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As Company Director and Principal Audiologist at Regain Hearing, Lee Fletcher is no stranger to the hearing aid industry. He has dispensed private hearing aids for over a decade, after qualifying in 2005 following training at Amplivox Academy in Wilmslow, Cheshire. This is also how he met his future wife and business partner, Lindsay Stride (RHAD), who was enrolled in the same Audiology training course.  Lee started his career in Audiology as a field operative, providing a home-visit hearing aid service. He developed the first mobile demonstration unit in the UK, where he was able to show clients instant hearing correction and the benefits of listening to improved speech clarity whilst using a noise simulator. In 2007, Lee was promoted to running the flagship Amplifon hearing aid centre in Maidstone as a Corporate Audiologist (the youngest to achieve this at the time).  Many of Lee’s achievements have been due in part to the degree he studied for prior to his career in Audiology. He obtained a 2:1 Ba (Hons) degree in Creative Music Technology from Sheffield University in 1999. This has given him an intuitive understanding of sonic behaviour when marrying digital sound manipulation with organic sound transference, i.e. the human ear — especially complex when there’s a problem in the auditory pathway. Lee has established highly skilled, self-developed techniques to effectively treat hearing loss and tinnitus. He is a true specialist in his field, with an approachable, down-to-earth manner and a strong sense of professionalism.  He has a natural ability to put clients at ease, has time for people and listens to patients’ needs before addressing their concerns. Lee’s technical ability is second to none, whether correcting a challenging hearing loss or honing in on a particularly troublesome case of tinnitus. When setting up his own business as a private audiologist, London seemed the ideal starting point, and since 2010, Regain Hearing has flourished, with branches opening across the Kent region. Alongside operating the high street practices, Lee has held countless Hearing and Tinnitus Events throughout Essex, Kent and Southeast London. This has resulted in him gaining an exceptionally high level of experience in doing hearing tests and tinnitus consultations, which sets him apart from many other hearing aid dispensers. When not spending time with his wife Lindsay and their four daughters, Lee loves practising and performing with his band, where he plays guitar and sings. Lee has a deep love of music and writes his own songs. Many of our patients will confirm that when on home visits, he can’t resist trying out any musical instruments that his patients may have lying around — it’s not often that you get a song along with your hearing test.