Monday, October 24

Childhood Hearing Impairment: Causation, Diagnosis and Management
Session Chair: John Bamford (UK)

Conference Keynote Address: Improving Evidence for Assessment and Intervention in Otitis Media with Effusion (OME)
Mark Haggard (UK)
(download PDF, 1.9 MB)

Otitis Media with Effusion (OME): Ungluing a Sound Foundation
Judith Gravel (USA)
(download PDF, 360 kB)

Otitis Media in Early Life
Lucien Anteunis (The Netherlands)
(download PDF, 1.7 MB)

Objective Audiometry: Problems and Progress
Terence Picton (Canada)
(download PDF, 1.9 MB)

Update and Recent Findings
Yvonne Sininger (USA)
(download PDF, 1.7 MB)

Challenges and Opportunities in the Assessment of Auditory Processing Disorders in Young Children
Martin Stollman (The Netherlands)
(download PDF, 195 kB)


Clinician’s Forum
Session Chair: Frans Coninx (Germany)

Differential Assessment and Management of Auditory Neuropathy in a Premature Infant
Patricia Roush (USA)
(download PDF, 860kB)

Considerations for Combining Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants
Cecilia Fernández-Samar (Denmark)
(download PDF, 230 kB)

The Phonak Pediatric Program PIP: Another Kind of Professional Intervention
Mariana Maggio De Maggi (Spain)
(download PDF, 1.6 MB)

Hearing Aid Trial Before Cochlear Implantation: Just Pretending?
Frans Coninx (Germany)
(download PDF, 185 kB)

Cochlea Implant and Hearing Aid: A Case Study on Optimizing the Fitting of the Bimodal Situation
Andrea Bohnert (Germany)
(download PDF, 595 kB)

Cochlear Nerve Hypoplasia: The Audiological Perspective
Eva Orzan (Italy)
(download PDF, 540 kB)

Mild and Moderate Unilateral Hearing Losses: A Challenge in Fitting
Jochen Heinz (Germany)
(download PDF, 950 kB)

Tuesday, October 25

Environmental Considerations in Auditory Management
Session Chair: Judith Gravel (USA)

Installation and Impact of Sound Field Systems on Hearing and Hearing ImpairedChildren and their Teachers
Julie Dockrell (UK)
(download PDF, 300 kB)

Directional Microphone Technology for Children
Todd Ricketts & Anne Marie Tharpe (USA)
(download PDF, 590 kB)

Amplification Preferences of Children in Different Listening Environments
Richard Seewald (Canada)
(download PDF, 150 kB)


Current Issues in Pediatric Amplification

Inner Hair Cells in the Cochlea: Healthy, Sick or Dead?
Kevin Munro (UK)
(download PDF, 280 kB)

Optimising Amplification for Infants and Young Children
Patricia Stelmachowicz (USA)
(download PDF, 1.1 MB)

Hearing Aid Orientation and Education for Children and their Families
Anne Marie Tharpe (USA)
(download PDF, 1.6 MB)