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For immediate release 29 June 2006 HISTORIC HOSPITAL OPTS FOR STATE-OF-THE-ART IAC AUDIOLOGY SUITE
The facility has been commissioned by St Mark’s in a bid to improve hearing services for patients within the town and surrounding area, comply with current national standards and cater for the increased demand for hearing services. The new facility has been constructed using IAC’s patented Moduline panel system, to a stringent acoustic specification. Moduline comprises high performance 102mm acoustic panels with integrated acoustic doors, windows, ceilings and isolated acoustic floors, all pre-fabricated off site, delivered and then installed with minimum dust and disruption, in a matter of days. Tony Argyrou is part of IAC’s Medical Project Management team: "The Trust recognised that their 20-year-old facility was no longer able to meet demand and was too often necessitating patient retesting. It was time to upgrade. This new facility eliminates background noise so they’ll not longer see artificial depression of low frequency thresholds. We’ve eliminated reverberation from loudspeakers so that now thresholds across the frequency range can be more accurately tested, particularly in children. Threshold testing is apparently a key part of the work of the hospital, so this will save time giving best results first time round." These two fully air conditioned audiometric test rooms are located within what was formerly the Pharmacy suite. Constructed on a room-within-a-room basis, within a completely refurbished ground floor traditional-build shell, with good solid external and partition walls. A quadruple-glazed, tinted acoustic window links the Control Room with Test Room One, while the Noiselock acoustic "link" doors have double magnetic seals for superior noise isolation. Each room is finished internally with attractive wall fabric covering, carpets to the floors and mineral tile acoustic ceilings. The electrical system comprises 3-compartment dado trunking complete with ‘full’ VRA wiring, dimmable high frequency lighting and a special cable transit system for connection of specialist equipment from the Control Room directly into Test Room One. The complete facility provides a comfortable and stylish work environment for patients and the audiology team. Dr Roger Green is the Clinical Director of the East Berkshire Audiology Unit at the Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead Primary Care Trust. He heads a team of 25 clinical and administrative staff who deal with 35,000 patients per year. The Unit provides a full range of paediatric and adult care - a mature ‘modernised’ service throughout, including digital hearing aids for adults and children, comprehensive balance assessment and management, community newborn hearing screening programme, programmes for tinnitus, hyperacusis, central processing disorders and bone anchored hearing aids etc. The Unit is an accredited training centre for scientists and audiologists. Pauline Warner is the project manager for the refurbishment of the Audiology Unit at St Marks Hospital, Maidenhead. "This is the only site within the Trust that has not been fitted with IAC booths and so now we will soon be able to provide the above services in facilities that meet the National Standards." More information on IAC's high performance audiology booths and rooms can be found on www.industrialacoustics.com/uk or by contacting Jason Saunders, IAC's Business Manager on + 44 (0)1962 873027 For more media information please contact Sally Davis in the IAC Press Office on + 44 (0)23 9266 1600 sally@theprdepartment.co.uk
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One of the UK’s most historic hospitals, St Mark’s in Maidenhead, Berkshire is now home to two new state-of-the-art Audiology test rooms.
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