Inauguration of the "Jordanian Center for Hearing Aids Laboratory" at Al Ahliyya Amman University

Our AAU president, Professor Dr. Sari Hamdan, along with Sheikha Hayat Al Khalifa, Executive Committee Member of the Arab Olympic Committees and President of the Bahrain Table Tennis Federation, inaugurated the permanent headquarters of the "Jordanian Center for Hearing Aids Laboratory" for hearing and speech within the university’s center. The event was attended by Mr. Fadi Al-Sayegh, General Manager of the Jordanian Center for Audiology, and Mr. Farhan Al-Sayegh, Executive Director of the center. Leading the university attendees was Professor Ghaleb Uraiqat, Dean of the Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, along with the faculty’s vice deans, heads of departments, Dr. Fadi Al-Swaiti, Head of the Department of Hearing and Speech, and Director of the University’s Hearing and Speech Center, in addition to faculty members, administrative staff, and a number of undergraduate and master's students in Speech and Hearing Sciences. The newly established laboratory offers advanced training for students in fitting and programming hearing aids and is one of the most prominent centers in Jordan and the region. It collaborates with the Danish company GN and its affiliated brands such as Beltone, Resound, and Intertone. Additionally, the university recently signed a formal cooperation agreement with the Jordanian Center for Audiology to establish joint clinical, laboratory, and research frameworks, further enhancing the university’s efforts to provide top-level clinical training for its students. Al Ahliyya Amman University is the first university in the region to offer this specialized type of training.