Presentation

PORA! November 6th “Soon a school child! This is how we facilitate children with a hearing impairment the transition from kindergarten into school”

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The above-mentioned topic will be presented by the German MA, clinical linguist and SLP Gisela Batliner at the Webinar that will take place on Sunday, November, 6. With 39 years of experience, her work is based on the Natural Auditory Oral Approach (NAOA by Morag Clark). Profile

This topic may be interesting for:
defectologists, speech therapists, teachers for the deaf, parents of children with hearing impairments,
educators and teachers of public general and specialized kindergartens and schools.

Key points on this topic:

  • Preparation for written language acquisition
  • Developing independent hearing aid use
  • Self-confidence
  • School vocabulary
  • Special needs preschool groups cases
  • Delayed enrolment (start) to educational establishment
  • First contact with the teacher

 

PORA! 09.10 “Cochlear Implants – Effective Treatment of Hearing Loss”

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Welcome to the PORA “Cochlear Implants – Effective Treatment of Hearing Loss”

The webinar will be led by Dr. Jiří Skřivan from the Czech Republic, who will answer your questions on this topic.
Jiří Skřivan, MD, PhD, is an ENT instructor and lecturer in otosurgery, skull base surgery, cochlear implantation and Baha surgery (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Malta, Palestine, Kuwait and Oman).
You can ask your questions in the comments section.

The last meeting with our expert was on June 12.  –>Watch the recording<–
Profile of Dr. Jiří Skřivan

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!19.06. Forum-Discussion “Update – what is new in hearing aid technology?”

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Forum-discussion PORA! On June 19, Dr. Martin Kinkel, a lecturer from Germany, answered your questions on this topic.. Profile: Martin Kinkel

Register in advance to participate in the conference. After registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about entering the conference.

The previous meeting on this topic with Martin Kinkel was held on May 29, 2022.
watch THE RECORDING

PORA! 12.06. “Non-standard indication for cochlear implants”

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The topic is presented by a world expert from the Czech Republic, Jiří Skrzhivan, an ENT surgeon, who is a member of the Cochlear Implantation Committee and The European Society of Paediatric Otolaryngology, ESPO —>Expert Profile<—

Dr. Skrzyvan works at the Motol University Hospital in Prague. His areas of interest include surgery of congenital anomalies of the ear, Cochlear implantation and auditory brainstem implantation – selection of suitable implant candidates, surgery,
postoperative care and rehabilitation. Published over 80 papers in specialized periodics both home and abroad as a main author and over 40 as co-author; 3 translations of medical textbooks for postgraduates from English to Czech, presented over 80 lectures in renownedmeetings both home and abroad.

Keywords: unilateral deafness, metachronous implantation after a long time, implantation in children with malformations of the inner ear and / or multiple disorders single sided deafness, metachronous implantation after a long time, implantation of children with inner ear malformations and/or multiple handicaps.

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! 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