Natalie Stephenson

Professionally I have been an audiologist for a decade.I am committed to supporting  patients/clients through a health & wellbeing lens.

Throughout I have demonstrated empathy, leadership, integrity.  true care and embraced reflective practice.  My time has been spent predominantly in the specialist areas of paediatrics &  adults with learning disabilities diagnostics & (re)habilitation.  

Working closely with paediatric audio-vestibular medicine, oncology, Pulmonary cillia dyskinesia multi-disciplinary team  Learning Disabilities health team, dementia, learning disabilities mental health team, Down Syndrome organisations, special  educational need coordinators, teachers of the Deaf/hearing impaired &  in Serious  Case Conferences involving the safeguarding of vulnerable adults, children & young people.

 

I am currently working in an adult diagnostics team. Where I am  undergoing specialist  training in vestibular (balance/dizziness) diagnostics and Auditory Processing Disorder( APD). Working closely with audio-vestibular medicine, ENT,  neuro-otology & oncology.

I am regularly involved in  supporting families of children & adults with Down Syndrome, ADHD, adults with learning disabilities, people in care homes & assisted living, young people who have experienced school exclusion, young people with criminal records/ prison leavers & young care leavers.

I fully embrace complimentary health & wellbeing sustaining practices & techniques that can empower self-care and as a result shift paradigms & patterns. To  better support patients/clients, who are finding it  challenging to navigate through their  experience; so that they may have the life. they want Including breathwork(nasal),  humming & mindfulness meditation.