Archiwum roczne: 2017
- 10-5-2017
5th Anniversary of World Hearing Center
May the 10th 2017 is the 5th anniversary of the opening of the World Hearing Center (WHC), an extremely important institution for the development of science and the search for new ways to diagnose and treat the defects of senses. The originator, creator and director of the institution is prof. Henryk Skarżyński. The WHC is located in Kajetany …
- 1-4-2017
A new step forward in treatment of hearing disorders
Prof. Henryk Skarżyński has conducted a series of demonstration surgeries using a new system of middle ear implant Vibrant Soundbridge type with LP-Coupler. These surgeries were the main event of the International BONEBRIDGE & SOUNDBRIDGE Symposium that took place at the turn of April in the World Hearing Center in Kajetany. It was the third Symposium of that series and for …
- 17-3-2017
2nd Scientific Conference ‘Guidelines in otorhinolaryngology, audiology and phoniatrics’
For the second time already the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing with the Institute of Sensory Organs and the Center of Hearing and Speech ‘Medincus’ had organized the scientific conference ‘Guidelines in otorhinolaryngology, audiology and phoniatrics’ under the patronage of the National Consultant in Otorhinolaryngology Prof. Henryk Skarżyński. The Conference took place in Zakopane on 9-11 March, with …
- 8-3-2017
2nd Scientific Conference ‘Guidelines in otorhinolaryngology, audiology and phoniatrics’
In Zakopane on 9-11 March 2017 took place the 2nd Scientific Conference ‘Guidelines in otorhinolaryngology, audiology and phoniatrics’ under the patronage of Prof. Henryk Skarżyński, National Consultant for Otorhinolaryngology. Its organizers were the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing and the Institute of Sensory Organs. Conference scientific program included topics related to hearing implants, diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation in disorders …
- 2-3-2017
The International Day of Hearing Protection
On March 3rd we are celebrating the International Day of Hearing Protection (known also as the International Day for Ear and Hearing), initiated by the World Health Organization. According to the WHO, more than 328 million adults and 32 million children in the world have severe to profound hearing loss. According to information collected by the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing on the …
- 23-2-2017
The International Cochlear Implant Day
February 25th, the 60th anniversary of the first in the world cochlear implantation, was the International Cochlear Implant Day. In Poland, the first surgery restoring hearing to a totally deaf person with application of a cochlear implant was performed by Prof. Henryk Skarżyński on July 16, 1992. One day later a cochlear implant, for the first time in Poland, was implanted in a deaf child. The International …
- 19-1-2017
Prof. Henryk Skarżyński is the most influential person in Polish medicine
Prof. Henryk Skarżyński, director of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, is on the first position in the rating of 100 most influential people in Polish medicine published by the „Puls Medycyny” monthly magazine. It is an extraordinary success, particularly as Prof. Skarżyński had already been a winner in the last year’s rating. The 100 most influential people in Polish medicine had …
- 13-1-2017
The 27th international workshop of round window surgery –Window Approach Workshop WAW
On 9 and 10 January 2017 the World Hearing Center in Kajetany had been for the 27th time hosting the otosurgeons from the whole world, who are coming to Kajetany to study the newest methods of treatment of hearing disorders with auditory implants. An enormous progress happening in the recent years in audiology and otology has armed the surgeons specializing in treatment …