Robert Beiny (born 3 January 1958) is a British

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based in

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, UK.

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

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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. He established his Hertfordshire-based clinic, Hearing Healthcare Practice, in 1993. He acts as an adviser to hearing aid manufacturers, helping to shape product developments, and was selected by

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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)'' and twice winner of the ''European Audiologist of the Year (2009, 2017)''. 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 ''

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''. In November 2023, Robert was the subject of an article in The Times by Hunter Davies.

References

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