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Find out more about the services and clinics offered at Freeman Hospital and elsewhere within the Newcastle Hospitals
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Balance & Dizziness
Service Referral Criteria
Conditions Treated
- Vertigo / Dizziness / Imbalance of Otologic Origin
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Vestibular Failure
Procedures Performed
- Audiometry
- Vestibular Testing
- Vestibular Rehabilitation
- CT/MRI scans
- Epley Manoeuvre
- Middle Ear Surgery
- Acoustic Neuroma Excision
Exclusions
- Dizziness/Vertigo/Balance problems of non-otologic cause
- No-one under 16 years
Administrative Requirements
- If your patient requires transport this should be booked by the Practice
- If your patient requires an interpreter then please include comprehensive details with the referral letter
- Please confirm all demographic details of your patient
- Please include any past medical and/or surgical history
- Please state whether your patient has been treated or see for the same condition at this or any other hospital
- Please include a current list of medication your patient is currently taking
- Please ensure any "suggested investigations" are completed prior to referring your patient, and all results are attached with your referral letter
