The team behind a local hearing centre group have been named 'Staffordshire Audiologists of the Year' for the third time in a row.

The Hearing Centres group, which operates seven hearing clinics across Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire, recently received the accolade from SME News.

This year, the family-run business also took home the award for 'Professional Excellence in Ear Wax Removal'.

Claire Snelling, audiologist and co-owner of The Hearing Centres, attributed the award to the group's "consistent high level of operations".

She said: "I think the award shows that we are consistently delivering a high level of service to patients, and they are accessing a service that is needed within the community.

"High standards, patient driven, evidence based: it all sits within the core values that we have as a business."

Rory Kewney, another audiologist and co-owner, also welcomed the award and stressed the group's patient-driven ethos.

He said: "We have been heavily involved in audiology and the profession for a good length of time, and all with a desire to offer patients a local, evidence based, patient-centred practice.

"I think that part of what has fuelled our expansion, is that we have got a really clear vision of how we think it should be done.

"And it has been proven that is what patients want as well, because we have such a loyal and ever-expanding customer base."

The group's award-winning Staffordshire hearing centres include Leek and Cheadle.

As well as 'excellent' ear wax removal, each of the clinics provides a range of high-quality services including hearing tests, tinnitus management, advice on hearing aids and assistive listening devices.

The third co-owner of the business, Brad Snelling, added: "The level at which we operate in terms of looking after the patient to the aftercare is industry leading.

"That is what separates us from everywhere else."

To find out more about The Hearing Centres and the available services, visit the website here.

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