A family-run audiology business is expanding across central Scotland after securing a partnership with the only clinic in the UK to specialise in tinnitus treatment and management.

Run by brothers Chris and Martin Stone, both third generation hearing aid audiologists, The Hearing Clinic UK is partnering with The Tinnitus Clinic – the leading provider of the latest evidence-based tinnitus treatments in the UK.

The move sees The Hearing Clinic UK expand to include permanent sites in Glasgow and Stirling, along with six visiting clinics at outpatient locations across Scotland, and will enable the business to offer state-of-the-art products and new services to patients.

Director of The Hearing Clinic UK, Chris Stone, said: “We currently offer Scotland’s largest range of hearing solutions but we want to raise the bar in audiology across the UK and Europe – this partnership and subsequent expansion is a crucial step in achieving these goals.

“Joining forces with The Tinnitus Clinic means we can support our patients with the very best, pioneering technologies, and we can offer much greater access and availability across the country.

“We’ve grown our team to 10 staff, including five audiologists, and we’re seeing more than 400 patients each week with various hearing conditions.”

The Hearing Clinic UK is a family run business with over 60 years’ experience.

Chris continued: “My grandfather was posted to the audiology department of a Scottish Hospital after World War II. He went on to build a chain of clinics which my father continued to expand. I started visiting one of the clinics on my lunch breaks whilst I was studying – I’d go into the repair lab and play around with the technology and started to realise I could repair lots of pieces myself.

“I went on to study to become an audiologist at 19, and have since built my own set of clinics along with my brother Martin. So, what started off as a way to make a bit of pocket money, has grown into the business I’m proud to be expanding today.”

Josephine Swinhoe, director of The Tinnitus Clinic, commented: “Nearly a million people in Scotland have experienced tinnitus which is a sound in the ears or head not caused by an external noise. Every persons’ tinnitus is different and can vary from buzzing or hissing through to a high pitched whistle or drum roll, and almost everything in between.

“At the Tinnitus Clinic we offer the best evidence based and leading treatments which are transforming lives, and we’re very excited to be working with The Hearing Clinic UK to expand this offering across Scotland.”

The Tinnitus Clinic provides mltidisciplinary solutions to tinnitus which are individualised to the persons’ tinnitus, lifestyle, approach and response to treatment.

For more information about The Tinnitus Clinic, visit thetinnitusclinic.co.uk follow @Tinnitusclinic on Twitter, or like The Tinnitus Clinic page on Facebook.