Declarations
Poznan Declaration 2023
London Declaration 2017
Essen Declaration 2015
Prague Declaration 2013
Publications
2025
Statement: Telecoils to stay as the integral feature of hearing devices
EFHOH Alternative Report to the CRPD Committee in the framework of the EU Reporting before the CRPD Committee (2025)
2024
Joint EFHOH & AEA Position 2024
Getting the numbers right on Hearing Loss, Hearing Care and Hearing Aids Use in Europe – Joint AEA, EFHOH, EHIMA Report (2024)
AVMSD Implementation in Europe
A Step Forward for Disability Rights: the EU Disability Card Directive Approved
Changing Mindsets on Hearing Loss and Mental Health
Accessibility of Healthcare Services for people with hearing loss in Europe Report
Hard of Hearing Women and Girls in Europe
Joint Statement Calling on Incoming EU Leadership to Prioritise Equality and Non-Discrimination
Open Letter to European Commissioner for Equality Hadja Lahbib: keep up the momentum on disability rights!
2023
The history of person-centred hearing care, by Lidia Best and Mark Laureyns (ENT & Audiology News)
2022
State of Provision of Hearing Aids in Europe (2022)
Access to Universal Hearing Healthcare is a Human Right
2021
Listening to the “Sound of Life”, by Lidia Best (G3ict)
2020
Getting the numbers right on Hearing Loss, Hearing Care and Hearing Aid Use in Europe – Joint AEA, EFHOH, EHIMA Report (2020)
Standards for Safe Listening – how they align and how some differ, by Masahito Kawamori, Lidia Best and Mark Laureyns (ENT & Audiology News)
Let Us Talk About Safe Listening with Personal Sound Amplifiers, by Lidia Best (G3ict)
Global Report of Covid-19’s Impacts on Hard of Hearing People
Statement Regarding the Coronavirus and Hard of Hearing People
2019
Open Letter to the EU Institutions: We Demand Accessible European Elections 2019
Telecoil and Hearing Loop Obsolescence: 10-15 years and beyond
Hearing care systems in Europe – can we do more? By Lidia Best (ENT & Audiology News)
Live Captioning with Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Speech Recognition, by Lidia Best (G3ict)
2018
The Ear Foundation Spend 2 Save Summary 2018
State of Hearing Aids Provision in Europe 2018 Report
WHO- World Hearing Day 2018 Activity Report
Experiences of Late-Deafened People in Europe 2018 Report
Hearing care and hearing aids keep you independent! – Press Release
How to prevent hearing loss and how to reduce its impact – Press Release
EFHOH and ITU Joint Effort in Improving Hard of Hearing People Accessibility at Meetings, by Lidia Best (G3ict)
2017
Call for Action – The Coalition on Hearing Loss and Disability Manifesto
Explanatory Notes – The Coalition on Hearing Loss and Disability Manifesto
Press Release – The Coalition on Hearing Loss and Disability Manifesto
IFHOH and DSB Conference Statement 2017
EFHOH AEA EHIMA: Joint Policy Paper 2017
Lunch Debate European Parliament-Action for Hearing Loss-AEA Report 2017
EFHOH Feedback on the European Commission’s Smart Wearables: Reflection and Orientation Paper
Hearing care systems – European examples, by Lidia Best (ENT & Audiology News)
2016
State of Hard of Hearing People’s Rights in the EU 2016 Report
EFHOH in joint concern related to potential interference in relation to deploying of LTE radio frequencies (2300 – 2400 Hz)-adjacent to the ISM band
Getting our Numbers Right- joint paper EHIMA/AEA/EFHOH 2016
EFHOH Survey- European Standard EN 15927:2010 Services offered by hearing aid professionals
AEA Code of Conduct 2016
2015
EFHOH State of Subtitling Access in EU Reports (2015)
EFHOH/AEA Joint Report on Personal Sound Application Products (PSAPs)
Hearing Loss Statistics – AGM 2015
EFHOH Guides and Guidelines
EFHOH Guide to the European Accessibility Act: What You Need to Know
EFHOH Accessibility Guidelines
Toolkits
EDF AVMS Directive 2019
EDF Web and Apps Directive Toolkit 2017
Toolkit for EU AVMS Directive for Accessibility (subtitling)
IFHOH UN CRPD Toolkit
ITU Reports
WHO – ITU Safe Listening Devices Standard
WHO Belgian-French-Swiss Regulations and Case-Studies
ITU Standard Safe Listening Devices T-REC-H.870-201808-I
Hearing Review Sept 2020 Standard for Safe Listening
Standards for Safe Listening– how they align and how some differ
ITU Standard Personal Sound Amplifiers T-REC-H.871-201907-I
Miscellaneous
The History of EFHOH – Book
EENA 112 SOS
Maastricht Hearing Loops Presentation
Constraints of selecting the best device (PDF)
