Sign inCould holding a joint conference help end fragmentation of the profession?
Scanning relevant audiology news in Europe. "A before and after in the sector" is how José Luis Blanco, leader of one of Spain's professional associations in audiology, is framing the joining of forces to make one congress event, "an open debate forum, where science, technology and professional practice converge for the benefit of people with hearing problems."
Audiologists gather at an annual conference of the Spanish Association of Audiology (AEDA), but a joint two-day event would eclipse individual conferences in numbers and impact.
Photo: José Luis Fernández
With a similarly fragmented professional structure to the UK, Spain sees its audiology professionals aligned to different associations. But while the years go by in Britain as different groupings discuss how to form one College of Audiology, the Spanish professional panorama in hearing care is moving ahead with building a bridge across its islands.
Spain's three leading associations in the field of audiology, the National Association of Hearing Aid Manufacturers and Importers (ANFIA), the National Association of Hearing Aid Professionals (ANA) and the Spanish Association of Audiology (AEDA) have reached an agreement to organise a 1st National Convention of Audiology.
The new event will be held in Madrid during November 2026 on a date yet to be determined. A joint statement declares that the event aims to become "an essential meeting point for all professionals in the sector, bringing together manufacturers, distributors, health professionals, researchers,...
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