Ear Nurses

What we offer

The ear nurse provides treatment services within the Waikato DHB region to children in the school, preschool age group following referral from the Hearing & Vision Screening Service, public health nurses, general practitioners and specialist consultants.

The ear nurse can help if you have any concerns about your child’s ear health such as:

• otorrhoea/otalgia
• type B tympanogram
• failure of audiometry associated with Type B tympanogram
• previous or suspected middle ear disease
• hearing loss –previous or suspected
• wax impaction/wax removal
• foreign bodies
• grommet assessment
• hearing aid wearer – wax removal
• hearing assessment – due to poor speech development
• follow up from hospital procedures e.g. grommets.

Hours of service

8am - 4.30pm Monday - Friday (excluding public holidays)

How to contact us

All schools have copies of the ear nurses visiting schedules. Alternatively enquiries to :

Town	Telephone Number
Hamilton	(07) 838 3565
Morrinsville	(07) 889 5335
Ngaruawahia	(07) 824 8646
Taumarunui	(07) 896 0020
Te Kuiti	(07) 878 7333
Thames	(07) 868 3804
Tokoroa	(07) 886 7239

Partners in care

The ear nurses work with the vision and hearing screening programmes in schools and pre schools with a planned annual schedule that complements this screening programme.

The service is provided in local communities in either a mobile or static clinic setting.

Ideally a parent/guardian will accompany a child to the ear nurse clinic as signed parent consent is required before an ear nurse is able to commence treatment.