69th International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians

Save the date: #EUHA2025 will take place from Wednesday, October 22 to Friday, October 24, 2025 in Nuremberg.

Programme on Wednesday, 22.10.2025

  • Wednesday, 22 October 2025 09:00–17:00

    Industry exhibition

  • Wednesday, 22 October 2025 09:15–09:45

    Congress opening on the EUHA Live-Area stage

  • Wednesday, 22 October 2025 11:00–11:30

    Get-together before the start of the specialist program

  • Knowledge symposium
    Wednesday, 22 October 2025 11:30–13:30

    Peifer, Dr. Markus, Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks (ZDH)
    Opening keynote: “Does politics listen to the skilled trades? – Taking stock of the first months of government”

    EUHA sponsorship award ceremony

    FDHA award ceremony

  • Lecture
    Wednesday, 22 October 2025 13:30–14:00
    Knipper, Prof. Marlies, University Hospital Tübingen

    “When our hearing decodes the world - Hearing speed, perhaps the missing link!”

  • Wednesday, 22 October 2025 14:00–14:30

    Break

  • Lecture
    Wednesday, 22 October 2025 14:30–15:00
    Miklosvary, Dr. Meg AuD, Helix Hearing

    “Impact of degree of hearing loss, age and gender on self-reported incidence and degree of listening difficulty”

  • Lecture
    Wednesday, 22 October 2025 15:00–15:30
    Stropahl, Dr. Maren, Sonova

    “Hearing health and cognition: An ­ evidence-based perspective for practice”

  • Lecture
    Wednesday, 22 October 2025 15:30–16:00
    Dipl.-Ing. Maja Serman, Ph. D., WS Audiology

    “Demystifying adaptation to hearing aids”

  • Lecture
    Wednesday, 22 October 2025 16:00–16:30
    Burwinkel, Justin R. AuD and Fabry, David Ph. D., Starkey

    “Hearing AND Balance: Why both are important in the aging population”

  • Lecture
    Wednesday, 22 October 2025 16:30–17:00
    Jalilvand, Prof. Dr. Hamid Ph. D., Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

    “Voice Quality Matters: Its Overlooked Impact on Speech Level Preference and Noise Tolerance in Audiological Assessment”

  • Wednesday, 22 October 2025 17:00–18:00

    Closing of the first congress day EUHA Live-Area in the industry exhibition

  • Wednesday, 22 October 2025 19:30

    FGH evening

Programme on Thursday, 23.10.2025

  • Thursday, 23 October 2025 09:00–17:00

    Industry exhibition

  • Lecture
    Thursday, 23 October 2025 09:30–10:00
    Bonsel, Harald, Hörgeräte Bonsel

    “Loudness in ­ hearing aid fitting - an overview”

  • Lecture
    Thursday, 23 October 2025 10:00–10:30
    Denk, Dr. Florian, Deutsches Hörgeräte Institut GmbH

    “Binaural broadband loudness summation in the hearing-impaired population and potential­ implications for hearing aid fitting strategies”

  • Lecture
    Thursday, 23 October 2025 10:30–11:00
    Stinn, Christoph, Audiosus

    “Loudness normalization based on goal-oriented free field adaptation”

  • Lecture
    Thursday, 23 October 2025 11:00–11:30
    Fabry, David Ph. D., Starkey

    “REMarkable Improvements in ­ Verification to Optimize Patient Outcomes”

  • Lecture
    Thursday, 23 October 2025 11:30–12:00
    Hannemann, Dr. Ronny, ORCA Labs WS Audiology

    “Impact of ­ Compression on neural representation of speech”

  • Lecture
    Thursday, 23 October 2025 12:00–12:30
    Kummer, Prof. Dr. Peter, University Hospital Regensburg

    “CMV-induced hearing loss: prevent, alleviate or cure already in the womb!”

