the waiting room.
Your appointment will take place in a very quiet room.
You can play with some toys while the audiologist asks some questions.
Then, it’s the fun bit, you get to play the listening game!
You might hear some quiet sounds through a speaker or headphones.
It’s a good idea to not bring your brothers or sisters as it will become harder to hear these quiet sounds.
You may be asked to put a man in a boat or bricks in a box. Wait for the sound. In it goes!
Or even press a button every time the sound comes or, you might have to listen for the sounds and then you can see the animals in the boxes or cartoons on the screen.
After the listening games, they look inside your ears with a special torch.
It might tickle a little bit.
Next, they put a special tip in your ear and it draws a special picture on a machine. I wonder what picture yours will draw?
At the end of your appointment the audiologist will go through your results
After we’ve played the games, we get a special sticker to take home with us. I hope you enjoy your hearing test-they are lots of fun.
Your parent or carer may need to know some extra information before they arrive.
The carpark can be accessed via the back of the health centre just off Leopold Park Road and the entrance is at the front. It’s a good idea to allow extra time to find parking as it can be very busy. If you are taking a bus, there are several bus stops very near the health centre.
It is very important you attend your audiology appointment. You may be discharged from our service if you don’t let us know beforehand that you can’t attend.
If you have any questions or need to change the time of your appointment, you can ring the number on your appointment letter.
See you soon!
Video transcript
Hello! I’m Sam. I’m going to show you what happens at a hearing test appointment with children’s community audiology.
The audiologist’s job is to check children’s hearing from the age of zero to eighteen years old and we do this by playing listening games.
There are three sites to choose from across the city, Armley Health Centre, Chapeltown Health Centre and St George’s Centre in Middleton. This film is about St George’s Health Centre.
Once you walk into the building, the reception is the small window to the left of the main reception desk.
There’s a window for you to tell the receptionist you have arrived.
The receptionist will take your name and let you in.
There are some toys to keep you busy whilst you wait, one of the team will come and collect you from the waiting room.
Your appointment will take place in a very quiet room.
You can play with some toys while the audiologist asks some questions.
Then, it’s the fun bit, you get to play the listening game!
You might hear some quiet sounds through a speaker or headphones.
It’s a good idea to not bring your brothers or sisters as it will become harder to hear these quiet sounds.
You may be asked to put a man in a boat or bricks in a box. Wait for the sound. In it goes!
Or even press a button every time the sound comes or, you might have to listen for the sounds and then you can see the animals in the boxes or cartoons on the screen.
After the listening games, they look inside your ears with a special torch
It might tickle a little bit.
Next, they put a special tip in your ear and it draws a special picture on a machine. I wonder what picture yours will draw?
At the end of your appointment the audiologist will go through your results
After we’ve played the games, we get a special sticker to take home with us. I hope you enjoy your hearing test as much as I did.
Your parent or carer may need to know some extra information before they arrive.
The carpark can be accessed via the back of the health centre just off St Georges Road and the entrance is at the front. It’s a good idea to allow extra time to find parking as it can be very busy. There are plenty of bus stops nearby too.
It is very important you attend your audiology appointment. You may be discharged from our service if you don’t let us know beforehand that you can’t attend.
See you soon!
