Where and When
On behalf of the CGHH it is our great pleasure to announce that the 15th Congress will be held on October 24-25, 2025 at the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Charlestown/Boston, Massachusetts under the theme of Working For Global Access for ALL!
Abstract submission will open mid March and delegate registration mid April.
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.