  • Lecture
    Thursday, 23 October 2025 12:30–13:00
    Prof. Dr. Anke Lesinski-Schiedat, ENT Clinic with DHZ of the MHH

    “Hearing loss and dementia / neurodegenerative diseases”

  • Thursday, 23 October 2025 13:00–14:00

    Break

  • Lecture
    Thursday, 23 October 2025 14:00–14:30
    Aghajanloo, Behrouz, Macquarie University

    “Acoustic Biosensor for Cochlear Device”

  • Lecture
    Thursday, 23 October 2025 14:30–15:00
    Obert, Sebastian B. Sc., University Medicine Rostock ENT Clinic

    ”Optimization of opposite ear masking in CI patients with unilateral deafness: development of a measurement method to determine the individual masking level”

  • Lecture
    Thursday, 23 October 2025 15:00–15:30
    Goebel, Prof. Dr. med. Gerhard, Tinnitus- und Hyperakusis-Zentrum im Neurozentrum Prien

    “Tinnitus and sensorineural hearing loss: findings and treatment options”

  • Lecture
    Thursday, 23 October 2025 15:30–16:00
    Harel, Dr. Tami Ph. D., EssilorLuxottica

    “Clinical Study on the Efficacy of Open Ear Hearing Aid Glasses”

  • Lecture
    Thursday, 23 October 2025 16:00–16:30
    Mirzoyan, Flora M. A. and Golovkov, Roman, migohead

    “Biocompatible earmold materials for allergies: a medical necessity in hearing system fitting”

  • Thursday, 23 October 2025 16:30–18:30

    biha general meeting (for members only)

  • Thursday, 23 October 2025 19:00–01:00

    Congress meeting (EUHA, BVHI, FDH)

Tutorials on Thursday, 23.10.2025

  • Tutorial
    Thursday, 23 October 2025 09:30–11:00
    Willenberg, Michael, Gromke Hörzentrum and Meuret, PD Dr. med. ­ habil. Sylvia, Specialist in phoniatrics and pediatric audiology, UKB Leipzig

    Tutorial 1: ”Next level CI care: More than just an implant”

  • Tutorial
    Thursday, 23 October 2025 11:30–13:00
    Alter, Dennis, Mindfulness in companies

    Tutorial 2: ”Mindfulness and AI: The future lies in conscious people”

  • Tutorial
    Thursday, 23 October 2025 13:30–15:00
    Gsenger, Ulrich, Dementia Counseling Diakoniewerk Salzburg

    Tutorial 3: ”Dealing with hearing-impaired people with dementia as customers in hearing acoustics businesses”

  • Tutorial
    Thursday, 23 October 2025 15:30–17:00
    Vehr, Veronika, VVC

    Tutorial 4: ”What do you sell as a hearing aid acoustician – your positioning for the future”

Programme on Friday, 24.10.2025

  • Friday, 24 October 2025 09:00–14:00

    Industry exhibition

  • Lecture
    Friday, 24 October 2025 09:30–10:00
    Hase, Prof. Ulrich, Berater für Inklusion, afh

    “Study: Campus hearing acoustics on the way to inclusion!”

  • Lecture
    Friday, 24 October 2025 10:00–10:30
    Edwards, Dr. Brent Ph. D. and Dr. Kitterick, Dr. Padraig Ph. D., National Acoustic Laboratories

    “Research Behind NAL-NL3: The Next Generation Hearing Aid Fitting System”

  • Lecture
    Friday, 24 October 2025 10:30–11:00
    Latzel, Matthias, Sonova

    “‚Neural fossils‘ within the human brain: a useful methodology to assess the efficiency of noise reduction algorithms in hearing aids? ”

  • Lecture
    Friday, 24 October 2025 11:00–11:30
    Krüger, Dr. Melanie, Hörzentrum Oldenburg gGmbH

    “HörWerk – An innovation community of craftsmen and research”

  • Lecture
    Friday, 24 October 2025 11:30–12:00
    Dobyan, Bridget B. A., Hearing Industries Association

    “MarkeTrak25: Industry Landscape and Outlook”

  • Friday, 24 October 2025 12:00–12:30

    Break

  • Lecture
    Friday, 24 October 2025 12:30–13:15
    Horx, Tristan, futurologist, co-founder and mentor of the Future:Project

    “How we will work in the future – attracting and­ retaining young talent with future skills”

  • Lecture
    Friday, 24 October 2025 13:15–14:00
    Kirig, Anja, futurologist

    “Health as a resource: The future of prevention in hearing acoustic”

  • Friday, 24 October 2025 14:00

    Closing words, farewell

Tutorials on Friday, 24.10.2025

  • Tutorial
    Friday, 24 October 2025 09:30–11:00
    Graf, Beat, Pro Audito and Georgos, Yaser, GN Hearing

    Tutorial 5: “Practical workshop: Auracast – opportunities and challenges for hearing care professionals”