ASHA, HLAA Offer Resources for Members to Use as World Hearing Day Approaches

A long-standing champion of World Hearing Day, ASHA uses the opportunity to spread relevant public health messages and provide members with the tools to educate consumers. The World Health Organization (WHO) organizes World Hearing Day, recognized annually on March 3. Each year the WHO creates a new theme and offers specialized resources, published in a dozen languages, and hosts activities at its Geneva headquarters and around the world. Dovetailing on the WHO themes—this year it’s “Hearing for Life”—ASHA generates national campaigns and tools to help spread the message. ASHA and HLAA provide member tools ASHA recently partnered with the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) on a series of educational materials for consumers and professionals. Take advantage of these resources in our 2020 World Hearing Day Digital Toolkit. Based on the “Hearing for Life” theme, materials focus on a lifespan approach to hearing health. Key points in ASHA/HLAA’s tools include: At all life stages, you can protect your hearing. At all life stages, you can experience hearing loss. At all life stages, early intervention and timely treatment for hearing loss can improve not only your quality of life, but often overall health as well. In honor of World Hearing Day, you can share these on your social media accounts, feature them on your website or blog, and use them as part of a lobby display in your workplace. For even wider outreach, print and distribute them at a health fair...
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