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| Title: | Closing Plenary: Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD) |
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Kai Uus, MD, PhD Lecturer in Audiology, Psychology Department, University of Manchester, England Kai Uus, M.D. Ph.D. is a lecturer in the Audiology and Deafness Group, School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences in the University of Manchester., England since July 2004. Dr. Uus is a pediatrician with strong research interests in the area of pediatric audiology including, the epidemiology of childhood hearing loss, newborn hearing screening, auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder, auditory maturation, and auditory function in demyelinating conditions. She is a member of the Institute of Health Sciences (IHS) Child Health Research Network. Yvonne Sininger, PhD Professor in the Division of Head & Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Yvonne Sininger, Ph. D. received her Bachelor’s degree in Speech and Hearing and Master’s degree in Audiology from Indiana University. She obtained her doctorate in Speech and Hearing Science from the University of California Santa Barbara and San Francisco. Dr. Sininger started her career and developed an interest in infants and children as a clinical audiologist for the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. After her Ph.D. she moved to House Ear Institute in Los Angeles as a Post-doctoral fellow in electrophysiology and later as the director of the Children’s Auditory Research and Evaluation Center. She has recently moved to UCLA where she is currently visiting Professor of Head & Neck Surgery. Dr. Sininger’s research interests lie in electrophysiologic measures of hearing and auditory system development. She is also director of Newborn Hearing Screening at UCLA. Deborah Hayes, PhD Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine Deborah Hayes, Ph.D., holds the Kelley Family/Schlessman Family Scottish Rite Masons Chair in Childhood Language Disorders in the Department of Audiology, Speech Pathology, and Learning Services, Children’s Hospital (Colorado). She is also Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado, School of Medicine; and Professor, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Colorado - Boulder. Dr. Hayes has worked extensively in the area of newborn hearing screening, diagnosis of hearing loss in infants and young children, and amplification and intervention for babies and young children with hearing loss. With colleagues at the Bill Daniels Center for Children’s Hearing at The Children’s Hospital, Dr. Hayes participated in development of a model program of early identification and intervention for children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. Dr. Hayes is the author of more than 30 journal articles, book chapters, and proceedings. With her colleague, Dr. Jerry Northern, she is the co-author of the textbook, Infants and Hearing. |
| Abstract: | In June 2008, a panel of experts met at the NHS2008 Conference (Como, Italy) to discuss and debate issues relevant to identification and management of infants and young children with auditory neuropathy. This meeting, sponsored by the Bill Daniels Center for Children’s Hearing, The Children’s Hospital – Colorado, resulted in guidelines for screening, diagnosis, and early intervention for infants with this diagnosis. In this plenary session, speakers will describe the complex nature of the disorder and identify the challenges of screening newborns for auditory neuropathy. A brief overview of the guidelines generated following the June 2008 conference will also be presented. Learning Objectives: Following this presentation, participants will be able to:
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