67th Inter­na­tional Congress of Hearing Aid Acousti­cians

The 67th International EUHA Congress and the industrial exhibition will take place from 18 to 20 October 2023 at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre.

  • 18 Oct 2023 – 20 Oct 2023
  • Nuremberg
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#EUHA2023: Numerous innovations at the world’s largest industry event for the hearing aid acoustics and hearing systems industry

Preparations for #EUHA2023 featuring the specialist Congress and the International Industry Exhibition are in full swing. Visitors can look forward to several innovations offered between 18 and 20 October!

New: Partner country

This year’s event will be a Congress of novelties: the opening of the Congress on 18 October will, for instance, be held at 9 a.m. for the first time. The concept of inviting a partner country will also be debuted this year, with Switzerland being the first partner country for the EUHA Congress.

The outstanding lecture programme – including presentations on modern assistive listening devices, communication-friendly hearing systems, a new standard for the Freiburg monosyllabic word test as well as auditory training, and dementia and hearing loss – is supplemented by a round table discussion on "The future of hearing aid acoustics” as well as various tutorials.

A focus on young people

Future Friday, held on 20 October 2023, will be all about the future. On this day, trainees and students will be granted free admission. A special programme with various events will be offered, including guided tours of the Industry Exhibition for trainees and students for the first time. The aim is to get young people interested in our line of business.

The keynote lectures will be given in the afternoon of Future Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. This year, the programme includes, for instance, Bilal Zafar, young entrepreneur, successful founder, and digitisation and AI expert (known from the show "Die Höhle der Löwen”, or Lion’s Cave), as well as Dennis Fischer, speaker and author of Future Work Skills.

Wednesday, 18 Oct 2023

  • Wednesday, 18 October 2023 09:00–17:00

    Industry Exhibition

  • Wednesday, 18 October 2023 09:15–09:45

    Opening ceremony at the Industry Exhibition

  • Wednesday, 18 October 2023 11:00–11:30
    in front of room Sydney

    Get-together before the beginning of the specialist lecture programme

  • Knowledge Symposium
    Wednesday, 18 October 2023 11:30–13:15

    Lecture: Christoph Schwob, Basel (Switzerland)
    "Specialist shops will always be needed – or will hearing aids soon only be available online?"

    Award ceremony for the EUHA Sponsorship Award

    Award ceremony for the FDHA Awards

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  • Lecture
    Wednesday, 18 October 2023 13:15–13:45
    Dr. Florian Denk, Lübeck

    "Closed, occlusion-free earmoulds? History, findings, and new research"

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  • Wednesday, 18 October 2023 13:45–14:30

    Break

  • Lecture
    Wednesday, 18 October 2023 14:30–15:00
    Dipl.-Phys. Thomas Kaufmann, M.Sc., Tempe, Arizona (USA)

    "Hidden challenges for assistive listening technology in large venues"

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  • Lecture
    Wednesday, 18 October 2023 15:00–15:30
    Rob Drullman, Ph.D., Amersfoort (Netherlands)

    "Auracast™ as a new assistive listening system"

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  • Lecture
    Wednesday, 18 October 2023 15:30–16:00
    Achin Bhowmik, Ph.D., and Dave Fabry, Ph.D., Eden Prairie, Minnesota (USA)

    "Enhancing human auditory function with artificial intelligence"

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  • Lecture
    Wednesday, 18 October 2023 16:00–16:30
    Sara Burdak, Au.D., and Nate Johnson, Eden Prairie, Minnesota (USA)

    "Harnessing human factors in hearing aid design and usability"

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  • Lecture
    Wednesday, 18 October 2023 16:30–17:00
    Ing. Dominic Schmidt B. Sc., Vienna (Austria)

    "Ear impression meets artificial intelligence – a glimpse into the future"

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  • Wednesday, 18 October 2023 17:00–18:00
    stage hall 3A

    Rounding off Day 1 of the Congress – networking

  • Wednesday, 18 October 2023 19:30

    FGH Evening

Thursday, 19 Oct 2023

  • Thursday, 19 October 2023 09:00–17:00

    Industry Exhibition

  • Lecture
    Thursday, 19 October 2023 09:00–10:00
    Erich Bayer, Munich

    "Monosymptomatic low-frequency hearing loss, vestibular schwannoma, Meniere's disease and hearing loss – how to manage a good fitting with hearing systems?"

