IFHOH World Congress - Budapest 2022
IFHOH BGM/EFHOH AGM
22-23-24 September 2022
Budapest Hungary
Ensana Thermal hotel Margaret island ****
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Time | Program |
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8:00-8:30 | Registration for AGM and BGM |
8:30-12:00 | EFHOH Annual General Meeting (European Federation of Hard of Hearing) |
8:30-12.00 | Hungarian Conference by SINOSZ |
12:00-14:00 | Lunch break |
14:00-16:30 | Hungarian Conference by SINOSZ |
14:00-17:00 | IFHOH Biannual General Meeting ( International Federation of Hard of Hearing) |
14:00-18:00 | Registration for the Conference participants |
19:00-21:00 | Welcome Reception |
Time | Program | Speaker |
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9.00-10.00 | Welcome session | Ruth Warick (IFHOH president) Attila Fülöp / Ildikó Horvath - Ministry of Human Capacities, Hungary Dr. Kósa Ádám (SINOSZ president) Juergen Scheading ( Conf. Patrons) Hungarian patrons |
10:00-11:00 | Keynote presentation | Shelley Chadha |
11:00-11:40 | Coffee break | |
11.40-12.20 | Keynote presentation | PhD. Laszlo Lovaszy |
12:20-12:40 | General session | Mr. Lucas Fisher (EHIMA) |
12:40-13:00 | General session | PhD. Andrea Jambor - SINOSZ |
13:00-14:30 | Lunch break | |
14.30-14:50 | Theme 1: Identity and interactions: personal and social dimensions of a hearing loss | Carole Willans The Value of Mentoring and Peer Support |
14:50-15:10 | Theme 1: Identity and interactions: personal and social dimensions of a hearing loss | Dr. Ewa Domagala-Zysk A decade of progress for hard of hearing community in Poland |
15:10-15:30 | Theme 1: Identity and interactions: personal and social dimensions of a hearing loss | Ursula Soffner My life as a person with electric 'artificial' ears in Germany |
15:30-15:50 | Theme 1: Identity and interactions: personal and social dimensions of a hearing loss | Patrick S.C. D'Haese Hearing loss and menthal Health |
14.30-14:50 | Theme 2: Technological innovations for hearing accessibility | Ananya Herbert- Phonak Phonak Marvel |
14:50-15:10 | Theme 2: Technological innovations for hearing accessibility | Andrew Thomas Providing accurate information to stakeholders and users of A/L technology |
15:10-15:30 | Theme 2: Technological innovations for hearing accessibility | Juliette Sterken; Barbara Kelley, Rob Drullman Assistive Listening Technology – Today and Tomorrow |
15:30-15:50 | Theme 2: Technological innovations for hearing accessibility | Christopher Sutton Inclusion of Hard of Hearing Persons in the Built Environment |
16:00-16:30 | Coffee break | |
16:30-17:00 | Discussion and conclusion | Ruth Warick |
16:30-19:30 | IFHOHYP Annual General meeting | |
19.00-21.00 | Social events - optional evening programs |
Time | Program | Speaker |
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9.00-9:10 | Morning welcome speach | Ruth Warick (IFHOH) |
9:10-9:30 | General session | Avi Blau - IFHOH Artificial Intelligence for Captions creation |
9:30-9:50 | General session | Dr. Kósa Ádám - SINOSZ Why is it harder to be hard of hearing these days? |
9:50-10:10 | General session | Emese Belenyi - One household- How many cultures? |
10:10-10:30 | General session | Ruth Warick and Patrick Gift Egessa - Inclusive Education |
10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
11:00-11:20 | 4x20 min presentation in plenary session | Moses Serwadda and Brender Wanyana Employment for Persons with Hearing Loss |
11:20-11:40 | Paulina Lewandowska Significance of IFHOHYP activities for hard of hearing (HoH) people | |
11:40-12:00 | Hanna Rantala & Anniina Lavikainen Digital Participation as an Outlet for Interaction | |
12.00-12.30 | Sue Archbold, PhD, Hon LLD ; Brian Lamb, OBE Addressing the gap in access to CI: How? | |
12:30-14:00 | Lunch break | |
14:00-14:20 | Theme 3: Medical developments for better hearing | Patrick S.C. D'Haese Digital campaigns to raise awareness on hearing loss |
14:20-14:40 | Theme 3: Medical developments for better hearing | Niels H. Pontoppidan, Ms Lidia Best, Jeppe H. Christensen, Mark Sladen, Louisa Murdin, Doris-Eva Bamiou Insights from data-driven hearing healthcare with smart hearing aids in Horizon 2020 project EVOTION |
14:40-15:00 | Theme 3: Medical developments for better hearing | Tuzson Attila, Association of Medical Devices Manufacturers, Hungary no title yet |
15:00-15:20 | Theme 3: Medical developments for better hearing | Dr. Leo De Raeve Development of living guidelines for cochlear implantation in adults |
14:00-14:20 | Theme 4: Legislative, policy and human rights advances for hard of hearing people | Liisa Sammalpenger Stina Olaja - theme 4. Speech-to-text interpreting in promoting equaility |
14:20-14:40 | Theme 4: Legislative, policy and human rights advances for hard of hearing people | Nikolai Bisgaard Hearing aid uptake across the world |
14:40-15:00 | Theme 4: Legislative, policy and human rights advances for hard of hearing people | Tadashi Takaoka New Abstract coming, but this theme!!! |
15:00-15:20 | Theme 4: Legislative, policy and human rights advances for hard of hearing people | Lidia Best: Theme 4. Accessibility: a requirement to inclusion and participation |
15:20-16:00 | Coffee break | |
16:00-17:00 | Discussion and conclusion | Ruth Warick |
19:00-22:00 | Gala dinner |

Theme 1:
- impact of hearing loss on cognition, energy level, and self-esteem.
- Effects of hearing loss on one’s way of being and manner of interacting with others.
- Social and economic status of individuals with hearing loss and its impact on their family members and community.
- The role of hard of hearing organizations in validating a person’s identity and in providing outlets for interaction and advocacy.

Theme 2:
- New developments in hearing aids, cochlear implants and assistive listening systems.
- Developments in captions for TV, for public events and for in-person communication.
- Hearing applications of mobile smartphones and of wireless communications.

Theme 3:
- Developments in health care practices, medical research and medical technology.
- Developments regarding cochlear implants, middle ear implants, brain-stem implants, bone encored implants, hair cell regeneration
- New audiology measuring, fitting and following technics.
- Improvements in hearing health care, treatment for tinnitus and drug use protocols.

Theme 4:
- Public policy initiatives at the organizational, municipal, national, regional or global level.
- The UN CRPD (Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities), the UN SDG (Sustainable Development Goals), the World Health Assembly (of the WHO) Resolution 70.13, and there implementation to hard of hearing and deaf persons.