Hearing care for All: A Global Conversation about Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and the World Report on Hearing

Presenters:

Dr Karl White is a professor at Utah State University and the Director of the National Center on Hearing Assessment and Management and recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on early identification of hearing loss. He has been an invited speaker to more than 35 countries. He also serves on many national and international advisory groups.
Dr. Shelly Chadha is a native of India. She oversees the World Health Organization’s (WHO) work on prevention of deafness and hearing loss, including advocacy for prioritization of hearing care; technical support to countries for development of hearing care strategies and development of tools and guidance; World Hearing Day and the Make Listening Safe initiative. Prior to joining WHO in 2011, she worked as a Professor of Otolaryngology at the Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, India.