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WORLD HEARING DAY 2024: CHANGING MINDSETS

World Hearing Day 2024, had as its theme Changing Mindsets – so many global activities!

Eddie Mukaaya (Uganda) of CIICA led a CIICA Parents Group Conversation – Changing Mindsets,

How do you do it? with Ekaterine Tortladze, LIubov Wolowik and Leona Pejcharova. Participants from 16 countries joins the inspiring conversation – how to change mindsets about deafness in children and about CI? What tools do you use? There were amazing examples of inspiring and innovative changes that had been made.

Groups had changed society views, government policies, educational practice, audiology and CI services – and shared their examples.

Its a big goal and it would be nothing without the energy of parent organisations. See the summary in CIICA Conversations.

FEDERATION AICE, SPAIN, IN ACTION FOR WORLD HEARING DAY

Introducing the HEAR·T Initiative: Hearing Empowerment, Advancement, and Robotics in Technology

March 2, 2024, for our first Virtual Congress: “HEAR·T Initiative: Pioneering the Future of Hearing Healthcare” World Hearing Day 2024.

Our mission is to pioneer a person-centered approach that integrates cutting-edge technology, innovation, and optimized audiological care to empower individuals to achieve their best hearing and fullest communication potential. For the past six months, Regina Presley, Au.D., FAAA, CCC/A; Michal Luntz, MD; Gil Kaminski, MBA; Eliana Cristofari, M.D. PdD, and I, Jodi Michelle Cutler have examined global hearing health care needs. Across our disciplines, we are excited to see how research and technology can provide innovative approaches to care.

THE FIRST VIRTUAL CONGRESS ON WORLD HEARING DAY WAS TRULY GLOBAL… THANK YOU ALL!

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Young Adults with CI Matter: CIICA’s New Report to Share!

ON INTERNATIONAL COCHLEAR IMPLANT DAY AND CIICA’S THIRD BIRTHDAY

YOUNG ADULTS IMPLANTED AS CHILDREN AND NOW ADULTS SPEAK OUT

We are pleased to share our new report, Young Adults with CI Matter, looks at the data from our global survey from those implanted as children and now young adults. It adds the issues arising from their CIICA Conversations and the Global Advisory Group of Young People with CI to produce a unique comprehensive report from this pioneering group.  

Download the Full Report – Young Adults with CI Matter Full Report

Download the Briefing here – Young Adults with CI Matter Briefing

I am so used to it I can’t do anything without my CI.

These young adults are the first to grow up who are deaf, hearing with their implants. They are highly satisfied, but concerned about ongoing support and costs. When you are implanted at a young age, there is a long lifetime of funded CI services needed.  A responsibility for all!

Young Adults with CI – Hear their voices…

“I’ve always heard through a cochlear – so it’s all I know”

They report that 97% of these young people expressed overall satisfaction with their implants.

“I am super satisfied!“

Now I am 29 years old and had the same processor 20 years taking really good care of it. To replace is very expensive! 

However, they are concerned about the high cost of devices, accessories and repairs and ongoing costs for technology support throughout their lifetime. 10% have no spares. 

“Now I am 29 years old and had the same processor 20 years taking really good care of it. To replace is very expensive!” 

They want to broaden the current concepts of deafness including those with CI.
A young person from Uganda…

CI has surely modernised the concept of deafness. 

They propose the development of a new stakeholder group of young people to promote the benefits CI has brought and ensure the changes which could ensure lifelong hearing from CI, and full participation in society through their Agenda for Change. 

The Global Advisory Group of Young Adults with CI: Jana Beneito, Spain, Jehan Daboo, India, Jessica Hissam, USA, Qais Khan, UK, Holly Loach, UK, John Lui, Australia, Manuela Malheirossilva, Brazil, Elaine Mukaaya, Uganda, Ava Pearson, UK, Bowen Tang, Canada, Theo Valles, USA.

