NHS 2010 - Beyond Newborn Hearing Screening: Infant and Childhood Hearing in Science and Clinical Practice

  • 08-10 Jun 2010
  • CENTRO CONGRESSI SPAZIO VILLA ERBA, Cernobbio, Italy

Description

The NHS conference will include keynote addresses, special sessions, workshops, a number of satellite events, free communications and massive poster sessions.

Main Topics

  • Neuromaturation and plasticity
  • Genetics of hearing loss
  • Auditory Neuropathy
  • Cochlear implants
  • Technological improvements in diagnosis
  • Development in Hearing Devices
  • Family empowerment
  • Intervention strategies for infants
  • Changing criteria for cochlear implantation in early infancy
  • Outcome measures of early intervention




Other topics of interest

Physiologic measures of audiological function - Language development, cognition and deafness - Newborn hearing screening - Audiological assessment - Clinical decision making in the audiological test battery - Aetiological evaluation - Mild and unilateral hearing loss - Steady State Evoked Potentials - Information management, tracking and monitoring - Program evaluation and quality issues - Outcomes of early identified children (long lasting programs) - Language outcomes in infants with cochlear implants - Medical and surgical intervention for hearing loss - Pediatric hearing health services - Family-directed services for deaf and hard-of-hearing infants - Family counselling - Web-based resources for parents and professionals - Impact of deafness on family systems - Perspectives of the Deaf community - Parents` perspective.

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Event Categories

Health & Medicine: Otolaryngology (ENT)

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