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| Day One: 2nd of April 2008 | ||||
| Diamond Room | ![]() |
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| 09.00 | Benefits of Newborn Hearing Screening: The Impact of Early Detection on Auditory Learning & Spoken Language. Judith A. Marlowe, Ph.D., FAAA |
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| 10.30 | Implementation of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Programs in Developing Countries: Key Issues and Challenges Kim S Abouchacra, PhD |
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| 12.00 | Neonatal Hearing Screening in the NICU Ain Shams University Experience Hesham M Taha, MD |
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| 12.30 | Lunch | |||
| Emerald Room | ||||
| 14.00 | Cochlear Corp Miniseminar: Bilateral Cochlear Implants: Bilateral Cochlear Implant Outcomes T Hullar Bilateral Cochlear Implants: Audiological Perspective T Adams Counseling Families and Patients on Bilateral Cochlear Implants M Tarabichi |
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| 16.00 | Special Sessions By Medel Electronics: Cochlear Implants in the Middle East Moderator: Ahmed Handousa CI of Common Cavity Deformities: Auditory Performance and Speech Recognition J Kassouma Balance Function Following Cochlear Implant Surgery T Hullar Innovation in Cochlear Implant Surgery Khaled Taibah Habilitation of the Cochlear Implant Child Rana Batterjee & Nadine Ewanchyshyn Cochlear implantation in deaf- blind patient Prof. Ahmed Daneshi |
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| Day Two: 3rd of April 2008 | ||||
| Diamond Room | ||||
| 09.00 | Bilateral CI-Candidacy, Outcomes, Success and Mapping/COCHLEAR T Adams |
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| 10.00 | Bilateral CI-Candidacy, Outcomes, Success and Mapping/MEDEL M Waller |
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| 11.00 | Use of FM in the Classroom/COCHLEAR T Adams |
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| 11.30 | Use of FM in the Classroom/MEDEL M Waller |
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| 12.00 | Question and Answer | |||
| 12.30 | Lunch | |||
| Emerald Room | ||||
| 14.00 | Micromedical Technologies Mini Seminar: Vestibular Testing Moderator: Ossama Mansour Contemporary Workup for Imbalance T Hullar Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (VEMP) - Introduction and Overview S Rausch Rotational Tests in Diagnosis of Dizzy Patients Hesham Taha Other Novel Vestibular Testing Techniques T Hullar |
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| Regency Room A | ||||
| 11.00-14.00 | Vestibular Workshop: Hands-on Training Mr Malaz Sharafly Micromedical Technologies, USA |
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| Day Three: 4th of April 2008 | ||||
| American Hospital Dubai | ||||
| Middle East Perspective | ||||
| 09.00 | Universal Newborn Hearing Screening at the American Hospital Dubai Lubaina Sharafally |
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| 09.30 | CI Re-Habilitation Practices in the Middle East Ghada Ahmad |
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| 10.30 | International Round Table Discussions | |||
| 11.30 | American Hospital Dubai Recent Developments | |||
| 12.00 | Tour AHD CI Center and Oasis Aural Habilitation Center | |||