Family Curriculum Workshop and World Hearing Day in Ethiopia
World Hearing Day 2025 in Ethiopia was marked with the launch of the Family Curriculum Workshop, which took place in Addis Ababa on 3 and 4 March. The main goal of the event was to empower families of children with hearing loss with most essential theoretical knowledge and practical rehabilitation tips and tools.
Family Curriculum Workshop in Ghana
On 6 March 2025 Family Curriculum Programme was launch in Ghana with a two-day training workshop in Accra. Apart from the 40 families of children with CI or the ones awaiting to be implanted coming from different regions of the country, the director of the Ghana Health Service, audiologists and an ENT surgeon were among the guests of the event.
Family Curriculum Workshop in Tanzania
The first programme of the Family Curriculum was launched on 13 February 2025 in Tanzania with a two-day workshop. After months of thorough preparation, which included translation and adaptation of materials into Swahili and involved input from speech and language therapists, as well as international and local rehabilitation specialists, the HearWell Audiology Clinic set out to implement the programme locally for parents of children with cochlear implants and hearing aids.
Onsite PCHR Workshop for Group 3 in Nairobi
From 16 to 18 December 2024 Group 3 from SSA had an onsite workshop within the Professional Certificate in Hearing Rehabilitation in Nairobi, Kenya. Rehabilitation specialists Johanna Reheis and Jayne Simpson led a three-day intensive training for speech therapists from Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Ghana.
Discussing Newborn Hearing Screening with the Health Minister of Ethiopia
The stakeholders of the Hearing Healthcare Alliance in Ethiopia and the Austrian Ambassador in Ethiopia, H. E. Dr. Simone Knapp, on 23 October 2024, had the great honour to discuss with the Minister of Health of Ethiopia, H.E. Dr. Mekdes Daba, the future of Newborn Hearing Screening in the country and its importance for people with hearing loss.
Africa Summit on Hearing Impairment.
An unprecedented historical event took place on 7th -8th of October 2024 in Nairobi, Kenia. It was organized by HHA and supported by the WHO-African Region, Hearing Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Kenyan Ear, Nose and Throat Society, University of Nairobi, MED-EL and Path Medical.
The Summit represented a unique opportunity for international experts, professionals, and policymakers from approximately 20 Sub-Saharan African countries to come together, foster collaboration, share knowledge, and develop actionable strategies for the systematic treatment of hearing impairment.
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Newborn Hearing Screening Training in Ethiopia
Alongside the launch of Newborn Hearing Screening, the HHA held training sessions for 23 nurses, doctors and midwives who will carry out the programme. The HHA provided practical and theoretical sessions on the PathMedical screening devices, donated by MED-EL and the ADA. The graduates of this course will be the first link in a chain of care that will help babies with hearing impairment on the road from identification to diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation.
Hearing Screening Launch in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has taken a significant step towards improving the health and well-being of its youngest citizens with the launch of a universal newborn hearing screening pilot programme. MED-EL and the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) have partnered with local clinics and experts to deliver this life changing service.
45,741 Hearing Screenings!
The HHA has screened 45741 infants for hearing loss! Congratulations to all who have contributed to this incredible milestone!