NHS diagnostic waits · Exeter · hearing test (audiology)

How long is the wait for a hearing test (audiology) at Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital?

The NHS does not publish hearing test waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, and it is the current hearing test queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

5weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for a hearing test (audiology) at Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 45% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital

A shorter hearing test queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital.

  • Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust · Torbay3w · 16 mi · 2w faster
  • Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset3w · 26 mi · 2w faster
  • University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · Plymouth4w · 34 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of3w · 65 mi · 2w faster
  • Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset3w · 67 mi · 2w faster
  • Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole4w · 67 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your hearing test could be at any of them.

  • Heavitree Hospital1 mi
  • Exmouth Hospital8 mi
  • Victoria Hospital12 mi
  • Tiverton and District Hospital13 mi
  • Honiton Hospital15 mi
  • Axminster Hospital23 mi
  • North Devon District Hospital35 mi

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