Pre-Conference Workshops Thursday October 23
Workshops
The following pre-session workshops are being held in conjunction with the 2025 Annual Conference of the Coalition for Global Hearing Health (CGHH). Workshops will be held at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear hospital located Boston (MEEI) and Tufts University School of Medicine (TUFTS), on Thursday October 23, 2025.
The workshops provide more in-depth material and generally have more interaction or hands-on participation than is possible during the presentations at the conference. Enrolment in each pre-session workshops is essential.
Scroll down to learn more about the workshops, fees, delegate restrictions and registration.
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Field Based Ear Mold Lab A critical component of successful and sustainable community-based ear and hearing care services in low – and middle – income countries, is prompt provision of earmolds for dispensed hearing aids. Although, earmold laboratories can ensure success, the time to train and resources required for production can be prohibitive. However, when costs are kept low, the earmold lab can become a serendipitous cottage industry opportunity in a region that will benefit from a fiscal boost. This workshop will provide information about materials required as well as the protocol for production. The model created by the Ears, Inc. (a charitable organization), has been used effectively in many parts of the world, and enhanced local economy with much needed cottage industry skills. The workshop will provide instruction for production materials, and suggest the infra-structure for establishing the earmold lab, as well as recommend training procedures for the local program partners. |
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Venue |
Fees & Restrictions |
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David Pither |
9 – 4 PM |
to be advised |
$50 per delegate Max – 8 delegates |
Open |
Auditory Electrophysiology Hands-on Workshop
This hands-on workshop provides audiologists and physicians with practical “take home” information on objective auditory assessment of infants. Attendees will be introduced to a protocol for the diagnosis of infant hearing loss with a test battery consisting of aural immittance measures (tympanometry and acoustic reflexes), otoacoustic emissions (OAEs), auditory brainstem response (ABR), and the auditory steady state response (ASSR). The workshop will include hands-on demonstrations of each of the four objective auditory techniques using clinical devices. Attendees will be given handouts including: 1) A copy of the PPT presentations, 2) Relevant articles, 3) PDF version of the original 1992 Handbook of Auditory Evoked Responses (Hall, 1992).
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Instructors |
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Venue |
Fees & Restrictions |
Registration |
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James W. Hall III Christine Carter |
1-3pm |
MEEI Campus Room details to be advises |
$50 per delegate Max 30 delegates |
Open |
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Creative Electrophysiology and Behavioural Hearing Assessment in Low- and Medium-Income Countries This session provides a practical review of clinically feasible protocols and strategies for the identification and diagnosis of hearing loss of children and adults in low- and middle-income countries. Topics include: 1) creative problem solving, 2) hearing assessment with limited resources and simple equipment, 3) clinical decision making with limited data, 4) application of telehealth principles and practices in hearing assessment, 5) the role of technicians and facilitators in clinical service delivery, 6) the use of automated equipment for hearing screening and accurate diagnosis of hearing loss by non-audiology personnel. Attendees will be provided with handouts including a copy of the PPT presentation and relevant articles. |
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James W. Hall III Christine Carter |
3-5pm |
MEEI Campus Room – to be advised |
$25 per delegate Max 30 delegates |
Open |
Temporal Bone Dissection Lab
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Temporal Bone Dissection Lab This is an extraordinary opportunity to learn these surgical techniques taught by world renowned faculty in the state-of-the-art Joseph B. Nadol, Jr., MD, Surgical Training Laboratory at Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) Faculty Brad Welling, MD ~ Mass Eye and Ear, Kathryn Noonan, MD ~ Tufts Medical Center, Greg Basura, MD PhD ~ Univ. of Pittsburgh Med Ctr, Alicia Quesnel, MD ~ Mass Eye and Ear, Andrew Scott, MD ~ Tufts Medical Center / Mass Eye and Ear
Sponsored by Stryker |
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Brad Welling Kathryn Noonan Gregory J. Basura Alicia Quesnel Andrew Scott
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8 – 4pm | MEEI |
$100 for LMIC surgeons $250 for surgeons from other countries
Max 10 surgeons – 5 LMIC / 5 other countries
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Open |
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Early identification of hearing loss in children |
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J Clark |
8 – 10am |
TUFTS |
$25 per delegate
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Open |
| Cochlear Implants and Bone Condition Implants in LMIC: Candidacy and Logistics | ||||
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Collyn Gallant J Saunders |
1-3 pm | TUFTS |
$25 per delegate
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Open |
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Public Health Planning for Hearing Impairment 430 million people in the world have moderate or worse hearing loss. 80% live in low- and middle-income (LMI) countries. In order to address this issue on a large scale, a public health approach must be adopted and integrated into existing health systems. However, there is a huge shortage of health workers trained in the public health approach to hearing health and planning in LMI countries. The training workshop called Public Health Planning for Hearing Impairment was started in 2009 at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to address this shortage. The purpose of the Training Workshops is to expand capacity building for public health knowledge and skills in ear and hearing health amongst professionals and health planners. The aim is to create a global network of health professionals trained in public hearing health and planning to address the challenge of hearing loss. So far 2,274 health workers from 71 countries have been trained in PHPHI in 23 centres around the world. This pre-workshop will give participants an introduction to public hearing health and the Training Workshop on Public Health Planning for Hearing Impairment. The workshop will be interactive with Q & A sessions, case studies and exercises. |
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Diego Santana Andrew Smith Ellen Haggerty José Pablo
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8 -12pm | TUFTS | $25 per delegate | Open |
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Developing National Health Policy for Hearing Care This workshop provides a comprehensive overview of national health policy development for ear and hearing care. Participants will explore the role and impact of national policies, review real-world examples, and learn from experiences in surgical and hearing care planning. Through collaborative breakout sessions, attendees will identify actionable steps to advance hearing care policies in low-resource settings at global, regional, and national levels.
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Robbie Patterson Lillian Mokoh Stefany Lazieh Nikhita Santebennur Harvard Program in Global Surgery and Social Change
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1–3 pm | TUFTS | $25 per delegate | Open |
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Strengthening Primary Ear and Hearing Care: Training and Technology This interactive workshop explores strategies and policy development to strengthen primary ear and hearing care within health systems. Participants will gain insights into effective training and upskilling models for primary health workers, innovative diagnostic and rehabilitative technologies, and practical approaches to improving supply chains for essential equipment. Through expert presentations and a collaborative breakout session, attendees will develop actionable plans to enhance accessibility, quality, and sustainability of ear and hearing care at the primary care level. |
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Robbie Patterson Lillian Mokoh Stefany Lazieh Nikhita Santebennur Joyce Sagun Chris Waterworth Kennedy Mugambi Asitha Jayawardena |
3 – 5pm |
TUFTS
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$25 per delegate | Open |