FIAPAS publishes its Report on the activities performed in 2024, whose content was approved by the General Assembly of the Confederation held on 24th May 2025.

EDITORIAL: Almost three decades later. PRESIDENT’S SIGNATURE: A long run. A future full of new challenges. FIAPAS, 45 YEARS BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE SOCIETY. INSERT: International Day of Deaf People. 24th september 2023.Manifesto FIAPAS: We have a lot to say. FIAPAS SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: Universal Newborn Hearing Screening. Clinical Problems and Frequently Asked Questions: CODEPEH Recommendations 2022. […]

EDITORIAL. Overcoming the conformism that lurks over the years. REPORT. People with deafness in hazardous situations and emergencies. An urgent commitment to accessibility. By the FIAPAS Technical Team. IN DEPTH. The new possibilities for acquiring an ORAL L2 in pupils with hearing impairment implanted early, in the context of an inclusive school. By M. Monfort, […]

EDITORIAL: Today, a step away from tomorrow. IN DEPTH. New therapies applied to hereditary sensorineural hearing loss. By Matías Morín and Miguel Ángel Moreno-Pelayo. HEALTH AND SCIENCE. New indications in the treatment of deafness. By Luis Lassaletta and Miryam Calvino. TECHNOLOGY, ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION. Audio induction loop. Support product for auditory accessibility in taxis. By […]

EDITORIAL. Learn how to learn. REPORT. FIAPAS invites Society to create ‘More Social Networks’. HEALTH AND SCIENCE. Why are our ears ringing? Treatment of tinnitus. By Jose Antonio Lopez-Escamez and Patricia Perez-Carpena. IN DEPTH. Inclusive schooling in times of lockdown. By Doña Adoración Juárez Sánchez. TECHNOLOGY, ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION. Classroom intelligibility and remote microphone systems. […]

EDITORIAL: We choose to learn REPORT: The FIAPAS 2020 Health Prize Minister presents the 17th FIAPAS Hearing Impairment Research Award. HEALTH AND SCIENCE. How does COVID affect your ears? By Dr. Faustino Núñez Batalla EDUCATION. Inclusion of deaf students in music classes. By Alvaro Lafuente Carrasco. IN DEPTH. The World Report on Hearing will help […]

EDITORIAL. Zero to one. REPORT. Treating deafness in over 55s improves cognitive status and quality of life INTERVIEW the Dr. Luis Lassaletta, 2020 FIAPAS Award: “If we manage to care for our ears, we have a better chance of hearing better when we are older” And so it goes FIAPAS networks HEALTH. Hiperacusia en niños. […]

EDITORIAL: Opportunities and rights MANIFESTO: Essentially, we are talking about ELECTORAL ASSEMBLY rights: FIAPAS elects a new Board of Directors REPORT: FIAPAS presents the “Our Talent Sums” Campaign FIAPAS NETWORK: COVID-19. FIAPAS actions to support deaf people and their families during the pandemics FIAPAS Working Networks. HEALTH: Driving innovation in the early detection of hearing […]

EDITORIAL: Letter to the FIAPAS-Associative Movement of Families. REPORT: COVID-19 does not stop FIAPAS. FIAPAS NETWORKS: An “X” that is more supportive than ever. FIAPAS networks. 2019 balance sheet: A year of intense work. OUTREACH: Beyond Hearing Loss. (By the Technical Team of the ASPAS Mallorca Foundation). OUTREACH: An orchestra to raise awareness of deafness. […]

EDITORIAL: “On our side. On your side” REPORT:  FIAPAS Award Presentation /Ceremony (16th Edition). EXPERT OPINION: How to work with families of hearing loss children to create competent environments. (By Sonsoles Perpignan Guerras, author of “Family and Early Care. How to intervene by creating competent environments”) EDUCATION: Beyond hearing loss. (By the Technical Team of […]

EDITORIAL: “Accessing and contributing to the shared heritage”. FIAPAS MANIFESTO: Accessibility in every sense. REPORT: Introducing the new FIAPAS campaign: “Life with Meaning.” EDUCATION: 2nd International Congress “Written language and deafness. Theoretical approaches and practical referrals. 20 years later”. (By the Organising Committee of the event). INSTITUTION: Justice and Disability Forum: guarantee of equality before […]

