Current Developments & New Directions in Pediatric Audiology


November 14th and 15th 2011
Conference takes place in Hotel Marmara Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey

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 Presentations Monday 
Anu Sharma - Plasticity in the Developing Auditory Brain: Clinical Evidence from Children with Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder
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Paul Govaerts - Early detection: still a challenge?
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Guy Lightfoot - Ensuring high-quality ABR assessment in babies
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Anne Marie Tharpe - Behavioural assessment in babies and infants
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Thomas Wiesner - Assessment of children with complex needs
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Richard Seewald - Essential Components of the Pediatric Hearing Instrument Fitting Process
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Kristin Kerkhofs - Using the A§E ® in very young children for the validation of hearing aid fitting and as a decision criterion for cochlear implantation
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Harvey Dillon - Using cortical responses to inform management of aided children
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Bulent Serbetcioglu - Preliminary results of longitudinal language development study using dynamic FM combined to cochlear implants
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Gerry O’Donoghue - Paediatric Cochlear Implants: challenges and future directions
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 Presentations Tuesday 
Andrea Bohnert - Frequency Compression Technology in Hearing Aid Fitting in children
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Wendy McCracken - Audiologists providing Informed Choice
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Gonca Sennaroğlu - Audiological findings and rehabilitation in children with inner ear malformations
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Marlene Bagatto - An Approach to Evaluating the Impact of Hearing Aid Intervention
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Kai Uus - To Fit or Not to Fit and When and How? Fitting Hearing Aids in Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder: Perspective of Parents of Children Identified through Newborn Hearing Screening
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Patricia Roush - Diagnosis and Management of ANSD in Children
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Josephine Marriage - Case studies: Using speech-hearing testing to optimise amplification in children
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Marlene Bagatto - Using the UWO PedAMP for Outcome Evaluation: Case Studies
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Anne Marie Tharpe - End note address
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Identification and assessment

Session One - Monday Morning
Chair: Richard Seewald


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Anu Sharma (USA)
Conference Keynote Address

Paul Govaerts (Belgium)
The importance and challenges of early identification

Guy Lightfoot (UK)
Ensuring high-quality ABR assessment in babies

Anne Marie Tharpe (USA)
Behavioural assessment in babies and infants

Thomas Wiesner (Germany)
Assessment of children with complex needs

Current Developments in Amplification

Session Two - Monday Afternoon
Chair: Ferda Akdas

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Richard Seewald (Canada)
Practice guidelines in paediatric amplification

Kristin Kerkhofs (Belgium)
Using the A§E with very young children for the validation of hearing aid fittings and as a decision criterion for cochlear implantation

Harvey Dillon (Australia)
Using cortical responses to inform management of aided children

Bulent Serbetcioglu (Turkey)
Effects of dynamic personal FM and cochlear implants on speech performance for children in the nursery period

Gerry O’Donoghue (UK)
Paediatric cochlear implants: challenges and future directions

Outcomes and Family Support

Session Three - Tuesday Morning
Chair: John Bamford

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Andrea Bohnert (Germany)
Frequency Compression Technology in Hearing Aid Fitting in children

Wendy McCracken (UK)
Parental support and informed choice

Gonca Sennaroğlu (Turkey)
Audiological findings and rehabilitation in children with inner ear malformations

Marlene Bagatto (Canada)
How can we show parents that our interventions are working?

Kai Uus (Estonia/UK)
Parent’s views and management of young children with ANSD

Clinical Forum

Session Four - Tuesday Afternoon
Chair: Andrea Bonhert

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Patricia Roush (USA)
Clinical issues in assessment and management of ANSD

Josephine Marriage (UK)
Case studies: getting amplification right

Marlene Bagatto (Canada)
Case studies: outcome assessment

Anne Marie Tharpe (USA)
End note address