World Hearing Day is held on 3 March each year to raise awareness on how to prevent deafness and hearing loss and promote ear and hearing care across the world.
2022 theme: To hear for life, listen with care! Key message: many common causes of hearing loss can be prevented, including hearing loss caused by exposure to loud sounds at the workplace
Info world hearing day : https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-hearing-day/2022
The webinar is open to all interested parties and registration is free of charge, however, you will need to register to receive the link to the webinar.
World Hearing Day: Webinar Safe hearing for European workforce3rd March 2022 (09:30-11:30 Brussels time) |
IntroductionAlan Murray, president ESF / CEO BSIF
Opening statements from the EU ParliamentMEP Marianne Vind (European Parliament, S&D, Denmark) MEP Cindy Franssen (European Parliament, PPE, Belgium) |
Overview of the WHO campaign on hearing loss (world hearing day)Ayrton Hogan, WHO
The WHO World Hearing Forum and the Make Listening Safe Workgroup work
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Fit testing education and training – overview of the project in ItalyDiego Annesi and Andrea Vestrucci, INAIL / University of Roma
Hearing loss and other health implications (e.g. dementia and cardiovascular)Rob Shepheard, Consultant Audiologist - Spire Hospital UK and member of the UK Hearing Conservation Association
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Debate & Closing remarksmoderator of the webinar – Henk Vanhoutte, secretary general ESF |
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* : later on the same day, there is the “Virtual Lunch Debate from the European Parliament for World Hearing Day - “To hear for life, listen with care!”, which will be moderated by Marc Laureyns. See for more info and registration: https://www.aea-audio.org/portal/index.php/world-hearing-day or https://www.meetings.be/Debate2022/