WW Hearing

Working in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), we are supporting WWHearing - the World Wide Hearing Care for Developing Countries. This initiative was created in 2003 to promote better hearing through the provision of hearing aids and services.

What is WWHearing?

WWHearing's mission is to promote better hearing through the provision of appropriate and affordable high quality hearing aids and services on a long term basis and on a significant scale, with priority in developing countries and the poorest communities worldwide.

WWHearing works within the WHO Guidelines for Hearing Aids and Services for Developing Countries (2nd Ed, 2004), which advise that hearing aids must be part of a complete audiological services including diagnostics, fitting, rehabilitation and the training of personnel.

CBM committed to WWHearing

We are committed to develop and support such services for the optimum benefit of hearing impaired people worldwide, but with a particular focus on the needs of children and adults in developing countries and the poorest communities of the world.

WWHearing sponsors pilot projects in various developing countries to demonstrate a variety of delivery models which reflects its principles. The projects also measure outcomes and client satisfaction, the impact on the quality of life as well as cost effectiveness.

Programmes

Programmes include the following activities:

• Hearing Aids (affordable, high quality hearing aids)
• Audiology (service delivery, affordable instruments and personnel)
• Health Care (including prevention of hearing impairment)
• Training (personnel and resources)
• Communication (speech and hearing, self-support groups)

Further Reading

Find out more about our deafness and hearing imapirment work.

WWHearing.org - official website of WWHearing

WHO and WWHearing