Webinar | 2022 World Hearing Day

To celebrate the World Hearing Day 2022, Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility, with its partners the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association British Columbia Chapter and Vancouver Branch, is hosting a webinar on Thursday, March 3.

Our international and local panel of speakers will share their clinical or personal knowledge and experience on safe listening. During the session, they will discuss the latest developments concerning safe listening standards and practices, as well as share specific strategies for individuals to protect their hearing. The session is in keeping with the World Hearing Day theme of To hear for life, listen with care!

When: March 3, 2022 | 6:00 - 7:30 PM PST
Where: Virtual via Zoom. Webinar will be recorded.
Language and Accessibility: English, ASL, and CART/Captioning
Please register to receive the link to attend.

The session will be moderated by Dr. Ruth Warick, Director of Programs and Services, Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility. Brief bios of the panelists are as follows:

- Dr. Masahito Kawamori is the Project Professor at Keio University, Japan, and the Rapporteur of "Multimedia Framework for Digital Health Applications" at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations special agency for Information and Communication Technology (ICT).He is the editor of the WHO-ITU global standard for safe listening devices and systems.
- Hugh McCormack is the Director of Clinical Operations and Social Enterprise of Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility, has a master’s degree in Audiology from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. He has worked as a Clinical Audiologist with the National Health Service in Edinburgh, with the Auditory Implant Centre in Belfast and as the Clinical Territory Manager for Cochlear for Western Canada.
- Dr. Amarilis Melendez MD is an Ear Nose and Throat Specialist and Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Santo Tomas, Panamá; Co-Coordinator of the Safe Listening Working Group of the World Hearing Forum; Member of the Executive Committee of the Pan American Association of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery2018.
- Connor Stewart is a Community Organizer at Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility. Lived experience as a Hard of Hearing person who was born Deaf, but uses two cochlear implants to hear. Connor is passionate about sharing his journey of hearing loss and empowering others to navigate life with the tools and resources needed to overcome barriers.

#DidYouKnow The unit of measurement used to express the intensity of a sound is the decibel (dB).A whisper is around 30 dB, normal conversation approximately 60 dB, heavy city traffic (inside the car) is 85 dB, and hairdryer is 100 dB.

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