How did the CIICA network empower themselves on World Hearing Day 2025?
Paige Stringer, Founder and Executive Director of the Global Foundation for Children with Hearing Loss, had her article on addressing global shortages in professional expertise, published in the World Hearing Day special edition of AG Bell’s Volta Voices digital magazine.
Click here to read the article.
Click here to find out more about the great work at GFCHL.
On World Hearing Day 2025: MEP Zala Tomasic hosted a Virtual Lunch Debate in the European Parliament with EFHOH, AEA and EHIMA on 4 March 2025.
Watch videos of all the speakers here:
MEP Zala Tomasic (EPP): Video
Shelly Chadha (WHO): Video
Monika Chaba (European Commission): Video
Lidia Best (EFHOH): Video
Ariana Laplante-Lévesque (WHO Europe): Video
Mark Laureyns (AEA): Video
Stefan Zimmer (EHIMA): Video
Debate and conclusions: Video
Young Adults empowered themselves on World Hearing Day with their agenda! This new stakeholders’ group, the first to receive hearing through cochlear implants as children, are now entering higher education and the world of work.
See their recommendations for the provision of lifelong services, increased accessibility and public awareness.
Read WHO’s article about Darja Parjk, a health and care worker with hearing loss, highlighting the importance of empathy and understanding. Darja Pajk works as an occupational therapist at a long-term care facility in Slovenia for people with intellectual and physical impairments. She lives with severe hearing loss in both ears and has two CI.
