Current Developments and New Directions in Pediatric Audiology 2023
11 - 13 May 2023
Program
Thursday, May 11
| 18:00 - 20:00 |
Welcome Reception | |
Friday, May 12
| 8.30 - 8.45 | Conference Opening Andrea Bohnert (GER) & Thomas Wiesner (GER) |
| 8.45 - 9.30 | 15 years of the German - European Conferences and 15 years UNHS in Germany Andrea Bohnert (GER) & Thomas Wiesner (GER) |
| Session 1: Corona Challenges Session Chair: Andrea Bohnert |
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| 9.30 - 10.00 | Keynote Address 1 Corona-triggered additional challenges for children with hearing impairment - pedagogical and technical opportunities for support in classroom teaching and homeschooling Kristin Tiede (GER) |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Hearing aid mHealth as part of a collaborative care model: Perspectives from audiologists and adolescent end-users Danielle Glista (CAN) |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee Break |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Remote, informed and engaged: how to optimise the benefits of online appointments for children and young people with hearing aids Josephine Marriage (UK) |
| Session 2: Conductive Hearing Loss Session Chair: Thomas Wiesner |
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| 11.30 - 12.00 | Keynote Address 2 The Impact of Auditory Experience on Brain Dynamics in Children and Adolescents who are Hard of Hearing Elizabeth Heinrichs-Graham (USA) |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | FASTRAK: Finding appropriate solutions for treating reduced audibility in kids Dawna Lewis (USA) |
| 12.30 - 13.00 | Inefficiently treated long-lasting conductive hearing loss because of middle ear ventilation problems in early childhood can lead to an APD Laurent Demanez (BEL) |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| Session 3: Beyond Audibility Session Chair: Patrick Zorowka |
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| 14.00 - 14.30 | Keynote Address 3 Speech- and language development in children with hearing loss- an update Karen Reichmuth (GER) |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Management of progressive hearing loss in children: A case study and implications from a multi-center study Patricia Roush (USA) |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Coffee Break |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Using the Pediatric Vanderbilt Fatigue Scales (VFS-Peds) to quantify listening-related fatigue in children Ben Hornsby (USA) |
| Session 4: Putting Families First Session Chair: Patrick Zorowka |
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| 16.00 - 16.30 | Keynote Address 4 Implementing parent peer work in an early intervention program – a pragmatical example from Austria Doris Binder (AUT) |
| 16.30 - 17.00 | Parent Organisation - the Swiss model Dominik Altevogt (CH) |
| 18.30 - 22.00 | An evening with Phonak |
Saturday, May 13
| 8.45 - 9.00 | Welcome to Day 2 Andrea Bohnert (GER) |
| Session 5: Children with Developmental Differences Session Chair: Thomas Wiesner |
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| 9.00 - 9.30 | Keynote Adress 5 |
| 9.30 - 10.00 | Partnering with families of children who are DHH with disabilities to support hearing technology use: Strategies for success |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Identification, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss in persons with intellectual disabilities – the project HearingSpirit |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee Break |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Pinpointing the genetic causes of peditaric hearing loss: Implications and benefits for the patients and their families |
Session 6: Hearing Technology |
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| 11.30 - 12.00 | Keynote Address 6 |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Roger and the emerging Bluetooth Low Energy Audio standard: Quo Vadis wireless technology for pediatrics? |
| 12.30 - 13.00 | Extended high frequency hearing aid bandwidth for children: procedures, limits, and outcomes |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch |
Session 7: Acoustic and electrical devices |
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| 14.00 - 14.30 | Keynote Address 7 |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | New approaches to improve the electrode-nerve interface of Cochlear Implants |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | fNRI and EEG in Children who have Cochlear Implants and Disparate Language Outcomes |
| 15.30 - 15.45 | Conference Closing |