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  • Introduction
  • Overview and facts
  • Preventing Hearing Loss
  • Signs of hearing loss
  • Hearing Loss Overview
  • Common symptoms table – How patient may present
  • Common Red Flags and Referral Guidelines Timeline
  • Referral Pathways
  • Information and Support for Patients and Carers
  • Psychosocial Effects of Hearing Loss
  • Hearing Loss and the risk of developing dementia
  • Interpretation of Investigations
  • Balance differentials
  • Tinnitus Management
  • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
  • Paediatric Hearing - Foreign Body
  • Paediatric Hearing - Otitis Externa (Swimmers Ear)
  • Paediatric Hearing - Otitis Media with Effusion (Glue Ear)
  • Meniere’s Disease
  • Aural Care
  • Assistive Technology
  • Communication Tips
  • Practical Tips for your GP Surgery
  • Hearing Loss a Global Problem
  • Information for NHS Managers and Commissioning Organisations
  • Quality Improvement Initiatives
  • GPVTS Teaching and Curriculum
  • RCGP Learning: Essential CPD for Primary Care
  • Examples of Innovation
  • Podcasts
  • COVID-19 and Patients with Deafness and Hearing Loss
  • Further Reading

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Deafness and hearing loss toolkit

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Guidance for GPs on the care of patients dealing with deafness and hearing loss.

RCGP Learning: Essential CPD for Primary Care

  • Essential Knowledge Update Screencast: Hearing loss in adults: assessment and management
  • Essential Knowledge Update Online E-Learning: Hearing loss in adults: assessment and management
  • Essential Knowledge Update - Tinnitus: assessment and management

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