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✦ The Dispatch

Seoul’s broader vision of audiology sets up a transformative 2028 event in Edinburgh

A dispatch from Audiology Worldnews — filed

Three performers dancing energetically on a stage lit with green lights in front of an audience at an evening congress event.
✦ PlateThree performers dancing energetically on a stage lit with green lights in front of an audience at an evening congress event.

More than 1,000 hearing care professionals, researchers, and industry figures gathered at Seoul’s COEX Convention Centre from May 24 to 27 for the 37th World Congress of Audiology (WCA). The message was clear: audiology is expanding beyond devices and diagnostics towards brain health, communication accessibility, digital health and global hearing care....

✦ Clinical Takeaway ✦

No actionable change — this is a conference recap announcing a future event and a broad field direction, not a practice-changing finding.

✦ Why It Matters ✦

The field's public shift toward positioning audiology within the broader brain-health conversation signals a strategic direction that could influence research funding, public health policy, and clinical scope in coming years.

✦ Key Points ✦
  1. 0137th World Congress of Audiology held in Seoul drew 1,000+ attendees from across hearing care.
  2. 02A key theme was expanding audiology's scope beyond devices and diagnostics into brain health.
  3. 03Edinburgh was confirmed as the host city for the 2028 World Congress of Audiology.
  4. 04The congress united clinicians, researchers, and industry figures in a shared international forum.
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