§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when residents of Northavon constituency will be able to access digital hearing aids via the NHS; and if he will make a statement. 163260]
§ Dr. Ladyman[holding answer 24 March 2004]: Digital hearing aids will be available to people from Northavon who attend the audiology service at Southmead Hospital from March 2005.
Details of audiology departments that are or will be involved in the modernising hearing aid services project are available at the Royal National Institute for the Deaf's Modernising of Hearing Aid Services (MHAS) internet site at www.mhas.info.