International Society of Audiology
American Academy of Ototarlyngology, Head and Neck Surgery Foundation
House Research Institute
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 08:43AM Third Coalition for Global Hearing Health Conference
Aimed at:
Those Concerned about Ear & Hearing Work in Underserved Regions
30 May – 1 June 2012
Pretoria, South Africa
Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 12:34AM We want to thank you all for your amazing particpation over the past days. Though we kept presentations short there were story after story of lives changed. I cant imagine any of us didnt leave a little smarter and a bit changed.
Come back to the site in a few weeks, we should have plenty of content.
Monday, July 11, 2011 at 01:52PM Some participants were having trouble with the link to the Marriott. We now have an updated link which include defaulted dates and discount codes. We appologize to anyone having trouble in the past.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 02:22AM We know you are looking forward to the conference. Please consider the following activites (listed under the "Second Conference 2011" tab):
Friday, April 29, 2011 at 10:58AM We would like to invite anyone involved with the care of people with hearing loss to attendee the Second Conference of the Coalition for Global Hearing Loss in Los Angeles, California on Sept 8 – 9, 2011 at the House Ear Institute. Our first conference, held in Washington D.C. in June of 2010 was a great success with over 75 participants from all over the world representing all aspects of hearing healthcare professionals, deaf educators and patient advocates. After the 2010 conference we conducted a survey of the participants to define the areas were the coalition can have the most impact. The upcoming 2011 Coalition for Global Hearing Health Conference is intended to focus on these areas.
The meeting will begin on Thursday, Sept 8 <click for preliminary schedule> in the afternoon with small workgroup discussion of each of these issues and drafting specific action items that we can work on together. These topics include: advocacy for better hearing healthcare, technical challenges and opportunities, increasing the workforce through quality training, empowering families and affected individuals, and establishing best practices and standards of care. The first day will end with reports from existing programs, a cocktail reception and the keynote address.
On the second day, we will here from experts in each of the areas of interest. The talks for this plenary session will be selected submissions from CGHH members and invited guests. Each plenary session will end with a discussion and a refinement of the action items drafted by the workgroups on these areas of interest / need. We end the day with a final list of action items for the coalition and a plan to implement these tasks.
The dates of this conference immediately precede the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery in San Francisco, California so that international attendees could attend both meetings easily if they wish. The cost of the Coalition for Global Hearing Health Conference is yet undetermined, but every effort will be made to make it affordable to participants form developing countries. As always, requests for registration waivers will be accepted.