INSTRUCTION COURSE
8:00~8:45 AM
I-12: Management of Vestibular Schwannoma; Approaches, Wait and Scan
VISTA HALL I
M Tos (Denmark)
I-13: Tympanoplasty, Basics and Tricks
VISTA HALL II
K Jahnke (Germany)
I-14: Management of major ear malformations : aural atresia and microtia
VISTA HALL III
T Somers (Belgium), C Oliveira (Brazil)
SYMPOSIUM 10: VERTIGO, RECENT PROGRESS OF EVALUATION
Moderator: J Thomsen (Denmark)
9:00~10:30 AM, VISTA HALL I
S10-1 A Kerr: The importance of the history in the diagnosis and treatment of vertigo
S10-2 H Suarez: Postural control assessment in elderly patients using virtual rality
S10-3 L Minor: Head thrust test
S10-4 T Yagi: 3D eye movements in vertiginous patients
S10-5 T Takeda: The treatment of Meniere's disease and inner ear homeostasis
S10-6 C Rhee: Evaluation of otolithic function using ocular counterrolling (OCR) and subjective visual horizontal (SVH)
SYMPOSIUM 11: REHABILITATION OF SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS
Moderator: J Magnan (France)
9:00~10:30 AM, VISTA HALL II
S11-1 F Trabalzini: Complications in cochlear implants
S11-2 T Somers: BAHA in single sided deafness. The Antwerp experience
S11-3 K B Hüttenbrink: Surgery for sensorineural hearing loss: benefits and limitations of implantable hearing aids
S11-4 B Gantz: Rehabilitation of high frequency hearing loss and improving speech in noise by combining electrical and acoustical speech processing
<SYMPOSIUM 12: NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE II & AUDITORY BRAINSTEM IMPLANT
Moderator: W Slattery (USA)
9:00~10:30 AM, VISTA HALL III
S12-1 W Slattery: History of auditory brainstem implant
S12-2 I Sziklai: Central auditory processing of ABI users
S12-3 V Colletti: Results of ABI in non-NF2 patients
S12-4 W Slattery: Future of ABI
10:30~11:00 AM: COFFEE BREAK & POSTERS
FREE PAPER 12: TINNITUS & CENTRAL AUDITORY PATHWAY
Moderators: C A Oliveira (Brazil), S H Lee (Korea)
11:00 AM ~12:30 PM, VISTA HALL I
FP12-1: C A Oliveira, F M Bahmad Júnior, A R Venosa: Benzodiazepinics and GABAergics in the Treatment of Severe Disabling Tinnitus (SDT)
FP12-2: I Yuge, M Satou, H Saitou, Y Okamoto, A Krita, S Seiichi, K Ogawa: THI variation of the tinnitus patients treated with Tinnitus retraining therapy
FP12-3: S H Lee, K Y Lee, Y M Chang: The evaluation of auditory neuropathy patients using diffusion tensor imaging
FP12-4: L S Kim, D E Park, Y M Ahn, W Y Bae, B Y Kim: An animal model of auditory neuropathy by selective inner hair cell damage in cats
FP12-5: M Sato, M Tazoe, C Kataoka, K Ogawa, S Kanzaki, I Yuge: Psychological test strategy of psychogenic deafness in children
FP12-6: Y Kakazu, H Shi, T Nakagawa, S Komune: The influence of the bilirubin on synaptic activity of the auditory nucleus neuron at the developing rat
FP12-7: S Wetmore: Musical Hallucinations and Hearing Loss
FREE PAPER 13: COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION (III)
Moderators: A Fitzgerald-O'Connor (UK), J Mueller (Germany)
11:00 AM ~12:30 PM, VISTA HALL II
FP13-1: A Fitzgerald-O'Connor, S McDonald, S McLaren: Cochlear implantation in the elderly
FP13-2: J Mueller, F Schoen, K Moeltner, J Helms: Effects of electrode placement and place of stimulation on speech perception with cochlear implants in adults and children
FP13-3: C S Kim, D G Hur, S O Chang, S H Oh, Y H Kim, M H Park, J J Song: Auditory performance after cochlear implantation in inner ear anomaly
FP13-4: J E Shin, H J Ha, J W Chung, K S Lee: Why some fail while others succeed? :In search for other prognostic factors in cochlear implantation in children.
