Members
178 organisations. 54 countries. One Forum.
Governments, professional bodies, NGOs, universities, user groups and companies, all committed to ear and hearing care for everyone. Every member belongs to at least one workstream and takes part in World Hearing Day.
Countries with at least one member organisation. Source: WHO member list.
Members include
- World Wide Hearing Foundation International
- International Federation of Hard of Hearing (IFHOH)
- Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health
- CBM International
- American Academy of Audiology
- Cochlear Limited
- European Federation of Hard of Hearing People (EFHOH)
- International Federation on Ageing
- Hear the World Foundation
- Apple
- Sonova (Phonak)
- Specsavers
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Listed as published by WHO. A few organisations confirmed by the Forum are marked as such while WHO’s list catches up. Open a country to see its members.
ArgentinaRegion of the Americas · 1
- Asociación Panamericana de Otorrinolaringología y Cirugía de Cabeza y Cuello
AustraliaWestern Pacific Region · 10
- Audiology Discipline, La Trobe University
- Audiology Australia
- Cochlear Limited
- Deafness Forum of Australia
- Ear Science Institute Australia
- Global Coalition of Parents of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (GPODHH) under the auspices of Aussie Deaf Kids Limited
- Hearing Matters Australia Incorporated
- Macquarie University H:EAR Research Centre (Hearing: Education, Application, Research)
- Telethon Kids Institute
- University of Queensland
BelgiumEuropean Region · 4
BotswanaAfrican Region · 2
- Ministry of health Botswana
- International Federation of Hard of Hearing (IFHOH)
BrazilRegion of the Americas · 6
CanadaRegion of the Americas · 4
ChileRegion of the Americas · 3
- Centro de Investigación de la Audición, Los Sentidos y la Comunicación
- Ministry of Health of Chile
- Instituto De Salud Pública De Chile
ChinaWestern Pacific Region · 3
- Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University
- China Rehabilitation Research Center for Hearing and Speech Impairment
- HI/IFOS/ISA Jiangsu Ear and Hearing Center (WHO Collaborating Centre for the Prevention of Deafness and Hearing Impairment)
Costa RicaRegion of the Americas · 2
Czech RepublicEuropean Region · 1
DenmarkEuropean Region · 1
EgyptEastern Mediterranean Region · 1
El SalvadorRegion of the Americas · 1
FranceEuropean Region · 1
GeorgiaEuropean Region · 2
GermanyEuropean Region · 5
GhanaAfrican Region · 1
GuyanaRegion of the Americas · 1
- Ministry of health Guyana
HondurasRegion of the Americas · 1
IcelandEuropean Region · 1
IndiaSouth-East Asia Region · 19
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur (AIIMS)
- Alps Hearing Research Forum
- Ashray Akruti
- Balavidyalaya The school for young deaf children and Institute for Teacher Training
- Delhi Branch of Indian Speech and Hearing Association (Delhi- ISHA)
- Department of Audiology Speech Language Pathology, Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation
- Department of Audiology & Speech Language Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
- Department of ENT, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, India
- Dr S.R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing
- Ear to Hear – Meenakshi Venkatraman Foundation
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- Indian Speech Language and Hearing Association
- Josh Foundation
- National Programme for Prevention and Control Deafness, Kerala
- Society for Sound Hearing International Ltd
- Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences, Sri Amritsar
- Swarsangya Charitable Trust (previously Swarsangya Foundation)
- Telangana Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists Association
- The All India Institute of Speech and Hearing
ItalyEuropean Region · 2
JapanWestern Pacific Region · 1
JordanEastern Mediterranean Region · 1
- Ministry of health Guyana
LuxembourgEuropean Region · 1
NepalSouth-East Asia Region · 3
NetherlandsEuropean Region · 4
New ZealandWestern Pacific Region · 5
NicaraguaRegion of the Americas · 1
NigeriaAfrican Region · 4
- Earcare Foundation
- Ministry of Defense (MOD), Nigeria
- Niger Bell Ltd
- Otorhinolaryngological Society of Nigeria (ORLSON)
OmanEastern Mediterranean Region · 1
PakistanEastern Mediterranean Region · 4
PanamaRegion of the Americas · 1
ParaguayRegion of the Americas · 2
PolandEuropean Region · 5
PortugalEuropean Region · 3
- GRISI – Grupo de Rastreio e Intervenção da Surdez Infantil, Founded in 2006
- OUVIR Portuguese Association of Hearing Aids and Implants Users
- Portuguese Association of Audiologists, APtA
Republic of KoreaWestern Pacific Region · 1
RussiaEuropean Region · 2
RwandaAfrican Region · 1
SamoaWestern Pacific Region · 1
- Pacific ENT and Audiology Group (PENTAG)
Saudi ArabiaEastern Mediterranean Region · 1
SlovakiaEuropean Region · 1
South AfricaAfrican Region · 3
SpainEuropean Region · 5
SwitzerlandEuropean Region · 3
SyriaEastern Mediterranean Region · 2
TanzaniaAfrican Region · 1
ThailandSouth-East Asia Region · 2
TogoAfrican Region · 1
UgandaAfrican Region · 2
United KingdomEuropean Region · 15
- Auditory Verbal UK
- The British Academy of Audiology
- CIICA, CI INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF ACTION
- Gibraltar Hearing Issues and Tinnitus Association
- Hearing Loss and Deafness Alliance
- Hearing Sciences, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham
- Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD)
- National Association of Deafened People (NADP)
- National Community Hearing Association (NCHA)
- Night Time Industries Association
- Specsavers
- The British Society of Audiology
- The Ear Trust
- UK Hearing Conservation Association
- Sownd AffectsAudio inclusivity certification for venues and workplaces. Co-facilitates the Changemakers workstream and maintains this website.Confirmed by the Forum
United StatesRegion of the Americas · 30
- 3M
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell)
- American Academy of Audiology
- American Cochlear Implant Alliance
- American Speech–Language–Hearing Association
- Center for Hearing and Communication (CHC)
- Coalition for Global Hearing Health
- Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health
- Dangerous Decibels
- Deaf Leadership International Alliance (DLIA)
- Global ENT Outreach
- Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss
- Global HEAR Collaborative
- Hearing International
- Hearing Loss Association of America, Inc.
- Hearing the Call, Inc.
- International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP)
- International Hearing Society
- International Medical Crisis Response Alliance (IMCRA)
- Living with Hearing Loss
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- Population Hearing Health Care (PopHHC)
- ROSE ACADEMIES INC
- Smile Train
- SoundPrint
- The Educational Audiology Association
- The Global OHNS Initiative
- The House Institute Foundation
- University of Washington, School of Medicine
- AppleTechnology company. One of the first manufacturers to build the WHO-ITU safe listening standard into its devices.Confirmed by the Forum
ZambiaAfrican Region · 1
- Ministry of Health Zambia
