Where and When
The Conference centre is situated in the Charlestown Navy Yard area of Boston, near the waterfront
The address is 1 Constitution Plaza, Charlestown, MA 02129-2019.
If you are getting dropped off please note that there’s a 15 minute free parking access to Constitution parking lot. So, please ask your driver to come into the parking lot.
The Constitution parking lot charges $33 per day.
Registration opens at 0730
WORKSHOPS
Workshops will be held at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear hospital (MEEI) and Tufts University School of Medicine (TUFTS), on Thursday October 23, 2025.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by R13 DC022790 from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
CGHH are committed to assisting attendees that are hard of hearing. American sign language interpretors will be available on Friday and Saturday.
Should you have hearing related requirements contact George gd@e2.co.za before Monday September 15, 2025.
Our inaugural conference, held in June of 2010 at the headquarters of the American Academy of Otolaryngology in Alexandria, Virginia was a great success. Representatives from 17 countries including professionals from all aspects of hearing healthcare, deaf educators and patient advocates met and discussed common interests. During our second conference at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles we engaged in extended discussions about the highest priority concerns in hearing healthcare around the world and especially in low-resource settings. In the subsequent conferences at the EduPlex in Pretoria, South Africa and Vanderbilt University, we identified areas of need where the Coalition can have the most impact and further refined goals. Now with committees established with designated chair-persons from around the world, the Coalition for Global Hearing Health is strategically positioned to reach consensus and accomplish the goals put forth.
We have divided these goals into five categories: Advocacy and the Media, Training and Education, Technology, Best Practices, and Community / Family Empowerment. This past year we continued the tradition with breakout discussion sessions on these topics that have evolved into CGHH Steering Committees with the goal of continuing this work throughout the year.
The purpose of each annual conference is to enable us to come together to share the challenges we have faced and the solutions we have developed, to raise awareness of important issues and to explore new technologies to help us meet our goals. Thanks to your involvement and to the generous support of our past conference hosts, we continue our work to promote and enhance hearing health services in low resource communities.