| Advanced
Treatment of Inner Ear DisordersSponsored
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:
IntroductionJ. 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: BreakTREATMENT
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: LunchTREATMENT
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: BreakVERTIGO
  |  | 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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