Meet Our Team
Dr. Kathleen Coates
Au.D., CCC-A, F-AAA Clinical Audiologist/Owner
Dr. Tessa Merrill
Au.D., CCC-A, F-AAA Clinical Audiologist
Jordan Coates
Owner
Jordan was born and raised in Smithfield, NC. After graduating high school in 2003, he left for Chapel Hill to go to college at UNC (Go Heels!). His full-time job is as a Sales Manager at Deacon Jones Ford in Goldsboro. He has been working for the Jones family since 2012.
Jordan lives a few miles outside of town on Highway 210 in a house that his grandfather built himself on land that has been owned by his family for generations. It has always been a dream of his to open a service-based business in his hometown. Kate and Jordan both agreed that there was an unmet need for audiological care in their town, so they opened Coates Hearing Clinic in 2019 to meet that need.
Cathy Livengood
Physician & Community Outreach Coordinator
Hearing Aid Technician/Insurance and Billing
Cathy received her Associates in Applied Science Degree in May 2006 with a major in Business Administration at Guilford Technical Community College. She then went on to receive her certificate of Medical Office Administration Specialist from Johnston Community College in 2019. Cathy is a great resource for patient questions, from Bluetooth technology to insurance verification for hearing aid benefits. She truly does it all and is a great asset to Coates Hearing Clinic.
In her free time, Cathy enjoys hanging out with her family and bowling. She is also a social coordinator for her neighborhood.
Carol Green
Administrative Assistant/Patient Relations
Carol retired from being a data entry clerk for 40 years for a company in Raleigh. Her favorite part of her position here is being able to talk and visit with patients when they come in and spend time with her fellow co-workers. Carol has known the Coates family for almost 40 years. She knows so many people that come in since has lived in Johnston County her whole life.
Carol spends her free time with her grandchildren and cooks Sunday lunch mostly every week for her family.
Kelsey Coates
Patient Care Coordinator
Kelsey is the voice you will most likely hear when you call the clinic. She assists with scheduling and answering questions. Kelsey is from California but has enjoyed making North Carolina her home. She was a teacher’s assistant previously in a Clayton elementary school. She loved working with children but wanted to work in the healthcare field.
Kelsey enjoys getting to know new patients then seeing them leave here hearing much better. We truly are a family business, as Kelsey is Dr. Coates’ sister-in-law.
Kelsey spends her free time with her family and walking her two dogs. She just moved into a new home.
