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European Federation of Hard of Hearing People (EFHOH) http://www.efhoh.org General Secretary: Jan Lamby
c/o Horselskadades Riksforbund Box 6605 113 84 Stockholm Sweden
T: 0046-8-457-5500 F: 0046-8-457-5503 Email: efhoh@hrf.se
The only European organisation that represents all of the 81.5 million hard-ofhearing adults in Europe (one-in-seven Europeans). Its mission is to promote accessible communication, advocate for accessibility of travel, and to raise awareness of the problems of hard-ofhearing people in society.
Geographic remit: Europe.
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Among the most important tasks for the EFHOH is raising awareness about the profile, needs, abilities and preferences of hard-of-hearing individuals in the modern world. We focus not just on identifying and lowering existing barriers, but equally so on preventing new barriers to opportunity and fulfilment from being raised.
Annual funding / income (most recent): €10,000 (2008). Pharmaceutical funding: None. Non-pharma funding: AnnieS; Bernafon AG; GN Resound; ISOC; Oticon A/S; Phonak AG; Pro Audito Winterthur; Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH; Widex APS. Membership fees. Number of members: 31 member organisations from 21 European countries. Countries of members: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK. Number of full-time employees: None. Number of volunteers: Includes a 5-member Board. All work in the EFHOH is done on a voluntary basis. Affiliations: European Disability Forum (EDF); International Federation of Hard of Hearing People (IFHOH).
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