European Conference on Pediatric Amplification Solutions

Barcelona, October 20-21, 2003
 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

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Sunday, October 19




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Monday,
October 20













































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Tuesday, October 21



























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19:00 Welcome reception at the Barceló Sants Hotel





10:00-10:15 Introduction
Prof. Richard Seewald

Auditory Development
Session Moderator: Prof. Richard Seewald


10:15-11:00 Auditory development in infants
Prof. Annerose Keilmann (Germany)

Identification of hearing loss in infants and children
Session Moderator: Dr. Susan Scollie


11:00-11:45 Early identification and intervention:
Sensitive periods of development
Prof. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano (USA)

11:45-12:15 BREAK

12:15-13:00 The implementation and evaluation of a
telephone screening hearing test for children
Dr. Jan A.P.M. de Laat (the Netherlands)

Pediatric Hearing Instrument Fitting
Session Moderator: Ora Buerkli-Halevy


13:00-13-45 Developing consensus on Best-Practice Procedures in
Pediatric Hearing Instrument Fitting (North America)
Prof. Richard Seewald (Canada)

13:45-15:45 LUNCH

15:45-16:30 Developing consensus on Best-Practice Procedures
in Pediatric Hearing Instrument Fitting (Germany)
Andrea Bohnert (Germany)

16:30-17:15 Hearing instrument verification procedures for fitting
young infants
Prof. Richard Seewald (Canada)

17:15-18:00 A protocol for fitting infants
Kathryn Beauchaine (USA)

18:00-18:30 BREAK

18:30-19:15 Application of Best-Practice Procedures
in Pediatric Hearing Instrument Fitting: Cases Studies
Dr. Susan Scollie (Canada)

19:15-20:00 Amplification and signal processing strategies
in infants and children with severe to profound hearing loss
Dr. Josephine Marriage (UK)

20:00 Phonak Dinner



Pediatric Hearing Instrument Fitting (continued)
Session Moderator: Prof. Richard Seewald


10:00-10:45 Fitting digital hearing instruments to infants & children
Milene Rogiers (Switzerland)

10:45-11:30 Infants and FM
Dr. Sandra Gabbard (USA)

Service Delivery
Session Moderator: Dr. Susan Scollie


11:30-12:15 Success in early identification and intervention:
Families are the key
Prof. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano (USA)

12:15-12:45 BREAK

12:45-13:30 Family centered intervention programs
Mariana Maggio De Maggi (Spain)

Management of children with auditory processing deficits
Session Moderator: Prof. Richard Seewald

13:30-14:15 Auditory deficits in children with normal hearing thresholds
Dr. Josephine Marriage (UK)

14:15-15:00 Management of children with attention deficits caused by auditory deficits Dr. med. Edgar Friederichs (Germany)

15:00-15:15 Conference closing
Prof. Richard Seewald


Talleres post Symposium
Se realizarán el día martes 21 de octubre de 17:00 a 20:00 y se basarán en los siguientes temas

- Video Focus Pediátrico (evaluación audiológica-adaptación protésica).

- Video Screening neonatal.

- Características técnicas de los audífonos de última generación.

– DSL/RECD (Real EarCoupler Difference)

- Presentación y entrega documentación de: Estudio de Valoración de las necesidades audioprotésicas de la población infantil con discapacidad auditiva
(en España).

Program subject to change
 


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