The 11th Congress of the European Federation of Audiology Societies took place in Budapest on June 19th -22nd 2013. Previous Congress, in 2011, was organized by the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing in Warsaw. The EFAS 2013 was attended by over 700 participants from 25 countries, including ten employees represening the IPPH. The Conference was complemented with numerous workshops and satellite symposia as well as the 50th National Conference of the Audiology Sections of the Hungarian Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. The main organizer and president of the Congress was professor dr. József Géza Kiss from the University of Szeged.
The key points of EFAS 2013 concerned the following issues:
The team from the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing was invited to take part in a number of scientific events, what is the sign of recognition of scientific achievements and position of Institute’s specialists and the scientific level of the works reported. Professor Henryk Skarżyński was a member of the Scientific Committee of the Congress. The Committee was selected by the prestigious international scientific body. Other types of research activities in which the team from the Institute participated are presented hereinbelow.
Scientific activity |
Representative of the IPPH |
Organization and leading scientific session |
Prof. H. Skarżyński: “European School Children Hearing Screening” A. Lorens, Ph.D.: “Combined Acoustic And Electric Hearing” Dr. P.H. Skarżyński “Auditory Electrophysiology” Dr. A. Piotrowska: “Audiological Rehabilitation. Speech tests independent from language”
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Speeches in a thematic scientific session delivered at the invitation |
Dr. A. Piotrowska: “European School Children Hearing Screening: Hearing Screening in School-Age Children in Poland – past, present and future” Dr. M. Matusiak: “Rehabilitation for children and adults after cochlear implantation – long term follow-up programs in Europe. Polish experience” |
Oral presentations of personal research results |
Dr. A. Piotrowska: “Minimal hearing loss in school age children – prevalence and consequences” “Diagnostic pure-tone evaluation after hearing screening in school children” A. Lorens. Ph.D.: “Application of Nucleus SRA electrode (CI422) in subjects with various levels of residual low-frequency hearing” “Validation of the Auditory Adaptive Speech Test in the group of patients with Partial Deafness” “Frequency and place overlap in Electric and Acoustic stimulation after Partial Deafness Treatment” W.W. Jędrzejczak, Ph.D.: “Chirp-evoked otoacoustic emissions in adults and children” “0.5 kHz tone burst-evoked otoacoustic emissions in schoolchildren” “Linear and nonlinear click evoked otoacoustic emissions and removal of a short-latency stimulus artifact” Dr. P.H. Skarżyński: “Nationwide network of teleaudiology in postoperative care over implanted patients” “15 year experience with hearing preservation and over decade achievements with Partial Deafness Treatment “Assessment of effectiveness of algorithms applied in Vivosonic integrity device for rejection of muscle artefacts in ABR recordings” Dr. M. Matusiak: “Assessment of hearing preservation in relation to cochlea size in substantial low frequency hearing cochlear implantation” “Insertion depth angle in relation to hearing preservation in partial deafness cochlear implantation” A. Pollak, Ph.D.: “MTHFR 677T as an important determinant of a degree of hearing loss among Polish males with postlingual sensorineural hearing impairment” A. Wąsowski, Ph.D.: “Expert telefitting mode with the help of support specialists for cochlear implant recipients” K. Cieśla, MA: “Electrophysiological resting state activity in comorbid dyslexia and Central Auditory Processing Disorders”
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Oral presentation of the results contained in the poster |
J. Kobosko, Ph.D.: “Coping strategies, self-esteem, symptoms of psychopathology and cochlear implant satisfaction in postlingually deafened adults” Dr. A. Piotrowska: “Council Conclusions on early detection and treatment of communication disorders in children, including the use of e-Health tools and innovative solutions” L. Śliwa, Ph.D.: “Evaluation of repeatability of transiently-evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) in young subjects” “Assessment of intra- and intersubjective variability of wave V amplitude in Stacked- ABR measurement” K. Cieśla, MA: “Brain correlates of sound frequency discrimination – a simultaneous ERP-fMRI study “Application of high-resolution fMRI for Primary Auditory Cortex mapping” |
Co-authorship in other works presented |
Prof. W.J. Sułkowski: „Hearing and leisure-sound exposure in school-age children Dr. V.Koci: “Music perception in patients after Partial Deafness Treatment” Dr. U.Lechowicz: “Novel N714H mutation in WFS1 identified by exome sequencing and linkage analysis as a cause of autosomal dominant hearing loss “
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The summary of scientific activities of the Institute representatives and representatives from other Polish centers.
Scientific activity |
Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing |
All other scientific and clinical centers in Poland |
The Scientific Committee of the Congress |
Prof. Henryk Skarżyński Prof. Wiesław Sułkowski |
Prof. Alicja Sekula |
Organization of sessions / panels; moderators of debates |
– H. Skarżyński – A. Lorens |
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Participation in sessions at the invitation |
– A. Piotrowska – M. Matusiak |
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Oral presentations |
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B. Śpiewak (2) D. Buchman (1) E. Ozimek (1) |
Poster presentations |
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A. Sekula (1) H. Czerniejewska (1) |