World Congress of Audiology (WCA)

The ISA are the custodians of the WCA which takes place every second year. One of our Affiliate members are selected to host the event 6 years in advance.

The 2024 WCA organized by Professor Hung Thai Van and his team was a resounding success attended by 1976 delegates from 115 countries over 5 continents supported by 90 sponsors. 

Click here to watch hours of quality webinars presented by subject matter experts at the 2024 WCA.

The Computational Audiology Network are thrilled to share the success of our World Congress of Audiology (WCA) 2024 experience in Paris! This year marked our first in-person CAN gathering and a very well-received Special Session on Computational Audiology.  Click here to visit the CAN website.

Professor Jong Woo Chung and team are busy with preparations for the 37^th WCA which takes place at the Coex centre, Seoul, Korea from 24- 27 May 2026. Start making plans to attend this special event that has “Broadening the Horizon of Audiology” as the theme. Click here to visit the 37th WCA website.

Professor Kevin Munro and his team have the framework in place for the 38^th WCA which takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland from the 23-26 April 2028.

Dr Barbra Timmer and her team from Audiology Australia were announced last week as the successful bidder for the 39^th WCA which will take place in Sydney from 5-8 May 2030. Click here to watch the 2030 bid video.

Working Groups

The ISA as the Global Home of Audiology facilitates the establishment and development of working groups. Current groups include the Computational Audiology Network, Hearing in Later Life and Global Audiology. Click here to visit the ISA website for more information on the groups.

Lucretia Peterson (UCT, SA) and others have expressed an interest in setting up a new working group on ‘Global equity’. The purpose of the working group is to have conversations on global perspectives, different service delivery models and what can be learned from each other. The working group, chaired by Lucretia Peterson will meet 3 times per year online. Recordings of the meeting will made available to ISA members to allow offline discussions. Persons interested to join this working group should make themselves known to the community manager by e-mailing gd@e2.co.za with the words Global equity in the subject line.

International Journal of Audiology (IJA)

Full, student and connect members of the ISA have access to all IJA articles when accessing the ISA – self-serve platform. Articles published during October included:

Clinical and genetic characterisation of childhood-onset sensorineural hearing loss reveal associated phenotypes and enrichment of pathogenic founder mutations in the Finnish population. Minna Kraatari-Tiri et al. Article | Published online: 18 Oct 2024.

Interaction effect of self-efficacy and joint problems on hearing aid abandonment among older adults Eduardo Fuentes-López et al. Article | Published online: 16 Oct 2024

Evaluation of a semi-supervised self-adjustment fine-tuning procedure for hearing aids for asymmetrical hearing loss. Jonathan Albert Gößwein et al. Article | Published online: 5 Oct 2024

Experiences of people with unexplained hearing concerns seeking hearing healthcare in the United States Aryn M. Kamerer et al. Article | Published online: 1 Oct 2024

 Click here to access the ISA self-serve platform.

Morocco

The ISA welcome the Moroccan Society of Audiology as a Premium Affiliate member and look forward to working with their executive lead by Professor Aderdour Lahcen.

The Moroccan Society of Audiology is dedicated to promoting excellence in the field of audiology, encouraging innovative initiatives and promoting awareness around hearing disorders. Click here to visit their website.

Global Audiology – Ethiopia

The Global Audiology initiative is aimed at providing an understanding of audiology education and practice around the world. The goal of the information provided is to facilitate networking among stakeholders in hearing health as well as help promote the development of audiology in settings where fewer resources are available. All members can contribute by adding content on your country. Click here to visit the Wiki Platform. Contact Professor Vinaya Manchaiah, by e-mail VINAYA.MANCHAIAH@CUANSCHUTZ.EDU if you are interested in developing content for your country.

Events

November 16, 2024

The B-Audio Congress takes place in Rue de la Science 14B, Brussels. There will be two invited speakers (Inga Holube, Jade Hochschule (Germany) and Marieke van Wier, UMC Amsterdam (the Netherlands)), oral presentations clustered in five sessions and about 16 posters from colleagues and audiology students. Click here for more information.

December 5-7

The ASHA Convention is one of the largest professional development events for hearing care professionals which takes place this year in Seattle. Click here to visit the congress website.

Communicate

ISA members are encouraged to use this platform to communicate articles of interest that they believe will be of interest to the ISA global membership. Simply send an e-mail to gd@e2.co.za