Our hearing assessment are very comprehensive to look at your ability to hear: different sounds, discriminate speech and how well you hear in noise, looking how well your middle ear is working.
Testing Your Hearing
Clare Waring
Clare has worked as a Clinical Scientist for 13 years, developing a broad range of clinical and leadership skills throughout her NHS career. In her current role, she leads the Vestibular Service, providing vestibular assessments and vestibular rehabilitation. Her responsibilities also include the assessment and management of hearing in both adult and paediatric populations, as well as tinnitus and hyperacusis counselling.
She has extensive experience in the diagnosis and management of hearing loss in children from six months of age through to early adulthood, including complex cases and children with additional needs. She enjoys developing individualised management plans for adults and children with hearing loss, tinnitus, dizziness or balance difficulties.
In addition to her clinical work, she chairs the East of England Vestibular Interest Group and is a Steering Group member of the British Society of Audiology Balance Interest Group. Her particular areas of interest include paediatric vestibular assessment and paediatric tinnitus counselling.
Drawing on her background in Psychology, she enjoys integrating psychological principles into both Vestibular Rehabilitation and Tinnitus Counselling, helping patients develop effective strategies to manage their symptoms and improve their quality of life.
