Cochlear Implants 2008: The State of the Art
Date : 7th November 2008
Duration : 1 day
Venue : The National College for School Leadership, Nottingham
Cost :
£135.00
This conference will provide a unique forum where the current issues in all the areas involved in paediatric implantation will be explored. In one day you will receive the most up to date information given by international experts.
The following areas will be addressed:
- Latest technological developments
- Medical, surgical and radiological issues
- Audiological issues including complex children
- Communication and language
- Educational outcomes
- Music
- Psycho-social issues
- Service & user issues
Our speakers include: Paddy Boyle (UK); Ann-Charlotte Gyllenram, Sweden; Manuel Manrique from Pamplona, Spain; Marc Marschark, New York; Geoff Plant, US; Chris Rocca from Mary Hare School, UK; Jon Shallop, US; and Emily Tobey, Dallas
For all those working with deaf children and needing to be up-to-speed with the latest thinking in cochlear implantation, parents
PROGRAMME
AM Chair: Sue Archbold
10.00 – 10.05
Welcome
10.05 – 10.25
Parents in the Driving Seat
Ann-Charlotte Gyllenram
10.25 – 10.45
Funding Challenges
David Kelmsley
10.45 - 11.10
Progress in Electrical Hearing: The Benefits of Technology
Pattrick Boyle
11.10 – 11.35
Audiology – current issues and bilateral implantation
Chris Durst
11.35 – 12.00
Electro-acoustic Developments
Brendan Murray
12.00 – 12.25
Changes in Cochlear Implant Surgery
Manuel Manrique
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch and Exhibition
Chair: Emily Tobey
13.30 – 13.55
Complex Children and Cochlear Implantation
Jon Shallop
13.55 – 14.20
Communication Performance in Adolescent Users of Cochlear Implants
Emily Tobey
14.20 – 14.45
Cochlear Implants, Literacy, and Academic
Achievement: What We Know and What We Don't Know
Marc Marschark
14.45 – 15.10
A musical future: developments for children, teenagers and adults
Chris Rocca
15.15 – 15.40
Music for Adults with Cochlear Implants
Geoff Plant
15.40 - 16.00
Discussion and close