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the Borough, with ophthalmologists provided by the North West Me tropolitan Regional Hospital
Board.
Hendon Central Clinic.
Watling Clinic.
Oak Lane Clinic.
Vale Drive Clinic.
Brunswick Park Road Clinic.
At Central Hendon Clinic and Vale Drive Clinic an orthoptist provides for the eye training
of squinting children within the Borough.
Audiometry
Two Audiometer Operators carry out the routine audiometric testing of school schildren
three times in their school life. At other times, children who fail to develop proper speech, or
who may require to be considered for special educational treatment or subsequent to investigation
by an Assistant Medical Officer be suspected of having some loss of hearing are seen by
the Audiometer Operators and dealt with as special cases.

Audiology
Those children who are considered to need more specialised investigation, after testing
by the Audiometer Operator and consideration by the Medical Officer at the clinic, are referred
to an audiology unit. Units are established in the London Borough of Haringey and the London
Borough of Brent where the staff include a consultant otologist, medical officers, peripatetic
teachers of the deaf, educational psychologist and audiometricians, and where if need be, the
advice can be obtained of the Head Teacher or staff of a Special School for the Deaf.
During the year a total of 25 children were provided with commercial hearing aids.
Child Guidance Service
Consideration has been given during the course of the year to the operation of a Child
Guidance Service by the Authority, and discussions were continuing at 31st December, 1967.
In the meantime, arr angements are made for children to be seen at Child Guidance Clinics
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