Harpenden based AIHHP Vice Chair Robert Beiny, has won the latest UK Audiologist of the Year Award – another crowning glory for AIHHP.

The award recognises one individual hearing care professional who has gone that extra mile to provide outstanding service and is open to anyone working in Audiology in private practice and the NHS.

Organised by battery manufacturer Rayovac and industry publication Audio Infos, members of the public are asked to write in and nominate a hearing healthcare professional for consideration by a panel of expert judges.

This year's AIHHP Autumn Conference and Awards Dinner will be held at the deVere Sunningdale Park Hotel, nr. Ascot. on Friday and Saturday, 9th and 10th October.

Full details will be sent out by email to all Executive, Full and Associate Members shortly.

What brings Annie Lennox, Mick Jagger and Amy Winehouse under one roof? Answer, the Hear the World Ambassadors photography exhibition by leading hearing system manufacturer Phonak in cooperation with musician and photographer Bryan Adams, which is being sponsored by the Association of Independent Hearing Healthcare Professionals (AIHHP).

AIHHP is sponsoring the London leg of the Hear the World Ambassadors exhibition, which will be showcased at London’s Saatchi Gallery and is open free to the public from 22nd to 24th July 2009. The exhibition has previously visited New York, Berlin and Zurich.

Bryan Adams has taken a series of exclusive photographs of renowned personalities for Hear the World, a global initiative which raises awareness about the importance of hearing and the impact of hearing loss, which was launched by Phonak in 2006. As official photographer, Bryan Adams captured each of the celebrity supporters with a hand cupped behind their ear to convey conscious hearing.

Bradford-based hearing aid specialist, Lisa Binns-Smith, really listens to people.

In fact, her patients are so impressed with her expertise and dedication to their hearing healthcare, they have now helped to crown her Rayovac and Audio Infos* ‘UK Audiologist of the Year’ – the first ever recipient of the award.

Lisa was nominated after the judging committee asked patients to nominate the hearing aid dispenser or audiologist who they felt had gone the extra mile to provide them with outstanding service.

After a nine-month process, whittling down the entries from hundreds of nominations from all over the country, Lisa, who works at Binns Hearing Healthcare in Apperley Bridge, came out the clear winner.