Steve Mason, Head of Electrodiagnostics, retired in June after 38 years service in the NHS. Steve pioneered the used of specialist testing in the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme and the Nottingham Cochlear implant Programme and is recognised as an expert in auditory evoked potentials at nationally and internationally. We wish him well in his retirement.

The Evoked Potentials (EP) Clinic in the Electrodiagnostics Section of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering provides a wide range of specialised patient investigations to assist with the diagnosis of disorders affecting hearing and vision. This service is provided to various directorates and centres within the Trust including Ophthalmology, ENT, the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme and the Nottingham Cochlear implant Programme, and also to other hospitals outside Nottingham.

Visual Investigations

• Electroretinography (ERG)
• Electro-oculography (EOG)
• Visual Evoked Potentials (VEP)
• Multifocal Electroretinography (mfERG)
• Multifocal Visual Evoked Potentials (mfVEP)

Patient leaflets

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Visual Evoked Potentials

Visual Evoked Potentials for Parents

Auditory Investigations

• Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR)
• Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE)
• Electrocochleography (ECochG)
• Auditory Cortical Response (ACR)
• Cochlear Implant related tests (CI)

Patients are referred to the clinic from a wide range of directorates and centres, including the Ophthalmology Directorate, ENT Directorate, Nottingham Cochlear Implant Programme (NCIP) and the Nottingham Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP). It is in these specific areas that research and service development are mainly directed.  An example of the development of an investigation, which now forms part of our diagnostic test battery, is the multi-focal technique for performing electroretinography and visual evoked potential investigations.

Key Contacts Details

Clinic Reception and Appointments

Direct Dial: 0115-9709266
QMC 0115 9249924 - ext 63382
Fax: 0115 8754603
epclinic@nuh.nhs.uk

Mrs Beverley Holland – Chief Technician/Clinic Lead
QMC 0115 9249924 - ext 63382
epclinic@nuh.nhs.uk

Opening Times

The normal clinic opening times are 9.00am to 5.00pm. There is an answer phone and fax machine for out of hours communications.

Making / Changing / Cancelling an Appointment

Please contact clinic reception regarding any changes or cancellations that you need to make regarding your appointment.

Locations

The Evoked Potentials Clinic is located on B floor (Room B126) in the Medical School Block of the Queen’s Medical Centre Campus.