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10/24/2016  |   3:30 PM - 4:30 PM   |  BGPOP Building 4A/B/C

The Approach of Hearing International to Global Hearing Health

Hearing International is a public charity organization registered in the USA, dedicated to fostering hearing health in developing countries. Hearing International seeks to align otologists, audiologists, hearing interventionists, deaf educators, and hearing device manufacturers, all with technical know-how and understanding of world standards for consumer groups to lay the fundamental ground work at a grass-roots level. The mission of Hearing International, “Healthy Ears and Hearing for All,” will be achieved through the education of patients, their families, primary caregivers, otolaryngologist, and audiologist throughout the world. Fifteen Centers of Excellence are located in Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Myanmar, China, India, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and the USA. Center members meet annually for discussions and advice on projects and problems. Periodic courses are given by the parent organization in Center sites updating information and skills in applications of newer audiology and vestibular techniques, early newborn hearing screening and intervention, and hands on-training in surgery of the temporal bone. International contacts of board members in the USA and Europe have provided formal educational experiences with visiting fellowships and university degree programs. These are jointly sponsored between the universities and home countries in partnership. Centers have grown greatly in their ability to deliver excellent patient care and education of primary and tertiary care givers in broader areas of their countries. Through Centers of Excellence in developing and developed countries, we hope to improve the quality of life of individuals with diseases of the ear, hearing loss, and balance disturbances worldwide. Our focus is not humanitarian missions based, but rather training-the-trainers. Hearing International firmly adheres to the old adage, “give a man a fish and you cure his hunger for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

• Understand the mission of Hearing International
• Understand the need for a educational based training, rather than mission surgery
• Appreciate the need for countries and communities to become independent in their health care delivery.

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Herman Jenkins (POC,Primary Presenter), Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, herman.jenkins@ucdenver.edu;
Dr. Jenkins directs the otolaryngology program at the University of Colorado School of medicine and has devoted his career to research and patient care in diseases of the ear. He is Vice President and Treasurer of Hearing International and has worked with the organization for the past 13 years. He has published widely in the otology related field and frequently speaks internationally. His practice is limited to otology/neurotology.

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Suchitra Prasansuk (Co-Presenter), Hearing International, drsuchitrap@yahoo.com;
Dr. Prasansuk was one of the founders and head of the first Center of Hearing International.. She has served in many capacities in the organization and in intentionally, including WHO, ISA, and IFOS. She is a tireless advocate for hearing health in developing countries and has organized many symposia devoted to this field.

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