Kathleen Coates, AuD
Owner and audiologist
Dr. Kathleen Coates earned a bachelor’s degree in speech and hearing science, with a minor in aging studies, from Ohio State University, and her Doctor of Audiology from the Northeast Ohio AuD Consortium of Kent State University, the University of Akron and Cleveland Clinic. She completed her clinical externship at Wake Forest Baptist Health.
Before opening the practice she worked alongside a neurotologist in Raleigh, with experience in cochlear implants, osseointegrated hearing implants, hearing aids, balance assessment, tinnitus treatment and facial nerve monitoring during surgery. She started the Smithfield Running Club in 2017, serves on the board of the Downtown Smithfield Development Corporation, is an ambassador for the Dementia Alliance of North Carolina and gives free hearing seminars for local groups and senior centers.