We are a specialist psychological team situated within the paediatric Audio-Vestibular Medical Services. We work psychologically with children, young people and their families who experience AVM conditions and also particular types of referrals, specifically tinnitus, hyperacusis and misophonia, from outside the hospital.
Conditions we treat
We see patients with tinnitus, hyperacusis and misophonia. We can provide assessment on the psychological impact of these conditions and ongoing, time-limited support focusing on the development of appropriate management techniques.
Useful information
The service utilises a CBT approach overall but incorporates aspects of systemic therapy and 3rd wave CBT approaches, including elements of Mindfulness and ACT.
General enquiries
Service management
Zaid Ahmed
Address
Royal National ENT & Eastman Dental Hospitals
47-49 Huntley Street
London
WC1E 6DG
Referral
Other referral information
You can email a referral letter to the paediatric psychology service via the paediatric AVM administration team:
uclh.paedsavm.enquiries@nhs.net
Conditions we treat
We see patients with tinnitus, hyperacusis and misophonia. We can provide assessment on the psychological impact of these conditions and ongoing, time-limited support focusing on the development of appropriate management techniques.
Referral criteria / acceptance criteria
We are a paediatric service and accept referrals up to 17.5 years, due to waiting time. For most children with hyperacusis or tinnitus, we would accept children with a referred age over four years to ensure that the condition is related to hyperacusis or tinnitus rather than a developmental sensitivity.
We are a psychology service that works with audio-vestibular conditions and we do not work with specific additional psychological issues. If an individual might benefit from a referral to us but also has an additional issue (such as ASD, LD etc) then please discuss this with us by emailing a query directed to the paediatric psychology service.
Referral address
Paediatric Psychology Service Referrals
Royal National ENT & ED Hospitals
250 Euston Road
London
NW1 2PG