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The Hearing Center, Flekkefjord

The Hearing Center is the hospital's specialist unit for hearing diagnostics and rehabilitation of the hearing impaired. We collaborate with clinics and doctors and offer our patients the best possible diagnostics for hearing and balance problems.

Patients who do not already have hearing aids must first be assessed at Sørlandet Hospital, Kristiansand before you can get an appointment for hearing aid fitting in Flekkefjord.

Patients who previously traveled to Rogaland and now wish to have an appointment in Flekkefjord can contact their family doctor for a new referral.

Information about previous treatment locations must be sent together with the referral to the hospital. This also applies to patients who have been treated by other contracted specialists.

In order to fit hearing aids, relevant hearing tests and a diagnosis must be available. Hearing aids are ordered individually after a needs assessment, and we assist in applying for coverage of hearing aid expenses from NAV (Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration). Trying out hearing aids requires several consultations at The Hearing Center. The Hearing Center offers follow-up in a lifelong perspective.
All municipalities in Agder have hearing contacts. Here you can get advice, guidance, and practical help with using hearing aids and technical aids. They also assist in applying for technical aids in daily life. Contact information can be obtained from The Hearing Center or by contacting your municipality directly.

The Hearing Center offers service consultations if problems arise with hearing aids dispensed by Sørlandet Hospital. Hearing aids fitted at other clinics must be followed up there. We check the hearing aids, perform simple repairs, or assist with equipment maintenance. We also send hearing aids for repair to the supplier and take impressions for new ear tips.
Do you need an adjustment of the sound? You must book a regular consultation appointment.
For repair of hearing aids or impressions for new ear tips: Call us to book service.
Important: 10 minutes are allocated for the audiologist.
Service fee is 200 kr + any materials and postage.

Service in Flekkefjord:
Call to book a service appointment: ENT office 38 32 71 30 (08.00-15.00)

Contact

Telephone

Postal address

P.O. Box 416 Lundsiden, 4604 Kristiansand

Email

postmottak@sshf.no

How to find us

Hovedinngang til Flekkefjord sykehus med uteplass med stoler og blomster

Sørlandet Hospital Flekkefjord

Engvald Hansens vei 6

Engvald Hansens vei 6, 4400 Flekkefjord

Find your way

You may be entitled to have necessary expenses covered when traveling to and from the treatment location.

You should primarily use public transport, and you must pay a deductible. To get reimbursement for expenses incurred during the trip, you must fill out a travel expense form and send it to [Patient Travel].Patient Travel.

You can reach our locations by public transport. Go to Agder public transport to find your route:akt.no

Practical Information

Does the appointment not work for you? Now, as a recipient of a digital invitation letter on helsenorge.no, you can directly message the department you are visiting if you need a new appointment time. You must be a registered user on helsenorge to access the service.
You can also contact the department where you have an appointment or call the main switchboard on the phone: 38 07 30 00
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Visiting hours may vary at the various departments and locations. Please check the department you have an appointment with for more information.

See overview of the hospital's departments

General visiting hours:

Arendal:
17.00-19.00 on weekdays
14.00-16.00 and 18.00-19.00 on weekends and holidays

Flekkefjord:
14.00-15.00 and 18.00-19.00
Delivery Ward: 17.00-19.00 (siesta/no visits: 14.00-16.00)

Kristiansand:
17.00-19.00 on weekdays
14.00-16.00 and 18.00-19.00 on weekends and holidays

Delivery Ward: 16.00–18.00 every day for the newborn's healthy siblings.

Many people want to send a flower greeting when visiting a patient at the hospital, but due to allergies and infection risk, several of our departments are flower-free. We appreciate it if you who want to bring a gift to the patient choose something other than flowers.

Some patients also react allergically to perfume or creams containing perfume. We ask that this be taken into consideration.

Many patients and relatives want to take photos/videos or blog about their time at the hospital. Of course, you are welcome to do so, as long as you respect the privacy of other patients and employees.

Here are a few good tips for using social media for you as a patient or relative:

  • Respect others. You must have consent if you want to take pictures or videos of patients or employees. All patients have the right to privacy when they are at the hospital.
  • Parents/guardians decide whether you can take pictures of children or publish pictures of their children online. Parents should consider what is best for the child. When the child is 12 years old, great weight should be given to what the child thinks. When the child is 15 years old, they decide for themselves whether it is okay to be photographed and whether it may be published.
  • Remember that employees must also give their permission if you want to publish photos you have taken of them.
  • You should remove content you have published if the person involved asks you to. If someone has posted pictures of you online without permission, you can ask them to delete it. If you are not heard, you can contact: www.slettmeg.no.

Sound Recording
It is not illegal to make recordings of conversations you participate in for private use. Publishing and sharing, however, requires the consent of the person you are talking to. Secret recordings of conversations you do not participate in are illegal.

Parking spaces at Sørlandet Hospital are subject to a fee from Monday to Friday between 08.00 and 20.00. All those who wish to park on the hospital grounds must follow the signs and instructions on the payment machines.

At the hospitals in Arendal and Kristiansand, it is possible to pay for parking with EasyPark (mobile solution), card, or coins at other locations. See signs for both payment options and time limits.

At the hospital in Kristiansand, you can register your parking via the Easypark app, via the machine where you park, or the Flowbird website.

Register payment on the website

Overview of parking spaces on Eg in Kristiansand
 

At the hospital in Arendal, cameras read the vehicle's license plate upon entering and exiting the parking garage through the Autopay service. Follow the signs and read the instructions.


Pay at the payment machine

If you have not created a profile atAutopay.io​, you can pay at the machine at the main entrance. Enter the vehicle's license plate number. You can pay with card or cash, but the machine does not give change.

Pay automatically

Register as a customer with license plate number and bank card at www.autopay.io. Once you have registered, you will automatically pay each time you park in the parking garage.

During certain periods, e.g. due to heavy snow, it may be difficult to find a parking space. We therefore recommend being out in good time.

For electric cars:

Arendal: Electric cars can park free in areas marked with a maximum of 1, 2, or 3 hours. On other areas, a fee must be paid from the first hour.
Kristiansand: Electric cars pay a fee from and including the first hour.
Flekkefjord: Electric cars pay a fee from and including the first hour.

Do you need to charge your car? Not all of our hospital areas have charging stations, and those that do have a limited number. You therefore cannot rely on being able to charge your car while you are visiting as a patient or visitor. You can see all charging stations here:

All charging stations in one map - Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association​

Blood donors park free at the hospital.Further information is available from the blood bank.


Parents of children (under 18 years) with a hospital stay of more than 14 days,receive free parking during the child's continued stay. This also applies if the child's stay starts at another hospital. Contact the department at the hospital for more information.

Valid HC card gives free parking in designated areas
Contact the Service Desk to register your HC card. HC vehicles are exempt from time limits unless otherwise indicated on the signs.

Parking for Giving Birth Kristiansand
There is free parking for women giving birth outside the Women's Department at the hospital in Kristiansand. The maximum parking time is set to 2 hours.

Smoking can cause discomfort to others. Thank you for showing consideration and contributing to Sørlandet Hospital being a smoke-free environment.

If you need an interpreter, you must notify the hospital of this well in advance of the appointment. Expenses for the interpreter are covered by the health service.Helsenorge.no

Patients not fluent in Norwegian are entitled to an interpreter.Helsenorge.no/interpreter

All visitors can use free wireless internet at the hospital.

Look for HSO-Guest on your network and follow the instructions for logging in.

If you cannot find the network, you are in an area that has not yet been developed.