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SOUND ADVICE OPEN DAY
The Ear Foundation invites you to visit the newly furbished Sound Advice Rehabilitation & Technological Rooms at Marjorie Sherman House on Friday 18th July 2008.
25th October 2007, 09:41Accommodation is available at The Ear Foundation
Named after our late president, Marjorie Sherman, this house provides residential facilities for implanted children and their families. Prior to its development, families had to find and fund their own accommodation, or travel from afar on the day of an important tuning session.
18th June 2008, 10:04TWILIGHT LECTURE BY PROF SUSAN WALTZMAN (New York)
BILATERAL COCHLEAR IMPLANTS: CANDIDACY, OUTCOMES, RESEARCH
We are delighted to welcome Prof Susan Waltzman to The Ear Foundation on Thursday 26 June to give our third Twilight Lecture of the year. It’s the first time that Susan has been to The Ear Foundation and we are very much looking forward to hearing her speak.
You are invited to this Phonak iLEARN and The Ear Foundation event.
If you are able to join us at The Ear Foundation, coffee/tea & biscuits will be served from 17:00, and the lecture will start promptly at 17:30.
In case you have other plans for the evening, you have our assurance that you will be away from here by 19:00 at the latest.
Should you not be able to join us here, please see the link at the bottom of this page for the "live" webcast of the lecture.
ABSTRACT
The benefits of binaural hearing including speech understanding in noise and localization have been well documented and confirmed in many bilateral hearing aid and cochlear implant users. These positive results have led many unilateral cochlear implant users to explore the viability of a second implant. This talk will review the benefits of binaural hearing with sensory aids and, more specifically, examine speech perception outcomes in sequentially implanted children, adolescents and adults and explore the variables affecting post-implantation performance.
BIOGRAPHY
Susan B. Waltzman, PhD is Professor of Otolaryngology and Co-Director of the Cochlear Implant Center at NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Waltzman has been involved in research related to cochlear implantation for 20 years and has published books, book chapters and numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals on outcomes with cochlear implants She is also a frequent contributor and invited speaker at national and international conferences. Her research interests are focused on outcome studies with cochlear implants.
Thanks to Phonak iLEARN, this lecture will also be broadcast live as a webcast. To join the live webcast: click here - Please simply enter as a “Guest” and add your name. If you are living outside the British Isles, click on World Time Zone for conversion to your time zone, as the Lecture starts at 17:30 UK time.
29th May 2008, 08:14Education Programme September - December 2008
Our course brochure for the second half of 2008 is now available.
We are running numerous training days and courses in association with St John's School, Boston Spa and The LINK Centre which will take a look at the pre-school years up until adult life.
We also have our very popular courses running and look out for the evening twilight lectures advertised on our website.
If you would like a copy sent to you by post please contact sam@earfoundation.org.uk
Alternatively, click on the Courses in the menu on the left-hand side of your screen as all the courses are listed there. You can also book on-line.
We look forward to welcoming you to The Ear Foundation.
22nd October 2007, 12:21BAHA Information Leaflet
There were over 40,000 Baha users worldwide by the end of 2007 and in partnership with Cochlear Europe, The Ear Foundation has wrote a 4 page information leaflet on the Baha System.
Included within the leaflet is...
- What is a Baha?
- Facts & Figures
- Who may Benefit?
- How does Baha work?
- The Baha Implant Process
- How to make a Referral
- and contact details for Baha Implant Centres in the UK
If you would like a free copy of the leaflet please email richard@earfoundation.org.uk
17th June 2008, 08:09