Information on the number of people receiving digital hearing aids in Northern Ireland was first collected for the quarter ending 31 March 2006, and is presented in Table 1. More recent information is not available at this time.
Hospitals Patients fitted during quarter Royal group of hospitals 325 Belfast city hospital 299 Mater hospital 160 Ulster community and hospital 182 Lagan Valley hospital 96 Downe hospital 54 Causeway/united hospitals 404 Armagh and Dungannon 256 Craigavon area hospital 213 Daisy hill hospital 89 Altnagelvin hospital 265 Sperrin lakeland 232 Northern ireland 2,575 Source: Community Information Branch return AUDI
Information on the number of people waiting for a digital hearing aid is only available for 31 March 2006. Information is therefore not available on the average number of people waiting for digital hearing aids. Information on the number of people waiting for a hearing assessment/reassessment at 31 March 2006 is presented in Table 2.
Table 2: Number of patients waiting for a hearing assessment/reassessment at 31 March 2006, by health trust1Trust/hospitalPatients waitingRoyal hospital0Causeway/United hospitals64UCHT349Lagan Valley0Belfast city hospital278Mater hospital148Armagh and Dungannon426Craigavon area hospital379Newry and Mourne138Altnagelvin38Sperrin Lakeland302Downe Hospital62Northern Ireland2,184 1 The information in the table is based on where a client is treated and not necessarily where the client lives, i.e. a client from the northern board may be seen in the Royal hospital and their details included in the eastern board.Source:Community Information Branch return AUDI