UNESCO Room 1
125 avenue de Suffren
75007 Paris
UNESCO is hosting a unique symposium, open to all, dedicated to technological advances in the field of hearing health. Among other topics, the contribution of artificial intelligence in terms of research and care will be discussed.
A day that will bring together researchers and specialists, but will also focus on the inclusion of people with invisible disabilities.
The day will be organized in the form of panels, with Marina Carrère d’Encausse (to be confirmed) as moderator.
10.30am – 10.40am – Opening remarks by Dr Carolina Der, technical manager of the WHO hearing program.
10.40am – 10.50am – Dr Michaël Eliezer (Founder of the Clinique de l’Oreille), Anne-Lise Giraud (Director of the Institut de l’Audition, Institut Pasteur center)
10h50-12h30 – Plateau 1 “La Clinique de l’Oreille” by Dr. Michaël Eliezer.
Genesis of the project.
Around the table, presentations by several specialists focusing on a specific type of care:
– On cochlear implants, by Dr. Elisabeth Mamelle (ENT surgeon – otologist)
– On tinnitus, by Dr. Marie-José Fraysse, (ENT, specialized in OTO medical neurology).
Videos will be shown to illustrate.
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Opening for contextualization – Docteur Michaël Eliezer/Christian Hugonnet
Plateau 2: IA
With presentations by:
– Docteur Yann N’Guyen (clinical director of Institut reConnect)
– Docteur Charlotte Hautefort (Clinique de l’Oreille, specialist in vestibular and neurosensory disorders),
– Docteur Arnaud Attyé (neuroradiologist, artificial intelligence researcher, director of GeodAIsics): follow-up to work on Alzheimer’s disease in collaboration with France Alzheimer and Institut de l’Audition.
– Nicolas Wallaert: Audioprosthetist D.E. Audiologist M.Sc, PhD in Cognitive Sciences, CIO of IAudiogram, on automated audiometry validated in four scientific publications.
– Ms Célia Belline: CEO of Cilcare on the drug candidate (with presentation and objectives of the organization) – Technological advances.
16:00-16:30 – Plateau 3: Inclusion
Rose Paynel, speaker, actress, health ambassador for La Semaine du Son 2026, author of Vivre avec une surdité published by Mango.
4:30-4:45 p.m. – Break
4:45pm – 5:15pm: Stage 4: Audioprosthetics
– Opening by Alain Londero, ENT doctor and Institut reConnect: Patient, doctor, ENT, audioprosthetist or “how to optimize the management of deafness by humanizing care”
– Presentation by Arnaud Coez (audioprosthetist, PharmD, PhD, consultant at Institut de l’Audition-CeRIAH): Reconnecting patients, doctors, researchers, audioprosthetists and healthcare industries: a major breakthrough in hearing care.
– Speech by Christophe Micheyl (Senior Researcher at Starkey) on innovations in hearing aids.
17h15-17h30 – Questions from the audience
17:30-18:30 – Closing:
– Sound overcompression and hidden deafness by Professor Paul Avan (Institut reConnect – CeRIAH, Institut de l’Audition, Institut Pasteur center).
– Advances in gene therapy by Professor Christine Petit (Institut reConnect and Institut de l’Audition, Institut Pasteur center)
– Speech by Nawal Ouzren (Managing Director of Sensorion) subject to confirmation
6:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Signing session by Rose Paynel
