Associated symposium

 

Advanced Treatment of Inner Ear Disorders

Sponsored by the Royal Belgian Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

President of the Society: J. Pattyn

 

Symposium details

 

September 7, 2002: 8.30 - 17.30
Palais des Congrès, Liège, Belgium
No registration fee
Chairman of the organizing committee: Philippe Lefebvre

 

Program

 

8.30-9.00: Introduction

J. Pattyn, President of the Royal Belgian ENT Society

DIAGNOSTICS OF SENSORY DEAFNESS

 9.00 -  9.20: Radiological diagnosis of neurosensory deafness 
(Cosnard, M.Decat, UCL, Brussels)
 9.20 - 9.40: Molecular diagnosis of neurosensory deafness (G. Van Camp, UIA, Antwerpen)
 9.40 -10.00: Audiological diagnosis of neurosensory deafness (L. Collet, Lyon, France)

10.00 - 10.30: Break

TREATMENT OF TINNITUS

10.30 -11.20: Pharmacological approach of tinnitus (E. Oestrecher, Munich, Germany)
11.20 -11.40: Tinitus treatment (H. Staecker, Baltimore, USA)

HEARING AIDS

11.40 12.00: Digital hearing Aids (J. Wouters, KUL, Leuven)
12.20 -12.40: Implantable hearing Aids 
(M. Gersdorff, M.Decat, P. Garin, P.Lefebvre, MP Thill, UCL-ULG-ULB, Brussels)
12.00 -12.20: BAHA (I. Dhooge, RUG, Gent)

12h40 – 14h00: Lunch

TREATMENT OF INNER EAR DISEASE

14.00 -14.20: Surgical treatment of sensory deafness (J. Veldman, Utrecht, The Netherlands)
14.20 -14.40: Microperfusion of inner ear (P. Lefebvre, Ulg, Liège)
14.40 -15.00:  Pharmacokinetic Considerations in Intratympanic Drug Delivery to the Inner Ear
 ( S. Plontke, H.P. Zenner, Tübingen, Germany)
15.00 -15.20: Cochlear implant: Cochlear neurophysiology and neural reserve
 (Dillier, Zurich, Germany)
15.20 - 15.40: Prevention of aminoglycoside toxicity (J. Schacht, Ann Arbor,  US)

15h40 – 15h55: Break

VERTIGO

15h55 -16h15: Autoimmune inner ear disease (J.P. Tomasi, UCL, Brussels)
16h15 -16h35: Advanced treatment of autoimmune disease (D. Wraight, Bristol, UK)

CLINICAL CORNER

16h25 - 17h30: Prospects in the treatment in neurosensory deafness

Panel discussion between clinicians and basic science researchers

Brigitte Malgrange
Tom Van De water
Alan Ryan
Edwin Rubel
Jan Veldman
Philippe Lefebvre

 

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