The funds raised at recent Cheltenham Festival event bought some important and expensive (£22,000) diagnostic ABR equipment for Hearing Services at the Children’s Centre.

This is a brand new, modern electrophysiological testing machine used to formally diagnose babies and young children with hearing loss following their new-born hearing ‘fail’ screening. It replaces an old, out of date piece of kit that could no longer function or be serviced. This equipment is used daily to carry out diagnostic assessments on babies and young children to assess their hearing reliably and deliver a better quality of life by early diagnosis and intervention.