Organizational & meetings

(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.