FP13-5: J Mueller, G Baier, C Knaus, L U Scholtz, J Helms: Management of chronic otitis and mastoiditis in children after cochlear implantation
FP13-6: A Bozorg Grayeli, M Kalamarides, D Bouccara, E Ambert-Dahan, O Sterkers: Auditory Brainstem Implant in NF2 and non-NF2 patients
FP13-7: A Bozorg Grayeli, M Kalamarides, D Bouccara, E Ambert-Dahan, O Sterkers: Management of vestibular schwannomas with contralateral profound hearing loss
FP13-8: P A Wackym, D M Poetker, N Yoganandan, C L Runge-Samuelson, F A Pintar: Biomechanical strength of reconstruction plates when used for medial support of Med-El Cochlear Implants: Implications for diagnostic MRI
FREE PAPER 14: DIZZINESS & FACIAL NERVE
Moderators: W Gibson (Australia), P Franz (Austria)
11:00 AM ~12:30 PM, VISTA HALL III
FP14-1: N Yanagihara, Y Hinohira, N Hoto: Transmastoid subtotal decomprssion as a treatment of bell’s palsy and hunt’s syndrome
FP14-2: F Trabalzini, G Babighian: Facial nerve in middle ear surgery
FP14-3: S J Han, W S Lee: Surgical Management of Facial Paralysis Following Temporal Bone Fractures
FP14-4: N Özgirgin, L N Ozluoglu: Management strategies in traumatic peripheral facial nerve paralysis
FP14-5: W Gibson: Drainage vs rupture theories: the electrophysiological evidence
FP14-6: P Franz, W D Baumgartner, C Franz-Italon, J S Hamzavi, K Ehrenberger: Tenotomy in Menieres disease:Experience of six years
FP14-7: H J Park, J E Shin, H J Jang, D B Shim, H A Shin, J Y Ahn: Paradoxical A- Effect in Patients with Vestibular Neuritis
FP14-8: Y H Choung, K Park, H Kahng, Y R Shin, M J Cho: A new method to determine the site of horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; Bowing and leaning nystagmus
FP14-9: M Hamid, M Friedman, K Sheykholeslami: The Role of VEMP in Clinical Neurotology
FP14-10: M hamid: The asymptomatic superior canal dehiscence
LUNCHEON SYMPOSIUM 5: Advanced Bionics Corp.
"Technology and Performance Advances in Cochlear Implant"
Moderator: B. Gantz (USA)
12:30 ~ 2:30 PM, VISTA HALL
Lunch
J Miller, M J Osberger: Welcome and Technology Update
LS5-1 C S Kim: Surgical Experience with HiRes 90K
LS5-2 B Gantz: HiResolution Results in Adult Bilateral Patients
LS5-3 J Rubinstein: The Future of Sound Coding for Cochlear Implants
Questions and Discussion
ROUNDTABLE 8: OSSICULOPLASTY
Moderator: K Jahnke (Germany)
2:30~4:00 PM, VISTA HALL I
R8-1 J House
R8-2 T Jung
R8-3 K B Hüttenbrink
R8-4 S Takahashi
R8-5 K Lee
ROUNDTABLE 9: WHEN TWO OTOLOGICAL WORLDS MEET: COCHLEAR IMPLANTS IN BILATERAL CHRONIC EARS
Moderator: E Offeciers (Belgium)
2:30~4:00 PM, VISTA HALL II
R9-1 C Batman
R9-2 C Chiong
R9-3 G Gultekin
R9-4 C S Kim
R9-5 J Mueller
R9-6 A Ramos
R9-7 M Luntz: Cochlear Implantation in Otitis-prone Children
SYMPOSIUM 13: AN DATABASE AND AUDIT SYSTEM
Moderator: M Yung (UK)
2:30~4:00 PM, VISTA HALL III
S13-1 M Yung: Background of the Common Otology Database and Audit System
S13-2 D Whinney: Level 1 user perspective from a distinct hospital consultant
S13-3 T Aymat Torrente: Level 2 user how has it enhanced my otological practice
S13-4 M Yung: An update of the database within UK & Europe
S13-5 R Ramsden: The value of a national otology audit system
GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING OF THE POLITZER SOCIETY
4:00~5:00 PM, VISTA HALL
CLOSING CEREMONY
Welcome to the 26th Politzer Society Meeting 2007 in Cleveland; G. Hughes
5:00~5:30 PM, VISTA HALL