Our multidisciplinary team of professionals aim to provide a quality patient centred service.
Here is a quick guide to some of the people you may meet and what they do.
YAIS/Cochlear Implant Team
Consultant ENT Surgeons
Mr D R Strachan Consultant ENT Surgeon 
Mr S D Carr Consultant ENT Surgeon 
Mr M I J Khan Consultant ENT
Surgeon
Professor C H Raine Consultant ENT
Surgeon
The consultant ENT surgeons have specialist experience and knowledge about cochlear implants. They perform cochlear implant and other ENT surgery. Patients/parents will see them at clinic appoitnments pre and post surgery.
Cochlear Implant Service Manager
Rob Gardner Cochlear Implant Service Manager
Rob oversees YAIS (Yorkshire Auditory Implant Service) which includes both the Audiology and Cochlear Implant Services
Service Coordinators
Helen Peebles Principal Speech & Language Therapist – Lead Rehabilitationist 
Catherine Totten Principal Clinical Scientist (Audiology) – Lead Scientist
The joint service co-ordinators manage the cochlear implant team. They ensure patients referred to the Cochlear Implant Team are assessed and supported appropriately, meeting their needs and the requirements of Quality Standards.
Administrative Team
Gillian Cowan
Office Manager
Ann El’abdli Receptionist/ Administration Clerk 
Manjit Garcha Administration Clerk/Receptionist 
Barbara Henry Administration Clerk/Receptionist
The admin team work closely with all the professional groups who make up the Cochlear Implant Team. They handle all new referrals, organise your appointments and send out clinic letters. They liaise between the service and other hospital departments regarding such things as scans and admissions. The Receptionist is usually your first point of personal contact with us (either on the phone or in person).
Audiologists/Clinical Scientists (Audiology)
Catherine Totten Principal Clinical Scientist (Audiology) – Lead Scientist 
Kirsty Waite
Specialist Audiologist
Annie Woolley
Clinical Scientist
- Sally Harman Clinical Scientist (Audiology)
- Catherine Killan Audiological Scientist
The Audiologists assess and monitor the patients’ hearing and their ability to participate in the tests which are required to programme the cochlear implant. You can talk to them about your or your child’s hearing levels, hearing aids, what a cochlear implant is and how it works.
Audiologist Assistants
Kishwer Hussain Audiology Officer/Assistant Healthcare 
Andy Dearnley Technical Support
- Shazia Begum Audiology Officer/Assistant Healthcare
The technical officers look after the patients’ equipment by providing care and technical support. You can ask them advice about spares and repairs and how to troubleshoot faults and problems.
Advisory Teachers of the Deaf (TODs)
Joanne Smith 
Jeni Bickley 
Angela Cordingley
The teachers assess and monitor how children listen pre and post implant. As the child’s key worker they liaise with parents/carers as well as other professionals working with the child. They are based at the centre but do outreach visits to home, school and other educational settings.
Speech & Language Therapists
Jillian Ridgwell
(Adults)
Julie Carter
(Adults)
Helen Peebles (Paediatrics) -– Lead Rehabilitationist 
Liz Hamilton (Paediatrics) 
Sophie Williams (Paediatrics)
The speech and language therapists assess and monitor, speech, understanding and communication. They give advice on how to develop communication skills further. They provide support to patients and parents pre and post implant. The speech and language therapists are based at the centre.
Rehabilitation Support Worker
Naseem Hussain
The RSW supports families for whom English is a second language, enabling them to access the service without language restrictions. This allows patients and parents to be more involved with their healthcare through both spoken and written information in a range of home languages.