Organizational & meetings

An overview of the Organizational activities of the Society for Sound Hearing

Organizational

The Sound hearing 2030 initiative was first launched at the first general Body Meeting in Bangkok, on the 4^th of October 2005, with the support of WHO SEARO, CBM, and focal persons from the SEA countries. The organization was first called the South East Asia Forum for Sound Hearing. On the 12^th of December 2008, it is registered in New Delhi under the Societies Registration Act of 1860 with the name "Society for Sound Hearing". Its secretarial office is set up at the Dean's office of the campous of the Maulana Azad Medical College, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New delhi -110002.

(The first General Body meeting of the society for Sound Hearing, held at Bangkok, Thailand)

Meetings 2006-2009

Three General Body (GB) meetings and eight Executive Committee (EC) meetings of the Society for sound Hearing have been in the first term of the organization.

The 1^st GB meeting along with the launch of the Sound Hearing 2030 initiative, and appointment of the first Executive Committee members, was held in Bangkok, 4^th - 5^th October 2005.

The 1^st EC meeting was held in New Delhi, 23^rd to 24^th March 2006 at the WHO SEA office, ad openend by Acting Regional Director of WHO SEARO, Dr. Poonam Khetarpal Singh, who reiterated the commitment of WHO towards the cause of Deafness & SOUND HEARING 2030. This meeting was concluded by announcement regarding the commencement National Committee for Control of Deafness in India by the Minister of Health and Family Welfare of India.

The 2nd EC meeting was held in Bangkok, on the 9^th - 10^th October 2006. The Healthy Ear District (HEARD) and Less Noise Cities concepts were discussed as well as other Sound Hearing 2030 programs.

The 3^rd EC meeting was held along with the The '1^st International Conference on Prevention & Rehabilitation of Hearing Impairment' in Beijing, on the 25^th - 27^th of April 2007.

(The Second GB meeting of the society for Sound Hearing, held in Jakarta, Indonesia in December 2007)

The 2^nd GB meeting along with the 4^th EC meeting was held at Jakarta, Indonesia on the 14^th - 16^th of December 2007. The meetings were accompanied by a Symposium on Childhood Deafness attended by over 100 local participants and experts from all over the world. An exhibition of awareness materials on community ear and hearing health care was oranized. The meeting was also accompanied by the launch of the Indonesian National Committee, signed by the Minster of Health of Indonesia.

The 5^th EC meeting of the Society was held at Dhaka, Bangladesh in on the 27^th - 28^th May 2008. The meeting saw the launch of the Bangladesh National Committee for Prevention of Deafness. It was also accompanied by a Symposium on Prevention of Hearing loss for the benefit of the local ENT community.

The 6^th EC meeting of the Society was held at the Maulana Azad College, New Delhi on the 19^th to 20^th of January 2009. It was accompanied by an expert committee meeting to develop guidelines regarding 'Infant hearing screening in India', in partnership with WHO India office and Govt. Of India.

A workshop was held in Bangalore, involving the core group of the EC, to discuss the next five year plan (2010-2014), in collaboration and consultation with CBM SARO (N) office and several experts as advisors, on the 24^th - 26^th of March 2009.

The 7^th EC meeting was held in Rayong Thailand, 8^th - 9^th August 2009. Registration issues were discussed as well as the five year plan and the upcoming GB meeting planned.

(3^rd General Body meeting held at Kathmandu, Nepal in December 2009)

The 3^rd General body meeting of the Society along with the 8^th EC meeting was held at Kathmandu, Nepal on the 9^th - 10^th December 2009. This was preceded by an 'Intercountry Consultative meeting' to develop Guiding Principles for Infant hearing screening in the SEA region. The meeting was attended by experts from all over the world. A symposium on Screening for Hearing Loss in Children was also held at the same time, and was attended by many local participants including ENT doctors and audiologists. A photo competition and exhibition of the hearing impaired was held and rendered a lot of interest.

The 9^th EC meeting of the Society for Sound Hearing was held at the Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi on the 9^th and 10^th of December 2010. The meeting included a half day workshop to discuss guidelines regarding Inclusion of the Hearing Impaired in India. The meeting was followed on the 11^th of December 2010 by a Seminar on 'Prevention of Deafness and Hearing Impairment: A strategy plan for India'. This seminar was attended by all members of the society who attended the meeting.

(9^th EC meeting of the Society for Sound Hearing)

Lower row: Left-to-Right: Silvana Mehra, Madan Upadhyay, Arun K. Agarwal, Bulantrisna Djelantik, Suchitra Prasansuk
Upper row: Left-to-Right: Suneela Grag, Shelly Chadha, MNG Mani, U. Than Sein, Rakesh Shrivastav, Vikas Katoch, Ronny Suwento, AH Joarder

SOUND HEARING 2030, ONLINE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, NEW DELHI, November 3rd, 2015

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SOUND HEARING 2030, ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, NEW DELHI, February 13th -14th, 2015

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SOUND HEARING 2030, EC MEETING, HONGKONG, October 17th -19th, 2013

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SOUND HEARING 2030 SYMPOSIUM and GB / EC MEETING, JANAKI HOTEL COLOMBO September 11th -13th, 2012

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