Henrietta (Henri) Roe

"The personality type are Coordinator, Developer & Influencer. Coordinator ( is Organised, Good at communicating what people want, Provides a service and can deliver what people need, Works well with others, Willing to help when needed, Patient & Compassionate, Pulls people together, & Gets things done on time and budget) Developer (Creative, Interested in the world around them and how to make it better, Understands the needs of others, Likes to make things better (products and services), Can work on own or in a team, Enjoys learning new things, Flexible & Practical, Inquisitive & strong willed, Problem solverInfluencer (Diplomatic, Good at explaining so that people understand, Good with detail, Can work on their own or in a team, Good at finding and reviewing information, Can think outside the box, Thorough and reliable, Polite, Has leadership qualities)I kinda agree with all of these points. I think they fit my work very well. I work to help people understand and work with their hearing issues. If there is other issue with their hearing or their life style I have to think outside the box to get them the help they require. "

"I am an Audiologist & Hearing Therapist. In simple terms it means I help people with all types of ear issues & problems. They can be anything from not hearing well, to hearing sounds in their ears, to finds certain sounds uncomfortable. I help the person find ways to stop the problem from affecting their life. The thing I enjoy most about my job is when someone who has come into my room with an problem leaves with a solution. They have a better understanding that their issue is not life ending and that they are still a normal human being. The starting salary for my role. A Hearing aid assistant (new entrants to the sector to work alongside Hearing Aid Dispensers and support them in their daily tasks) is around £15K, NHS Audiologist is around £20K."

"I was born with hearing issues that were never picked up until I was 20 years old. I spent a lot of school being told by teachers I wasn’t bright enough to have an education. When I was 20 a new diagnosis called Auditory Processing Disorder was being tested. My hearing was so bad, I didn’t even register on the score sheet. A few years after a new Degree called Audiology was created. I enrolled and completed this degree in 2008. This lead me to a career helping people to struggle with their ears. "

"I host for a social group called Thinking Bob. It introduces new people to London and to new friends. I love doing random and new things that take me out of my comfort zone. Like zip-lining across a London Park, or going down a vertical slide. I love being a nerd/geek. I regularly do quizzes, escape rooms, immersive theatre with my friends. I love exploring the randomness of London. I love the hashtag YOLO as I take it as don’t be too serious in life as you only have it once. I am the one in my group of friends that is probably laughing at something I did. "

"At the moment I am Furloughed (Covid 19). If I was at work I would start at 9am, after walking there for 1 hour. Between 0900-1200 and 1300-1730 I see patients. The appointments can be 30 mins long or up to 90mins long. I do anything from talking to them, taking wax out of their ears, taking impressions, testing their hearing, giving them hearing aids, fixing broken hearing aids. I also have to do ALLLLLLLLLL admin, emails and reports as well during these times. I have lunch between 1200-1300. All my paperwork is on grey paper as I can't see well on white paper.Currently, I still get up at 7am. Run, mediate and ‘start work’ at 9am. I still have lunch at 1200-1300 and finish ‘work’ at 1730. Work is currently online training, answering emails. I have just volunteered to help mentor people with tinnitus (ringing in their ears) during Covid19 lockdown. I am trying to create a website to help people understand how to handle their hearing struggles. I have a great belief that everyone is intelligent, it’s just that they don’t know the subject. "

"BSc Auidiology (Hons) and many many many further courses to make me understand the ears better. I have just finished The Science of Well-being online course. The route I took to my current role is a long and windy one. At 20, I left University after 1 year and ended up working for a PR company. I then left and started working for the BBC as one of their permanent, temporary assistants. This basically means I was employed by the BBC but only worked in a specific job for a couple of months before going on to another one. I then worked at Guildhall School of Music as The Administrator for the Junior School. I basically ran & was front of house for the Saturday school. During the summer holiday I found the degree of Audiology and enrolled.During my Degree I worked back at the BBC to get money. I ended up working for the controllers of the channels. When I finished my degree I worked full time as a locum audiologist for 6 years. I worked for NHS audiology departments all over England. This means I was like Nanny MacPhee. I worked for a department when they needed me but did not want me and I left when they wanted me but did not need me. In 2014 I joined Harley Street Hearing as a Senior Audiologist and Hearing Therapist. I created a hearing therapy clinic there to help people with hearing issues. "