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IFHOH World Congress - Postponed
Due to the Corona Virus crisis and the regulations in many countries, we decided to postpone the congress. More details will come soon.
IFHOH is part of the International Cochlear Implants Advocacy Alliance that had a meeting in Geneva and created the Consumer and Professional Advocacy Committee (CAPAC).
Regional Newsletters
Congratulations to our friends in IFHOH regions for new newsletters:
International Hearing Access Committee (IHAC), had published its first statement. According to this statement, Hearing Loops and Telecoils should not be replaced by new technologies, before these new technologies are fully matured and carefully examined by end users.
ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) is a promising AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology, but it is not yet ready for TRS (Telephone Relay System) service and for Captioning service.
Initiated by IFHOH and hosted by DSB, the 4th International Accessibility Conference on Hearing Loops and Hearing Technology (Future Loops), was a great success. At the end of the conference, IFHOH, DSB and EFHOH signed a conference statement about accessibility for HOH persons in large venues (October 2017)
IFHOH Press Release May 30, 2017:
WHO (World Health Organization) adopted an important resolution about hearing loss and hearing care.
