In the context of the “Sound and Politics” theme of the 2025 edition, hearing health is concerned in more ways than one, the first being the policy of environmental control in the face of increasing noise pollution, linked not only to levels but also to the electronic processing of sound. Hearing health itself is undergoing a transformation, with the imminent advent of genuine hearing therapies. If patients are to benefit, three policy areas will need to evolve: hearing prevention, screening for deficits, and precision audiology to choose the right rehabilitation strategy, with the challenge of offsetting unfavorable demographic trends within the audiology professions.
These themes and their interactions will be the common thread running through the “hearing health” evening. 7:00 pm: Opening
Erik Orsenna, academician and patron of the 22nd edition
Lionel Collet, President of the Haute Autorité de Santé
Christian Hugonnet, President and founder of La Semaine du Son 7:10 pm: Age-related deafness
What scientific advances have been made? What medical perspectives?
Pr Christine Petit, head of the “Innovation in hearing therapies” laboratory
7:30 pm: Assessing noise pollution
Pr Paul Avan, head of CeRIAH (Human Audiology), IdA 7:45 pm: Identifying hearing disorders, the role of audiology players
Pr Paul Avan – Problems and solutions
Guillaume Baugin – Lecturer in public affairs.
ARDDS member
Patients’ needs
Pr Vincent Couloigner – Vice-president of the ENT NPC
Pr Hung Thaï-Van, CHU de Lyon, President of the WCA 2024
Jean Michel Klein, President of the ENT training organization – moderator 20h45 : Devices and societal solutions
Nathalie Birocheau, Managing Director and co-founder, IRCAM Amplify – The “Sound quality against over-compression” label
Shelly Chadha, Program Manager for Prevention and Deafness and Hearing Impairment, WHO – The WHO proposals
Jean-Michel Klein – The “Ascolta” manifesto – 9:20 pm : Musical closing with Feedback and Alain Clavé
Percussionist, Feedback has accompanied and scripted some of the biggest names on the scene, from Prince to Jean-Louis Aubert and most recently Grand Corps Malade. His personal interests focus on a much broader musical expression, from classical music to contemporary styles, restoring to the public the idea of a natural musical event, at the source of hearing. Alain Clavé, tenor, brings his experience of lyric art, from Puccini to Verdi.
