Table 2.
Interventions offered at the GP consultations. Percent figures are expressed as percentages of the respondents who had consulted their GP (n = 936)
| Intervention | Respondents | |
|---|---|---|
| (n) | (%) | |
| Information provided | 100 | 10.7 |
| Referred to secondary care | 718 | 76.6 |
| Referred to ENT or Audiovestibular Medicine (AVM) physician | 519 | 55.4 |
| Referred to Audiology | 267 | 28.5 |
| Referred to ENT or AVM and Audiology | 68 | 4.5 |
| Medication prescribed | 188 | 20.1 |
| GP follow-up appointment arranged (watchful waiting) | 32 | 3.4 |
| None | 183 | 19.5 |
| Hearing test at the GP surgery | 26 | 2.8 |
| In-house dewaxing arranged | 9 | 1.0 |
| Referred to GP colleague with special interest in ENT (GPWSI) | 10 | 1.1 |
| Referred to high street service | 2 | 0.2 |
| MRI arranged | 6 | 0.6 |