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  • Lecture
    Thursday, 19 October 2023 10:00–10:30
    Dipl.-Ing. Maja Serman, Ph.D., Erlangen

    "Research on communication-friendly hearing aids: EEG evaluation of different signal processing strategies"

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  • Lecture
    Thursday, 19 October 2023 10:30–11:00
    Dipl.-Ing. Björn Oehne, Oldenburg

    "Hearing aid fitting using the loudness validation method"

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  • Lecture
    Thursday, 19 October 2023 11:00–11:30
    Søren Laugesen, Ph.D., Kongens Lyngby (Denmark)

    "Audible Contrast Threshold (ACT™) test: From research laboratory to clinic"

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  • Lecture
    Thursday, 19 October 2023 11:30–12:00
    Homayoun Kamkar-Parsi, Ph.D., Erlangen

    "The audiological key to previously encrypted conversational constellations for hearing aid wearers"

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  • Lecture
    Thursday, 19 October 2023 12:00–12:30
    Megan Quilter, Au.D., Chicago, Illinois (USA)

    "Fit it right, hear it right with Check My Fit!"

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  • Lecture
    Thursday, 19 October 2023 12:30–13:00
    Thomas A. Powers, Ph.D., Oxford, New Jersey (USA), and Kate Carr, BBA, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

    "Over-the-counter (OTC) devices: One year later"

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  • Thursday, 19 October 2023 13:00–14:00

    Break

  • Roundtable discussion
    Thursday, 19 October 2023 14:00–15:00
    René Bürgin, Akustika President (Switzerland), Eberhard Schmidt, biha President (Mainz), Beate Gromke, EUHA President (Mainz), Lore Heylen (Belgium)

    "Changing hearing aid acoustics: The European perspective on the future of better hearing and intelligibility"

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  • Lecture
    Thursday, 19 October 2023 15:00–15:30
    Dr. Birgitta Gabriel, Ellerbek

    "How agile are you? Thinking and acting with agility in hearing aid acoustics"

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  • Lecture
    Thursday, 19 October 2023 15:30–16:00
    Boris A. Klöck, Huglfing

    "Modern leadership in the fitting room – what we can learn from the behaviour of our customers"

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  • Lecture
    Thursday, 19 October 2023 16:00–16:30
    Michael Kienzle, Achern

    "The power of positive phrasing"

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Tutorials

  • Tutorial
    Thursday, 19 October 2023 09:30–11:00
    Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Norbert Dillier, Zurich (Switzerland); Michael Willenberg, Leipzig
    Presenter: Eva Keil-Becker, Koblenz

    T1: "Implantable hearing systems: Overview of CI provision in the partner country Switzerland and presentation of recent cases from practice" (in German only)

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  • Tutorial
    Thursday, 19 October 2023 11:30–13:00
    Lecturer: Thorsten Knoop, Kiel
    Presenter: Beate Gromke, Leipzig

    T2: "Sharing practical experience – measurement methods in hearing aid fitting" (in German only)

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  • Tutorial
    Thursday, 19 October 2023 13:30–15:00
    Lecturers: Dipl.-Ing. Siegrid Meier, M.A., Krummesse; Fabian Böhm, Pforzheim; Cathleen Meißner, M.A., Berlin
    Presenter: André Fiedler, Fürth

    T3: "Social media, gaming and content artists: Are we ready for 'game changing' in marketing?" (in German only)

