Trey Cline AuD–Clinical Audiologist with UK Healthcare

Now as a clinical audiologist for UK Healthcare, where he’s worked since 2013, Trey finds himself treating patients from birth to across the human lifespan. In his work he encounters a wide variety of patients in need of different arrays of treatments or diagnostic testing, like newborn babies who require hearing tests.

“I can go to the hospital and see a baby that’s a day old, and then I might come back here and see someone who’s 102 years old for hearing aids,” Trey said. “The beauty of being here, or in a place like this, is that you can see adults and you can see kids.”

From his first experience at UK as a young adult out on his own for the first time, to now as a full-time UK Healthcare provider with a doctorate in AuD, even actively studying a PhD in gerontology, he regards it as an interesting journey. This academic and career trajectory is one he says he never would have predicted for himself.

The university supports and encourages its employees in career and educational growth in a way that Trey notes is “unheard of.” Growth mechanisms are available to help employees pursue and discover trajectories or career paths they elsewhere might not have access to, like the employee tuition reimbursement program.

While Trey is empowered by the university to further his education and career, he also feels encouraged by the team of providers in his department that he works with, daily. His department’s unique team-centered approach at UK Healthcare inspires and motivates Trey, which he says makes for better patient care, supports individual growth and fosters a positive team atmosphere.

“We all genuinely like each other, get along and are friends with each other… And we all happen to be good at our jobs,” Trey said.