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- 25-9-2015
Golden Laurels of „Super Business” have been awarded
Golden Laurels of ‘Super Business have been awarded on 24 September 2015. This award is presented to people, institutions and companies for activities especially beneficial for Polish economy and for achievements conducive to development of Polish entrepreneurship. In the category ‘Science and business’ award was granted to the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, for creating the unique on a global …
- 20-9-2015
1st Polish Conference “Innovations in Otolaryngology”
Innovations in otolaryngology, challenges, practical possibilities and perspectives were the leading themes of the 1st Polish Conference in Kołobrzeg. Organizers of the event were: the Clinic of Head and Neck Surgery and Laryngological Oncology of the Poznan University of Medical Science, the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, the Greater Poland Cancer Centre and the Polish …
- 24-8-2015
Press conference – New program of hearing screening in a new school-year
A Program of Hearing Screening in Primary School Children in Rural Districts will begin in a new school-year. It will encompass more than 140 thousand students, mostly first graders. In future, we are planning to create the first in the world network of telediagnostics and telerehabilitation, said Prof. Henryk Skarżyński at press conference in the PAP Press Centre on 19 August 2015. New hearing screening program will be implemented …
- 20-7-2015
Gala Ceremony of the 1st International Music Festival for Children, Youths and Adults with Hearing Disorders ‘Beats of Cochlea’
The Gala Concert which took place on 16th July 2015 in Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio, with the accompaniment of the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra directed by Krzesimir Dębski was the crowning event of the 1st International Music Festival for Children, Youths and Adults with Hearing Disorders ‘Beats of Cochlea’. Festival is an original project initiated by Professor Henryk Skarżyński, …
- 12-5-2015
LION: the 10th Global Otology – Neurotology Live Surgical Broadcast in the World Hearing Center in Kajetany on 12 May, 2015
LION: the 10th Global Otology – Neurotology Live Surgical Broadcast in the World Hearing Center in Kajetany on 12 May, 2015. On 12 May, 2015, the tenth annual world-wide visioconference LION Global Otology – Neurotology Live Surgical Broadcast took place, with life presentations of the newest oto- and neurotological surgical techniques by the best surgeons from the leading centers located …
- 27-4-2015
First Pole to become a member of the American Neurotology Society
Professor Henryk Skarżyński, founder and director of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing and the World Hearing Center in Kajetany has been accepted as a member of the prestigious American Neurotology Society. He is the first member from Poland in the history of the society. The Gala Ceremony, where new members has been welcomed into the Society, took …
- 23-4-2015
Promotion of Polish successes
„Sharing a success we help to multiply it” said Prof. Henryk Skarżyński, President of the Foundation of Polish Academy of Success, opening a ceremony of presenting the medals of the Polish Academy of Success in the hall of Senate of the Medical University of Warsaw on April 20, 2015. The ceremony was accompanied by an open debate from the series ‘Achievement of our …
- 20-4-2015
The World Voice Day at the University of Music
The World Voice Day was celebrated with special lectures on the role of voice in the modern information society and the diagnostics and therapy of voice disorders in professional voice users. The event took place on 16 April 2015 in the Karol Szymanowski Auditorium of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Warsaw (UMFC). On behalf of the Wold Hearing Centre of The …
- 1-4-2015
Prof. Henryk Skarżyński wins Wiktor Award
Oscars are awarded for performance in movies, and Wiktors for performance in life – said Krzysztof Ziemiec, who opened the Wiktor Awards Ceremony 2014 on 30 March in the Royal Castle in Warsaw. For the role of his life – that of a doctor who guides his patients from the world of silence to the world of sounds – Prof. Henryk Skarżyński won …
- 27-3-2015
About singing, speaking and emotions for professional voice users on the World Voice Day.
Voice is not only a mechanical acoustical phenomenon, it can transmit moods and emotions. Voice emission is a subject of research in laryngology, phoniatrics and audiology as well as physics, acoustics, phonetics, linguistics and psychology. Voice – similarly to hearing – is crucial for development of the modern, information-based society. Prof. Henryk Skarżyński will address this topic in his lecture inaugurating the World …
- 5-3-2015
6th International Course in the Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
World Hearing Center of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing hosted, for the sixth time already, a large group of rhinology surgeons, who came to study endoscopic techniques of sinus and skull base surgery under the direction of leading international experts. In the 6th International Course in the Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (25-27.02.2015) participated 78 persons, mostly Poles, …
- 4-3-2015
New generation of cochlear implants – another breakthrough in partial deafness treatment
On 3rd of March 2015 (International Day for Ear and Hearing), in the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing in Kajetany, the first in Poland implantation of a new generation cochlear implant was performed. This novel implant is unique as it allows performing MRI scans and thus, in the future, it will allow tracking changes in brain after the administration of acoustic …
- 29-1-2015
National Network of Teleaudiology inspires the World
Over 100 participants from Poland and Central and Eastern Europe came to Warsaw in January to take part in East Europe e-Health Innovation Summit organized by ISfTeH (International Society for Telemedicine and e-Health). This is the largest international organization which facilitates the international dissemination of knowledge and experience in Telemedicine and e-Health and provides access to recognized experts in the field worldwide. Originated …
- 21-1-2015
Cochlear implant surgical workshop – 19th Window Approach Workshop in Kajetany
The World Hearing Center hosted the 19th WAW Window Approach Workshop on 12-14 January 2015. There were 43 participants of the WAW Conference, and 13 of them took part in the practical-otosurgical training. They were the representatives of the largest teaching hospital in Iraq – Baghdad Medical City at the Medical University in Baghdad. Other participants were doctors from Tajikistan and …
- 8-1-2015
19th Anniversary of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing
The Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing was established on 9th January, 1996. On the Institute’s 19th anniversary we present the history of this place and its people. Today, in Kajetany near Warsaw, the World Hearing Center of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing runs its activity. First in Poland cochlear implant surgery performed in 1992 by Prof. Henryk Skarżyński …
- 29-12-2014
Special Winter Edition of LION Videoconference dedicated to cochlear implantation surgical techniques
On Wednesday, December 10, took place special winter edition of the popular surgical training videoconference LION – Life International Otology Network entitled „Cochlear Implant State of the Art”. Program included 9 demonstration surgeries of cochlear implantation broadcasted from the leading European auditory implant centers: Kajetany, Hannover, London, Florence, Utrecht and Poznan. In addition to surgeries there were lectures …
- 12-12-2014
Award in medicine – equivalent of the Nobel Prize
December 4, 2014 become a special day for the laureates of Prix Galien. This international completion has a 44-year tradition. The aim is to honor the most innovative and breakthrough achievements in the pharmaceutical field, medicine, and healthcare. This year the Gold Medal – Galien International Award went to the National Network of Teleaudiology, whose initiator is Prof. Henryk Skarzynski. The …
- 3-12-2014
Surgical training workshop on cochlear implants the 18th Window Approach Workshop – 4th Surgical Foundation Course
On 24 and 25 November, 2014, in the World Hearing Center, took place the 18th surgical training workshop WAW – Window Approach Workshop, which was also the 4th Surgical Foundation Course organized in Kajetany. International group of participants included ear surgeons from France, Germany, Portugal, Denmark, Czech Republic, Romania, Kenya, Latvia, Turkey, Kuwait, Democratic Republic of the Congo …