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PORA! 17.07 Webinar with Prof. Dr. A. Lesinski-Schiedat

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We invite you to take part in a webinar on July 17 with Prof. Dr. Lesinski-Schiedat.  Make sure not to miss this opportunity!
It will be the last PORA Webinar before the summer break and with our invited speaker Prof. Dr. Anke Lesinski-Schiedat we have one of the most experienced ENT experts in the field of CI.
She is senior physician at the Medical Highschool Hannover (MHH) – internationally renowned for having the world’s largest cochlear implant programme. This was established by Prof. Dr. Ernst Lehnhardt, who provided 4 adults with a multichannel CI – first in Europe! In 1984, in 1987 the first child post-meningitis and in 1988 the first deaf born child at the age of 1 ½ years. He also established the first CI rehabilitation Center in 1991.
When he retired in 1983,Prof. Thomas Lenarz became head of the ENT clinic.
Prof. Lesinski-Schiedat has 25 years of experience and a broad and profound knowledge which she will share with us.

Dr.Dr.h.c.Monika Lehnhardt-Goriany

Eva Bültmann and Anke Lesinski-Schiedat
MRI in Cochlear Implant Recipients: Correlation between Receiver Position and Artifact
Ann Otolaryngol Rhinol 8(4): 1278 (2021)

F. Matin, S. Haumann, W. Roßberg, D. Mitovska, T. Lenarz & A. Lesinski-Schiedat
Monitoring of the auditory pathway maturation after early intervention during the first year of life in infants with sensorineural hearing loss
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology volume 278, pages 4187–4197 (2021)

Recording of webinar “Challenges and results in pediatric CI therapy”

 

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PORA! 3.07 Forum-Discussion “Deafness and bilateral hearing”

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The speaker of the forum-discussion is Dr.Sandro Burdo, scientific Director of Italian Association “Free to Hear” and Consultant Otologist in Bassini Hospital-Milan, Italy.


The recording of the past webinar with Sandro Burdo:
https://pora-online.eu/en/presentation/deafness-and-bilateral-hearing/

You are kindly invited to join us in the webinar and send your questions and comments

PORA! 22.05 “Deafness and bilateral hearing”

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The speaker of the webinar is Dr.Sandro Burdo, scientific Director of Italian Association “Free to Hear” and Consultant Otologist in Bassini Hospital-Milan, Italy.

Keywords: natural listening; the binaural processor function; dichotic listening; dysfunctions;   listening brain and hearing; comparing unilateral vs bilateral sequential CI performances; binaural critical period; rehabilitation: protocol in sequential CI; single sided deafness.

PORA! 27.03 Forum-discussion “The use of removable hearing aids in the rehabilitation of children with hearing impairments”

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We invite you to take part in a discussion on March 27 with Maria Boboshko on the topic ‘The use of removable hearing aids in the rehabilitation of children with hearing impairments’.

The previous meeting on this topic with Maria Boboshko was held on October 24, 2021, and the following issues were considered:

  • the prevalence of hearing loss and the importance of hearing in a child’s life,
  • the role of timely detection of hearing disorders and early hearing prosthesis by children,
  • review of modern means of rehabilitation of children with hearing loss,
  • indications and contraindications to the use of removable hearing aids for air and bone sound transmission,
  • methods for evaluating the effectiveness of hearing prosthesis.

watch THE RECORDING (Russian)

Lecturer Prof.Maria Boboshko – head of hearing and speech laboratory of the research center of the St. Petersburg State Medical University named after Academician I.P. Pavlova of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, MD, Professor of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the Northwestern State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation

 

PORA! February 13th Forum Discussion “Concept development and Theory of Mind using books”

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The first meeting with Jane Simpson Allen (Audio-Verbal Therapist from Australia) took place on February 6th. At the Discussion Forum, the speaker will summarize the main points of the past webinar and discuss the questions that weren’t answered during the last meeting

The recording of the past webinar will be available in the coming days, we welcome your comments and questions on this topic: “Concept development and Theory of Mind using books”.

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PORA! February 6th “Concept development and Theory of Mind using books”

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The presenter for the webinar on February 6th will be Jayne Simpson Allen Dip T., B Ed., M Ed., LSLS Cert. AVT®

Jayne’s career has involved working with children who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing since she began her first job as a teacher of the deaf in 1985. She has worked for many years both in Australia and New Zealand and was the very first Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist in New Zealand’s South Island. Jayne currently works as Program Leader for WorldWide and Listening and Spoken Language Specialist AVT at Hear and Say. She is the Secretary and Certification Committee Co-chair of the AG Bell Academy Board and works as a mentor to professionals working towards listening and spoken language certification nationally and internationally.

The presentation will explain the connections between reading fiction and development of Theory of Mind in children, presenting current theoretical perspectives and research-based evidence. First-, second-, and higher-order skills will be discussed. The role of the adult reading to the child, their understanding of ToM, and their use of strategies when undertaking shared reading will be explained, with some suggestions for practical application provided.

2 – 3 learning objectives

  •         Describe how engaging in reading fiction with children can support the development of Theory of Mind
  •         Increase confidence in selecting books to develop key concepts in Theory of Mind
  •         Start a toolbox of strategies that help develop ToM when reading with children

PORA! 30.01.2022 Forum Discussion with Andrew Kendrick “Telepractice: Strategies and Tips”

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In the presentation on January 30th will take summary of key points from the last session, practical tips for therapy and answer to your questions.

Andrew is a certified LSLS Cert. AVT ( with 35 years of experience) and served on the Board of Directors of the AG Bell Academy for four years. Andrew continues to passionately work as an Auditory Verbal Therapist at the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) supporting families whose child has a hearing loss.

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