EDITORIAL: “What you don’t see.” REPORT: “Deafness detection, prevention and care.” FIAPAS NETWORKS: Listen: The right to hear and be heard. FIAPAS NETWORKS: FIAPAS is growing. EXPERT OPINION: The professions with hearing risks. (By Josep Gou Carreras from the National Association of Audioprosthesists). HEALTH AND SCIENCE: Hearing health on the world stage. (By Christopher Gensch, […]

EDITORIAL: “The essentials become stronger in change.” REPORT: “Solidarity X: 30 years of solidarity.” INTERVIEW: Andrea Warner-Czyc, researcher and MD from the University of Dallas. EDUCATION: Minimum: assistance in hearing discrimination training. (By Adoración Juárez, headmistress at the Tres Olivos school). EXPERT OPINION: A major dilemma. (By Sabina Lobato, director of Training and Employment, Operations […]

EDITORIAL: “The news with which we didn’t want to end 2018” REPORT: “Challenges and the Future”. REPORT: “40 years with hearing loss people and their families.” HEALTH AND SCIENCE: 20 years and 500 implants (By Dr Javier Cervera Escario, Head of the Paediatric Otolaryngology Department at the Niño Jesús University Children’s Hospital). EXPERT OPINION: TVE […]

EDITORIAL: “Union is power.” FIAPAS MANIFESTO: We can do a lot together REPORT: “The feeling that unites us.” OUTREACH: European directive for technology accessibility (By Diego Soriano, Project manager at the National Centre for Accessibility Technologies (CENTAC)). INSTITUTION: COFACE Families Europe: In the interests of families. Interview with Annemie Drieskens, President of COFACE Families Europe. […]

EDITORIAL: The horizon in the rear-view mirror. FIAPAS NETWORKS: 40 years growing together. EXPERT OPINION: Fighting discrimination: The tools of law. (By Antonio Luis Martínez Pujalte, Tenured lecturer in Law Philosophy). EDUCATION: Hearing loss and languages. Yes, of course!. (By Clara I. Delgado, CEAPAT speech therapist, IMSERSO). OUTREACH: Movistar + 5S: We choose all. (By […]

EDITORIAL: Good news, overshadowed by a poor deal. INTERVIEW: Mario Garcés, Secretary of State for Social Services and Equality. REPORT: Inclusive emergency care: Alertcops EDUCATION: Nearly 24,000 people reported possible school-related cases. (By Violeta de Miguel, director of the National Centre for Educational Innovation and Research (CNIIE) at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. […]

PETER HITCHENS: What 40 years is all about REPORT: Launch event for the “Let Everyone Hear” campaign HEALTH AND SCIENCE: Tinnitus, hyperacusis and misophonia (By Lidia Rosselló, phonoaudiologist at RV ALFA). EDUCATION – Campus for All. An opportunity for an inclusive university experience. (By Ester Bueno, commissioned officer for University, Youth and Special Plans in […]

EDITORIAL: One rule for a diverse reality. FIAPAS MANIFESTO: World Deaf Day “A Law of All – and for All”. INTERVIEW: Dolors Montserrat, Minister for Health, Social Services and Equality. (By Natalia Beraza and Patricia Rodríguez, FIAPAS Technical Team) REPORT: 15th FIAPAS Award. EXPERT OPINION: Embracing disabled talent has many benefits Interviews with Virgina Carcedo […]

EDITORIAL: The CERMI project, a way to share. REPORT: Madrid, European disability capital. (By Natalia Beraza, FIAPAS Technical Team) EXPERT OPINION: Cooperation among institutions makes us grow. (By Paulino Azúa Berra, Chairman of the Associative Cooperation Working Committee of the nationwide CERMI) HEALTH AND SCIENCE: When hearing ages. (By Dr María José Lavilla Balmaseda, Chair […]

