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Modernising Children's Hearing Aid Services Programme is part of
the School of Psychological Sciences

Modernising Children's Hearing Aid Services

About MCHAS

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What we do

The Modernising Children's Hearing Aid Services (MCHAS) was the title of the research and training programme which introduced digital signal processing hearing aid technology into the NHS. The programme ran from 2000 2005 and during this time all Audiology departments in England, received training and children are now routinely fitted with digital hearing aids. Alongside the introduction of new hearing aid technology, new fitting procedures and working practices were introduced. Guidelines covering these procedures were written and are now accepted by the profession as standard quality practice.

Aims

The MCHAS guidelines are now embedded into clinical practice and are used as a quality standard by which good practice in Paediatric Audiology can be measured. We hope that this resource will be helpful for reference, quality assurance, professional and service development. Our aims are to:

  • provide information and materials (primarily for teachers and audiologists) relevant to the fitting and management of childrens hearing aids
  • provide a forum for paediatric audiologists to contact each other in order to nurture good practice and share experiences
We hope that this resource will be helpful for reference, quality assurance, professional and service development.

Contact MCHAS

Staff, address, phone and email details

MCHAS guidelines

The MCHAS guidelines are now embedded into clinical practice and are used as a quality standard by which good practice in Paediatric Audiology can be measured.

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