Sarah Baumann, from the University’s Auditory Implant Service, has won the coveted title of UK Audiologist of the Year 2015, after a heartfelt nomination from one of her patients.
The competition, which is run in partnership between the hearing aid battery manufacturer, Rayovac, international hearing publication Audio Infos and the European Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (EHIMA), invited patients who received exceptional care to nominate their audiologist for the prestigious award – the biggest of its kind in the world.
Sarah was nominated by her patient Sarah Smith, who described in her entry how Sarah had been by her side throughout her hearing journey, as she was fitted with a cochlear implant.
Sarah Baumann said:
“I was really touched to read Sarah’s kind words and memories of her initial tuning process. It has been a pleasure to work with her over the past year – she has been exceptionally motivated and determined to get the very best from her cochlear implant.
“All of the staff at the Auditory Implant Service work extremely hard to make sure our patients receive a high standard of care and it is wonderful to have this recognised by the Audiologist of the Year award.”
Sarah is now being put forward for the overall title of European Audiologist of the Year, which will be presented at the annual Evening of Excellence in Nuremberg, Germany this October.
The Auditory Implant Service (formerly South of England Cochlear Implant Centre) was established in 1990 to help severely to profoundly deaf adults and children.