The Ear Foundation

The Ear Foundation
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ENT & Audiology would like to alert you to the new image resources section of their collection (please click here) including photographs, diagrams, diagnostic images and videos of various conditions, surgical procedures and anatomical structures. Copyright restrictions may apply for usage – please contact source publishers directly for permissions.

This section is continually expanding and any further suggestions for high quality, freely available image resources would be welcome.

Information Sheets

Please click here to download the Cochlear Implants 2010 information shhet

Please click here to download the Cochlear Implants 2009 information sheet

Optimizing the Use of FM Systems with Cochlear Implants

Download BCIG Cochlear Implant Safety Guidelines Spring 2008 (due for update 2010)

Download the BAHA 2008 leaflet

RNID Guidelines

Time for Change Conference Presentation Slides

Download John Atkins Presentation Download Brian Gale's Presentation Download Mark Lutman's Presentation Download Pat Chute's Presentation Download Sue Archbold's Presentation Download David Kemsley's Presentation

Case Studies

A Case Study on a deaf secondary school student with dyslexia

A Case Study on a deaf child

Case Study of a Primary age implanted child with CMV

Published Papers

Download references for Papers relating to bilateral cochlear implantation for children of any age 1950-2008 (courtesy of the National Library for Health)

Download an update of papers ) relating to bilateral cochlear implantation for children May – October 2008 (courtesy of the National Library for Health

Other Papers

Early Support in Urdu

Early Support in Punjabi

Download Cochlear Implant Assessment : Champions Child Profile Questionnaire

Full 3 days - Central Auditory Processing: Current Research and Implications for Clinical Practice

Phonak have very kindly allowed The Ear Foundation access to the 3 days Central Auditory Processing lectures and below are are the full 3 day's of recording links to the Phonak VIP eLearnings from the UCL, Ear Intitute Master classes

Thanks go to our hosts at the Ear Institute; especially the course co-ordinators: Dr. Doris - Eva Bamiou and Dr. Ifat Yasin for organising the event, and of course the speakers for allowing to record their session.

Day 1

APD definitions & controversies and basic science.

Morning session. APD definitions, controversies and overlap with other disorders

APD - proposed definitions and theoretical framework - Dr Doris-Eva Bamiou

The child with suspected APD: special considerations - Dr Tony Sirimanna

APD and language - Professor Stuart Rosen

Afternoon session. Anatomy, Physiology and Neuroscience

Anatomy & Physiology of the Central Auditory Nervous System - Dr Jenny Linden

Imaging studies of the central auditory nervous system. Professor Tim Griffiths

Day 2

Diagnostic approach for APD

Diagnosis of APD: the need for a test battery approach - Dr Doris -Eva Bamiou

Current clinical Behavioural tests - Dr Doris -Eva Bamiou

The diagnosis of Auditory Processing Disorders" - Professor Frank Musiek

Testing for APD - insights from the IHR study. - Professor David Moore

Differential diagnosis of APD and ADHD - Professor Gail Chermak

Normalisation of the SCAN test - Dr Josephine Marriage

Multidisciplinary assessment -Mr John Ford

Day 3

Management of APD

Management of APD: Sound enhancement strategies and classroom acoustics - Mr David Canning[link]

Management of APD in the classroom - Ms Pauline Grant

Management of APD: Dichotic training - Professor Frank Musiek

Management of APD: Formal Auditory training - evidence based approach Professor Gail Chermak

Management of APD: Informal Auditory training - Dr Nicci Cambell

Case studies tutorial

Pauline Grant

Nicci Campbell

Frank Musiek

Gail Chermak

Dr Vivian Iliadou