Documents

Auracast™ Broadcast Audio

• Factsheet Auracast (2024)
• Towards a Wireless Interface for Hearing Instruments (2021)
• IHAC statement on hearing loops and telecoils (2019)

Socio-Economic Documents

• EHIMA Evidence Paper: Hearing care as a public health priority (2025)

• Getting the numbers right on Hearing Loss, Hearing Care and Hearing Aid Use in Europe (2024)
• 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
• Economic Impact of Hearing Lossin France and Developed Countries (2016)

Policy Documents

• Event Report – Loud and Clear – EHIMA event in the European Parliament (April 2025)

• Joint open letter In anticipation of EUDAMED availability for mandatory use (December 2023)
• EHIMA General Policy, October 2022
• EHIMA statement concerning Auracast
• Joint Industry Statement – Feedback on the Standardisation Strategy (April 6, 2022)
• Importance of hearing care and treatment of hearing loss for older adults
• Harmonised Standardisation – Joint industry letter (February 2021)
• EUDAMED implementation – Interim measures applicable in the absence of MDR EUDAMED: Executive summary by joint industry associations (6 March 2020)
• 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
• Joint Policy Paper – EFHOH – AEA – EHIMA
• EHIMA Commitment for Privacy

Technical Documents

• Best Practices for Secure Fitting of Hearing Devices
• Alignment of Measurement Procedures IEC 60118-13 and ANSI C63.19

• Guidance Document for Classification of Hearing Aids and Accessoires

• 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