Robert Beiny
{{Short description|British hearing aid audiologist}}
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| birth_place = London, UK
| occupation = Hearing aid audiologist
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Robert Beiny (born 3 January 1958) is a British hearing aid audiologist based in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK.{{cite news |last1=Dart |first1=James |last2=Woods |first2=Penny |last3=Widdicombe |first3=Josh |title=Today in Sport - as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/jun/07/today-in-sport-live-world-cup |accessdate=23 August 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=7 June 2010 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Audiologist recognised after helping patient with hearing loss 'live life to the full' |url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/15624415.Audiologist_recognised_after_helping_patient_with_hearing_loss____live_life_to_the_full___/ |accessdate=10 October 2018 |publisher=Warrington Guardian |language=en}}
Career
Beiny joined the Central London Hearing Centre in 1976, where he developed an interest in the hearing, speech, and language development challenges of hearing-impaired young children. His career allowed him to travel, lecture, and provide audiological support to children and adults with hearing loss.
A career change saw him based at London's Nomis Studios (1984–86) while the Live Aid production was underway, working as an artist liaison and providing audiological advice on hearing protection to major musical artists.
Beiny acts as a spokesperson on matters related to hearing healthcare and hearing protection and appears regularly on TV and radio.{{cite news |title=World Cup's big loser, your ears |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/world-cuprsquos-big-loser-your-ears-5548215.html |accessdate=23 August 2018 |work=The Independent}}{{cite news |title=Dunstable is the worst offender in the East of England for empty shops, Iain Lee - Chapters |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00n4bz7/segments |accessdate=23 August 2018 |publisher=BBC News}} He established his Hertfordshire-based clinic, Hearing Healthcare Practice, in 1993.{{cite news |title=MP3 volume dangers revealed |url=https://www.nursinginpractice.com/article/mp3-volume-dangers-revealed|date=6 December 2010 |accessdate=30 January 2019 |work=Nursing in Practice |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Audiologist recognised after helping patient with hearing loss 'live life to the full' |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15624415.Audiologist_recognised_after_helping_patient_with_hearing_loss____live_life_to_the_full___/ |accessdate=10 October 2018 |publisher=The Press (York) |language=en}}{{cite news |title=20 health resolutions we should all adopt in 2017 |url=https://www.countryliving.com/uk/wellbeing/advice/a445/healthy-resolutions/ |accessdate=10 October 2018 |publisher=Country Living |date=29 December 2016}}
He acts as an adviser to hearing aid manufacturers, helping to shape product developments, and was selected by Phonak to launch Lyric hearing aids in 2010.
Awards and recognition
Beiny is the three-times winner of the UK Audiologist of the Year (2009, 2011, 2017) {{cite news |title=BSHAA Fellow named UK Audiologist of the Year |url=https://www.bshaa.com/Society-News/bshaa-fellow-named-uk-audiologist-of-the-year |accessdate=23 August 2018 |publisher=BSHAA}}{{cite news |title=Audiologist recognised after helping patient with hearing loss 'live life to the full' |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/15624415.Audiologist_recognised_after_helping_patient_with_hearing_loss____live_life_to_the_full___/ |accessdate=23 August 2018 |work=The Argus (Brighton) |language=en}} and twice winner of the European Audiologist of the Year (2009, 2017).{{cite news |title=British Robert Beiny becomes European Audiologist of the Year |url=https://www.hear-it.org/british-robert-beiny-becomes-european-audiologist-year |accessdate=23 August 2018 |publisher=Hear-it.org}}{{cite news |title=UK top audiologist Robert Beiny scoops European AOTY Award |url=https://www.audiology-worldnews.com/profession/2552-audiologist-of-the-year-2017-get-to-know-the-7-country-winners-2 |accessdate=23 August 2018 |work=Audiology World News |language=en-gb}}{{cite news |title=Case Study featuring Robert Beiny's Audiologist of the Year award winning work |url=https://www.bihima.com/news/real-stories-hearing-loss-stuart/|accessdate=23 August 2018 |work=BIHIMA|language=en-gb}}
He is a Fellow of the British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists, a co-founder and past Chair of The Association of Independent Hearing Healthcare Professionals, a member of the British Society of Audiology, a member of the British Academy of Audiology, and a member of the Royal Society of Health.{{cite news |last1=Suslak |first1=Anne |title=Harpenden audiologist wins European award |url=http://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/harpenden-audiologist-hearing-professional-wins-european-award-1-5254948 |accessdate=10 October 2018 |work=Herts Advertiser |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Bryan Adams' Hear the World photography exhibition |url=http://www.famemagazine.co.uk/bryan-adams-hear-the-world-photography-exhibition/ |accessdate=23 August 2018 |publisher=Fame |date=21 July 2009}}
In November 2023, Robert was the subject of an article in The Times by Hunter Davies.{{Cite news |last=Davies |first=Hunter |date=2023-12-12 |title=My daughters yelled at me to get hearing aids. I finally listened |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/hunter-davies-latest-column-hearing-aids-cost-invest-nhs-nkhcsstgr |access-date=2023-12-12 |issn=0140-0460}}
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