UKHCA host annual conference: ‘Listen Up’

SHP hears from the UK Hearing Conservation Association (UKHCA) as they introduce their first conference; Listen Up to be held on 3 November 2022 in Manchester. Listen Up aims to focus on the opportunities for Prevention of NOISE induced harm and Prevention of SOUND induced harm; looking beyond the workplace. 

At Listen Up you will have access to a wide variety of hearing and noise control expertise in one place. A unique opportunity to have access to the latest information, advice and strategies. Check out the discounted ticket prices below and explore the innovative services and solutions our exhibitors can provide to help you protect the workforce. Together we can make a real difference, and bring to an end the escalating worldwide epidemic of noise induced hearing loss.

The full programme

• NHCA: Gayla L. Poling, Ph.D.
• A View from the regulator: Chris Steel, Principal Specialist Inspector (Noise & Vibration), Health and Safety Executive
• What happens when we don’t protect people: Kevin Bampton, CEO, BOHS
• Design and room acoustics for health wellbeing and inclusivity: A discussion between: Andrea Harman, Concept Developer, Saint-Gobain Ecophon & Dr Vanessa Champion, Director, Journal of Biophilic Design
• Emerging science on hearing health harm from noise: Chris Plack, Ellis Llwyd Jones Professor of Audiology, The University of Manchester
• Has noise risk reduction failed: Workshop: Peter Wilson, Technical Director, Industrial Noise and Vibration, David Greenberg (EAVE), and Rob Shepheard (Consultant Audiologist)
• The psychology of success in hearing conservation: Dr Samuel Couth, Lecturer, University of Manchester
• “Send three & fourpence we are going to a dance”: Noise and hearing protection in a military environment: Neal Hill, One plus One Consulting Ltd
• Sound exposure away from work – how do we protect hearing for life: Dr Ian Wiggins, Senior Research Fellow, University of Nottingham
• The Human Response to sound in the environment: Lisa R Lavia, Noise Abatement Society
• New tools, metrics and outreach to increase the effectiveness of hearing loss prevention initiatives: Thais C. Morata, Ph.D., Senior Research Audiologist, Director, Safe-in-Sound Awards, Senior Research Audiologist, Director, Safe-in-Sound Awards

Who will benefit from attending Listen Up?

• Employers, particularly from high risk noise industries e.g. construction, defence, utilities, manufacturing, oil and gas or music and entertainment
• Anyone actively involved in hearing conservation such as; health and safety professionals, occupational hygienists, occupational health nurses and physicians, audiologists, scientists, engineers and acousticians
• Insurers and litigation experts
• Educators

What will you learn?

• At Listen Up you will have access to a wide variety of hearing and noise control expertise in one place
• The unique opportunity to benefit from the latest information, advice and strategies
• Explore the innovative services and solutions our exhibitors can provide to help you protect the workforce
• Together we can make a real difference, and bring to an end the escalating worldwide epidemic of noise induced hearing loss

Registration:

There is a special 20% discount on in-person attendance at Listen Up Conference (valid from 5th – 18th September)

• Members Price: £65 now £52
• Non-Members Prices: £105 now £84
• Catch-up on TV option: £25

The catch-up TV option will be available from Friday 18 November 2022 for three months, login details will be sent the week prior. The member and non-member rate also includes access to catch-up TV post event.

Opportunities available to sponsor / exhibit:

We would like to engage with innovators, leaders and motivators in hearing conservation to help us provide attendees to the conference with solutions and drivers for change. If you feel you would like to help us bring those solutions to the attention of those who need help solving hearing conservation challenges please speak to us and see how we can showcase your interventions.

If you are a not for profit or charitable organisation who share our passion for hearing health protection please contact us to discuss ways we can collaborate.

Please contact [email protected] or call 01506 292039

Full details, to include the programme and registration click here

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