{"id":18009,"date":"2016-09-12T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T08:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrykskarzynski.pl\/?p=18009"},"modified":"2018-06-24T17:09:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T17:09:39","slug":"institute-of-physiology-and-pathology-of-hearing-on-a-picnic-europe-changes-warsaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrykskarzynski.pl\/?p=18009&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing on a picnic \u2018Europe changes Warsaw\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 10\u00a0and 11\u00a0September 2016\u00a0in park \u2018Pole Mokotowskie\u2019 in Warsaw took place a\u00a0great family picnic \u2018Europe changes Warsaw\u2019. This has been the seventh edition of this event. Its aim is to\u00a0show how EU membership has changed, and changes still, our city. The World Hearing Center (WHC) of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing had prepared many attractions for the residents of Warsaw. The WHC is a\u00a0perfect example of taking an advantage of European funding to\u00a0develop an institution providing tangible benefits for the society every day.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Institute\u2019s booth offered educational games and plays for children and youngsters promoting hearing hygiene and care. Particularly interesting for them was the \u2018giant\u2019s ear\u2019 \u2013 large anatomical cross-section model of an ear. On this model specialists would show and explain how the ear is build and how it works, how to\u00a0maintain its hygiene, why excessive noise or untreated airways infections can be dangerous. Booth visitors could also see and experience how our bones conduct sounds with one of educational units \u2013 a\u00a0bone-phone. But the most popular attraction by\u00a0far were hearing screening tests conducted in the Mobile Hearing Center.<\/p>\n

The World Hearing Center, build with participation of EU funds, has today under its care more than 5\u00a0thousand hearing implant users. Yearly it provides more than 200,000\u00a0outpatient services to\u00a0patients from the whole Poland and performs more than 18,500\u00a0surgical procedures in treatment of hearing, voice, speech and paranasal sinuses. Its modern infrastructure and equipment allow undertaking innovative clinical and engineering projects such as development of telemedicine. The WHC is also frequently visited and admired by\u00a0experts in ORL, audiology and phoniatrics as well as politicians and state delegations from the whole world.<\/p>\n

The initiator, organizer and director of the Center, Prof.\u00a0Henryk Skar\u017cy\u0144ski, is very proud of the position held by\u00a0the Center of the global map of medicine:\u00a0Polish patients have in the Institute access to\u00a0the newest technologies is the first, or one of the first in the world. The Institute is also a\u00a0prestigious didactic and training center attracting doctors from all continents wanting to\u00a0study surgical techniques and medical procedures which I\u00a0had developed. Kajetany is the best place in the world to\u00a0train surgical techniques.<\/em><\/p>\n

Organizers of the picnic had invited visitors for the extraordinary trips around Warsaw in the European Promotional Streetcar. The World Hearing Center also took part in this initiative organizing an unusual \u2018Journey to\u00a0the Land of Hearing and Sound\u2019 for the youngest residents of Warsaw, educating through riddles and mini-competitions with awards.<\/p>\n

The picnic \u2018Europe changes Warsaw\u2019 had been organized by\u00a0the European Information Point Europe Direct \u2013 Warszawa, maintained by\u00a0the Bureau of European Finds and Economic Development of the Capital City of Warsaw and co-financed from the EU funds.<\/p>\n