EDITORIAL: Start. And end. REPORT: Cochlear implants: A 60-year-old revolution. FIAPAS NETWORKS: Balance of 2016 results. INTERVIEW: Javier Garcia. Director of Standardisation for the Spanish Standardisation Association (UNE). INSTITUTION: UNE. Thirty years supporting inclusion. (By Gustavo Granero, Press Officer of the Spanish Standardisation Association, UNE) VERDICT OF THE 15th FIAPAS AWARD. EXPERT OPINION: How does […]

EDITORIAL: Much more than words. REPORT: 2nd Scientific Conference for Reflection-FIAPAS. Debate regarding hearing loss students. EXPERT OPINION: The EFQM model: excellence as a habit. (By Jesús Martín, Quality and Consulting Director at Intress) INSTITUTION: Sello Bequal: recognising inclusion. (By José A. Martín, Managing Director of the Bequal Foundation) SUPPLEMENT: “Diagnosis and treatment of Secretory […]

EDITORIAL: It’s not the first impression that counts FIAPAS MANIFESTO: World Deaf Day “If you have a hearing loss child, know your rights” REPORTS: Launch of the “Let Everyone Hear” Campaign The Maestranza Theatre, accessible to hearing loss people HEALTH AND SCIENCE: The role of the paediatrician in early diagnosis of deafness (By Jose Miguel […]

EDITORIAL: Hand in hand. REPORT: Jose Luis Aedo Cuevas re-elected as the FIAPAS president. FIAPAS NETWORKS. INTERVIEW: Santiago Torres, CERMI.es award. OUTREACH: Ten years of the Convention: A look back. (By Leonor Lidón, CERMI delegate for the UN Convention and Human Rights) HEALTH AND SCIENCE: Cost-effectiveness analysis of cochlear implants”. (By Francisco Javier Díez, tenured […]

EDITORIAL: A historic ruling. FIAPAS NETWORKS: Figures from a year’s work. INTERVIEW: Esther Rodriguez, director of the OCU. INSTITUTION – Organisation of Consumers and Users (OCU). (By Ileana Izverniceanu, Director of Communications and Institutional Relations at the OCU) EDUCATION: Interview with Adrià Jané, member of the FIAPAS-Associative Movement of Families. (By Araceli Guede, editor for […]

EDITORIAL: Taking sides. REPORT: Deaf people and their families take their demands to Congress. EDUCATION: Talking about Inclusive Education in Europe. OUTREACH: Third Sector and Volunteering Laws: co-creation of the law from civil society. (By Luis Cayo Pérez Bueno, chairman of CERMI) INSTITUTION: The European Agency for Special Needs Special Education. (By Maria Jose Ruiz, […]

EDITORIAL: We speak. FIAPAS MANIFESTO: World Deaf Day: We speak. REPORT: Introducing the ‘Let Everyone Hear’ Campaign. INTERVIEW: Faustino Nuñez, Chairman of CODEPEH. INSTITUTION: Introducing CEAPAT. (By Miguel Ángel Valero, director of CEAPAT-IMSERSO) EXPERT OPINION: Cultural Accessibility (By Javier Jiménez, director of Aptent Soluciones) SUPPLEMENT: “Towards an explanatory model of the language development of thehearing […]

EDITORIAL: Guarantee of rights against unfairness. INTERVIEW: Alfonso Alonso, Minister for Health, Social Services and Equality. INSTITUTION: ILUNION. OUTREACH: Law guaranteeing the rights of persons with disabilities in Castilla-La Mancha. (By Pablo Avilés, manager of FASPAS-CLM) EXPERT OPINION: Training the subtitler: In pursuit of excellence. (By the FIAPAS Technical Team) SUPPLEMENT: “Make Listening Safe” (World […]

EDITORIAL: A full-time job. INTERVIEW: Juan Lara, chairman of the NGO Platform of Social Action. INSTITUTION: NGO Platform of Social Action. OUTREACH: Finally: Catalonia’s Accessibility Law is now a reality. (By Francina Ballester, Communications Department of the ACAPPS Federation) EXPERT OPINION: Hearing loss and inclusion in higher education. (By Adoración Juárez, Dr in Psychology, Founder-Headmistress […]