DO SHARE THE REPORT WITH YOUR MEMBERS AND COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS. THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO HELPED WITH DESIGN OF THE PROJECT AND WHO RESPONDED.
SPECIAL THANKS SO THE GLOBAL ADVISORY GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL LAUNCH THEIR AGENDA FOR CHANGE AT OUR CONFERENCE: CI ADVOCACY IN ACTION, BRUSSELS , MAY 2024. 

Please share the invitation with your members, colleagues and friends!

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WORLD HEARING DAY 3 MARCH!

EAR AND HEARING CARE FOR ALL:  LET’S MAKE IT A REALITY 
Many resources to help you. https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-hearing-day/2023

#worldhearingday #hearingcare

World Hearing Day 2023 highlights the importance of integrating ear and hearing care within primary care, as an essential component of universal health coverage

Key messages

  • Ear and hearing problems are among the most common problems encountered in the community.
  • Over 60% of these can be identified and addressed at the primary level of care.
  • Integration of ear and hearing care into primary care services is possible through training and capacity building at this level.
  • Such integration will benefit people and help countries move towards the goal of universal health coverage.

On this day, WHO launched a new training manual – Primary ear and hearing care training manual. The manual will be accompanied with trainer’s handbook and other community resources and needs to be shared widely in primary care services. Down load at https://www.who.int/health-topics/hearing-loss#tab=tab_1

Launch of the World Hearing Forum website

Ahead of World Hearing Day on 3 March, the World Hearing Forum launched a website under the banner ‘Ear and hearing care for all!’. Created by the Forum’s ‘Changemakers group’, the site contains powerful stories of high-profile supporters and everyday “Changemakers” – people from around the world living with hearing loss. We hope their stories will help generate awareness while driving action on hearing loss. Collectively, our voices are stronger. We invite you to visit the website, read the stories and share with others.

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World Hearing Day, 3 March 2022: To listen for life, listen with care!

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What are you planning for World Hearing Day? Every year on 3 March World Hearing Day is celebrated globally with a huge range of activities on one theme. In 2022 the theme is To Listen for Life, Listen with Care!

World Hearing Day will mark the launch of:

  • Global standard for safe listening entertainment venues​,
  • mSafeListening handbook​, and
  • Media toolkit for journalists.

This is a great opportunity to raise awareness of the impact of hearing loss, and your activities. Go to  World Hearing Day 2022 (who.int) to see some great resources and ideas for your activities and join in the global activities on the day!

You can register your activity for World Hearing Day and see an overview of all the planned projects at Projects Overview – World Hearing Day

There are small grants available to help you with a closing date of 7 February 2022 and go to World Hearing Forum / Coalition for Global Hearing Health Small Grants (usu.edu) to apply.

Here is the link to the report of activities from 2021: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.who.int/publications/m/item/world-hearing-day-2021—report-of-activities__;!!Eh6P0A!DoknTczGE2tY2lecyUnt7csz94SX6S1VO2-He9tbVuKTG6W_0Idb8JYJn_zvBTlJHySGaWR2$

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WHO launches Hearing Screening: Considerations for Implementation

The World report on hearing recommends that WHO Member States take urgent and evidence-based policy action to prevent, identify and rehabilitate hearing loss. Screening for hearing loss and ear diseases at specific time points forms an important part of this strategy.

HEARING screening: considerations for implementation builds on the recommendations made in the World report on hearing. It aims to provide Member States with technical guidance for establishing evidence-based programmes for hearing screening in different target age-groups and to facilitate early interventions for ear diseases and hearing loss in: 

  • newborns and infants
  • schoolchildren 
  • older people

Screening was identified as vital to our network members and the World Health Organisation launched this handbook on screening this week. Three more webinars will be available to share more information about each area. To register go here: Launch of HEARING screening: considerations for recommendations (who.int)

These are all vital issues for the CIICA network  wherever you are. WHO hope it inspires hearing screening programmes to facilitate early intervention to address hearing loss. 

Go to Hearing screening: considerations for implementation (who.int) to download the document which provides information and evidence to establish screening programmes. 

More information at www.ciicanet.org/resources.

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