Documents

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Socio-Economic Documents

• Key facts of hearing loss (2020) (pdf)
• Hear-it report: Hearing Loss – Numbers and Costs
• Open letter from hear-it AISBL: 80 million EU citizens at risk of poor quality of life
• Getting our numbers right on Hearing Loss – Hearing Care and Hearing Aid Use in Europe
• Economic Impact of Hearing Lossin France and Developed Countries (2016)

Policy Documents

• EUDAMED implementation – Interim measures applicable in the absence of MDR EUDAMED: Executive summary by joint industry associations (6 March 2020)
• IHAC statement on hearing loops and telecoils, June 2019
• EUDAMED implementation – joint industry statement signed by AESGP, APPLiA, COCIR, EFPIA, EUROM VI, EUROMCONTACT, FIDE, Medicines for Europe, MedPharmPlast, MedTech Europe and EHIMA (December 2019)
• Medical Device Regulation – joint statement signed by AESGP, EUROM VI, EUROMCONTACT, FIDE, GIRP, MedTech Europe and EHIMA
• Manifesto – Hearing Loss and Disability
• EHIMA General Policy, September 2018
• Joint Policy Paper – EFHOH – AEA – EHIMA
• EHIMA Commitment for Privacy

Technical Documents

• Wi-Hi: toward a Wireless Interface for Hearing Instruments
• Alignment of Measurement Procedures IEC 60118-13 and ANSI C63.19
• Guidance Document for Classification of Hearing Aids and Accessories
• EHIMA Recommendations for Zinc-Air Hearing Aid Batteries
• International Speech Test Signal 16 and 24 bit
• International Female Fluctuating Masker and International Female Noise
• Original Filtered Recordings and Native Female Informational Masker
• Bar-code standards
• Hearing instruments and life sustaining implants statement