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  • Tutorial
    Thursday, 19 October 2023 15:30–17:00
    Lecturer: Dennis Alter, Dresden
    Presenter: Wolfgang Luber, Planegg

    T4: "Mindfulness and stress reduction in the workplace" (in German only)

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  • Thursday, 19 October 2023 17:00–19:00

    General meeting of the biha (members only)

  • Thursday, 19 October 2023 20:00

    Congress Get-together (EUHA, BVHI, FDH)

Friday, 20 Oct 2023

  • Friday, 20 October 2023 09:00–14:00

    Industry Exhibition

  • Lecture
    Friday, 20 October 2023 09:30–10:00
    Angela Pelosi, B.Sc. (Hons.), Stäfa (Switzerland)

    "Big data on fitting and usage trends across different client populations"

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  • Lecture
    Friday, 20 October 2023 10:00–10:30
    Prof. Dr. Inga Holube, Oldenburg

    "A new standard for the Freiburg monosyllabic speech test in noise"

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  • Lecture
    Friday, 20 October 2023 10:30–11:00
    Michelle L. Hicks, Ph.D., and Brian Dahl, Eden Prairie, Minnesota (USA)

    "The Ingress Protection (IP) rating standard: A misleading metric for hearing aid reliability?"

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  • Lecture
    Friday, 20 October 2023 11:00–11:30
    Alexander Thal, B.Sc., Kempten

    "Auditory training with the hearing aid acoustician: A scientific field report from practice"

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  • Lecture/Workshop
    Friday, 20 October 2023 11:30–12:15
    Peter Mestel

    „Social Media für Young Professionals“

  • Lecture
    Friday, 20 October 2023 11:30–12:00
    Jana Verheyen, Hamburg, and Claudia Dreher, Fischbachtal

    "Audio therapy 2.0 – new approaches to support hearing aid acousticians in the fitting process"

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  • Lecture
    Friday, 20 October 2023 12:00–12:30
    Prof. Dr. Gregor Hohenberg, Drensteinfurt

    "Activating dementia care with integrated auditory training based on cognitive stimulation therapy by specially trained co-therapists"

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  • Lecture
    Friday, 20 October 2023 12:30–13:00
    Prof. Dr. Josef Kessler, Cologne

    "Dementia and hearing loss"

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  • Friday, 20 October 2023 13:00–14:00

    Break

  • Future Friday Keynote
    Friday, 20 October 2023 14:00–14:30
    Lennart Roos, Göttingen

    "Optogenetic cochlear implant"

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  • Future Friday Keynote
    Friday, 20 October 2023 14:30–15:00
    Bilal Zafar, Düsseldorf

    "How technology and AI will revolutionise the working environment forever"

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  • Future Friday Keynote
    Friday, 20 October 2023 15:00–15:30
    Prof. Dr. Stefan Launer, Stäfa (Switzerland)

    "What is the real benefit of hearing aids? The science behind well-hearing is well-being"

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  • Future Friday Keynote
    Friday, 20 October 2023 15:30–16:00
    Dennis Fischer, Munich

    "Future work skills in hearing aid acoustics"

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  • Friday, 20 October 2023 16:00–16:15

    Closing remarks, farewell

Tutorial

  • Tutorial
    Friday, 20 October 2023 09:30–11:00
    Lecturer: Judit Nothdurft, Röthenbach
    Presenter: André Fiedler, Fürth

    T5: "Communicating with the deaf – customer conversations in sign language" (in German only)

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Subject to change without notice!

Future Friday

Future Friday is the forward-looking event set-up of #EUHA2023! It is scheduled to be held on Friday, 20 October 2023, as part of the 67th International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians. All delegates are invited to take part. In the morning, events will be centring around trends and innovations at the industry exhibition and the specialist lecture programme will be running. The Future Friday keynote presentations given by renowned speakers with a focus on forward-looking topics will start at 2 p.m. Further information Future Friday 2023