World Hearing Day is an annual global advocacy event for raising awareness regarding hearing loss and promoting ear and hearing care, and calling for action to address hearing loss and related issues. Each year, this event is celebrated on 3 March, covering a specific theme on which the World Health Organization and its partners carry out activities based on this theme.
This site is in support of World Hearing Day. On this site, you can register World Hearing Day event with the World Health Organization and report on your activities after March 3rd, 2025. In addition, you will find information on the events, promotional, and educational materials for World Hearing Day, including a repository of translated materials.
- Home page – you are here
- Pre Register your anticipaated event with the World Health Organization. 2025 is open.
- We offer real-time Infographics about locations and plans. See multiple formats under the “Planned Events” tab above.
- Report on your Activities. Used to report your actual event
- The deadline for reporting your activities 2024 is now closed
- User Registration and User Login – or even Reset Password – help us remember you to facilitate reporting your outcomes and make next year easier.
- News – current activities and commentary.
- Promotional materials – to help you implement a world hearing day project – or just to advertise the global event. We provided translations in 41 languages this year
- Contact – send us a quick note for advice.
- Search – At the top right of each page; you will find a search box that looks at the whole site. This includes terms that may be hidden in resource files
Communication with us is in two steps. Registration of projects you plan to complete, and then Reporting of projects you have completed.
Register
an Event
Register your planned 2025 event. This lets the WHO and your peers know which organizations are offering an event this year.
Modify
an Existing Event
Change the details of an event you have already registered. We won’t report event results until after World Hearing Day
See Other Registered Events
Look at events planned regionally and globally. Features include maps and search.
Promotional
Materials
We offer digital copies of event announcements, promotional materials, and other resource materials in multiple languages.
Link to WHO WHD Site
The WHO offers an excellent overview of the planned focus for this year’s events. Official language documents are on that site. You will also find videos and links to the previous year’s activities.
Link to World Hearing Forum Site
The World Hearing Forum offers other resources that may be valuable to you in preparing your event.
Get ready to make a difference! 🌟 World Hearing Day 2025 is just around the corner, and this year’s theme is all about “Changing mindsets: empower yourself to make ear and hearing care a reality for all!”
This year’s theme builds upon the 2024 focus on changing mindsets towards ear and hearing care. We invite individuals of all ages to empower themselves to ensure healthy ears and hearing for themselves and others. This campaign aims to inspire behaviour change to protect hearing from loud sounds, prevent hearing loss, check hearing regularly, use hearing devices if needed, and support those living with hearing loss. Empowered individuals can drive change within themselves and in society at large.
Key messages for 2025:
- By 2030, over 500 million people are expected to have disabling hearing loss requiring rehabilitation.
- Over one billion young people face the risk of permanent hearing loss due to prolonged exposure to loud sounds during recreational pastimes such as listening to music and video gameplay.
- How we hear in the future depends on how we care for our ears today as many cases of hearing loss can be avoided through the adoption of safe listening and good hearing care practices. For those living with hearing loss, early identification and access to timely rehabilitation are essential to achieving their highest potential.
- You can take steps today to ensure good hearing health throughout life.
Join Us! Empower yourself and others by participating in World Hearing Day 2025 events.
Member States, partners and stakeholders in the field are encouraged to organize events to raise awareness in communities, in order to address misconceptions around ear and hearing care and ensure accessible ear and hearing care.
Note: The World Hearing Day 2024 Report on Activity is available here.
Note: The World Hearing Day 2023 Report on Activity is available here.
Note: The World Hearing Day 2022 Report on Activity is available here.
Please follow this link for an important video message about World Hearing Day and broader hearing issues from the Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He announces the WHO’s Primary Ear and Hearing Care Manual, which was released on March 3rd, 2023
