EFHOH - European Federation of Hard of Hearing People

The European Federation of Hard of Hearing People consists of National Associations of/for Hard of Hearing and Late-Deafened People, Parents' Organisations and Professional Organisations.

EFHOH comprises the European members (a region) of the International Federation of Hard of Hearing People (IFHOH) and was established in 1993. It has its own board and secretariat. The federation has non-profitable and benevolent aims and it is a non-political and non-sectarian organisation. EFHOH is a general member of the European Disability Forum (EDF). We also work in good co-operation with IFHOH and our official language is English.

The Board members of the EFHOH carry out their work on an honorary basis.

Current News

2nd International Conference on Hearing Loops  The first conference held in Switzerland on September 2009, will get a follow-up. In June 2011 there will be the 2nd International Conference on Hearing loops. The conference will take place in Washington, USA. More information and invitation will be published soon.                                                                 In the section Documents and presentations you will find the Resolution which was adopted by the conference in Switzerland. All presentations can still be found on the Swiss conference website http://www.hearingloops.org/

EFHOH Annual General Meeting 2010 was held in Stockholm, Sweden during June 18-20. The meeting was held in conjunction with IFHOH (the International Federation of Hard of Hearing) Bi-ennial General Meeting. The board of EFHOH got a new member: Lidia Best,UK. A presentation of the new board will be found in the next Newsletter. 

EDPD - European Day of Persons with Disabilities  This annual conference held in the beginning of December 2009 in Brussels, had for the first time a hard of hearing speaker. Karina Chupina, the President of IFHOHYP, International Federation of Hard of Hearing Young People, gave a presentation about assistive technology. More about the conference in next Newsletter issue, which will arrive in March. You find Karina's presentation on this website, in the Documents and Presentations section.

 Statement about the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disablities, see the section Documents and Presentations

Updated 2010-08-04