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- 27-11-2014
The success repeated
For the twelfth time, the ‘Pulse of the Medicine’ announced the list of hundred most influential people in Polish medicine, and for the first time the list of hundred most influential people in Polish healthcare. Prof. Henryk Skarżyński, like in the previous year, has been ranked on the prestigious second position among the hundred most influential people in Polish medicine. In the …
- 25-11-2014
Lecture about hearing at the University of Warsaw
“Hearing is the foundation of the development of the modern society, determining the quality of every sphere of our lives – education, communication, work and social life, said Prof. Henryk Skarżyński during his lecture titled “The role of hearing in the development of the modern society” in the Auditorium Maximum of the University of Warsaw on 18th November. This …
- 17-11-2014
„Gold Otis with a Diamond” for the International Consortium of Hearing Screening
During the Gala Ceremony of Polish Medical Society “Gloria Medicinae”, which took place in Royal Castle in Warsaw on 8th of November 2014, the representatives of the World Hearing Center of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing received the statuette of „Gold Otis with a Diamond”. The statuette was grated for establishing the International Consortium of Hearing …
- 5-11-2014
Medal of the Senate of Poland for Professor Henryk Skarżyński
‘The good of the Republic of Poland is the highest law’ – Professor Henryk Skarżyński received the Medal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland from Mr. Bogdan Borusewicz, Marshal of the Senate. Presenting the Medal, Marshal Borusewicz said that this award is the expression of the highest appreciation of the good that Prof. Skarżyński …
- 30-10-2014
Professor Henryk Skarzyński distinguished for his merits for the Pruszków district
The municipal authorities of the Pruszków district decorated Prof. Henryk Skarżyński with the medal of merit in the category ‘Health’ during local celebrations of the 25th Anniversary of Freedom. The celebration took place on 17th October at the Youth Center of Culture in Pruszków. The Anniversary was the occasion to honor the most distinguished citizens of Pruszków. The medal of merit …
- 16-10-2014
Professor Henryk Skarżyński awarded an honorary degree of honoris causa of the Maria Curie Skłodowska University in Lublin
On 29th September 2014, at the Maria Curie Skłodowska University in Lublin took place important ceremony. The Senate of the University decided to award an Honorary Doctorate of the Maria Curie Skłodowska University to Professor Henryk Skarżyński. As the resolution of the Senate states, the title was awarded for: “An outstanding achievements in the fields of otorhinolaryngology, audiology and phoniatrics, great service …
- 15-10-2014
The Tree of Freedom in the Park of 10 Thousand Steps in Kajetany
Prof. Henryk Skarżyński, laureate of the “People of freedom” contest organized by the ‘Gazeta Wyborcza’ and the TVN planted an oak tree – a symbol of Poland’s 25 years of freedom at the World Hearing Centre. At this ceremony he was accompanied by Ms. Teresa Sukniewicz – Kleiber, world record-holder in hurdles and secondary school students – cochlear implant users, implanted during …
- 10-10-2014
Professor Henryk Skarżyński decorated with a “Special Icebreaker“ award
Professor Henryk Skarżyński, creator of the World Hearing Center and Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing received a Special Icebreaker Award during the Gala Ceremony of the ninth edition of the „Icebreaker 2014” contest. The ceremony took place on 8th October 2014 at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. The laureates of the Icebreaker award are companies, institutions and …
- 3-9-2014
First in Poland implantation of the Cochlear™ MET® middle ear implant system
One of the foundations of the modern society is the unprecedented progress in human relations, availability and exchange of information, development of information technologies and tools. An integral part of this development is the utilization of our sense of hearing, voice, speech and language communication. While at the beginning of 20th century individual’s functioning and position in the …
- 1-9-2014
17th WAW – Window Approach Workshop in the World Hearing Center in Kajetany
Seventeenth surgical training workshop WAW – Window Approach Workshop took place in Kajetany on 28-29 August 2014. Traditionally multinational group of 28 participants comprised ENT surgeons from Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Austria, Italy, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kirgizstan, Ukraine and Cameroon. Window Approach Workshops have been organized in Kajetany since 2007. They are dedicated to improving qualifications of surgeons specialized in hearing implants …
- 30-7-2014
13th International Danube Otorhinolaryngological Congress and ENT National Congress 2014
The conference was organized by the Romanian Society of Rhinology and Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, under the auspices of the Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medical Sciences. Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing was the only Polish scientific center numerously represented at this conference. Four of our experts (Dr. Bartłomiej Król, Dr. Magdalena Sosna, Dr. Piotr H. Skarżyński …
- 25-7-2014
Gala Ceremony “25 years of Freedom for Polish Reliability”
On June 28, 2014, in Warsaw Gromada hotel, the ceremony for the winners of the 4th edition of the “Reliable People” (orig. “Rzetelni”) Project took place. Gala ceremony was hosted by Maria Niklińska and Krzysztof Ibisz. A special award, that is the Certificate “Reliable People of the 25 Years of the Republic of Poland’s Freedom”, was given to Prof. Henryk Skarżyński. …
- 16-7-2014
25 years of free Poland – the Man and the Center of Freedom
On 16th July 1992, Prof Henryk Skarżyński performed, for the first time in Poland, a cochlear implantation in a deaf person. Since then, the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing provided its patients with more than 4 thousand auditory implants. Prof. Skarżyński, the man who gave the deaf a chance to return to the world of sounds, and the world famous otosurgeon, has been …
- 10-7-2014
I can hear, I am free!
On the 20th of June 2014 a press breakfast „The Man and the Center of Freedom – I can hear, I am free” took place in the Foksal Press Center. It was aimed to disseminate knowledge and recall achievements of the team of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing within polish medicine in the previous 25 years. Prof. Henryk Skarzynski who has …
- 23-6-2014
13th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Auditory Technologies
The biggest conference on auditory implants has a long tradition – the meeting of specialists in this discipline takes place every two years since 1987. The principal organizer of the 13th conference was Prof. Joachim Müller, the head of the implant program at the University of Wurzburg, and then at the University of Munich. Among prominent guests of this year’s meeting …
- 10-6-2014
I see tremendous progress
People of Freedom were elected – as in the elections held on June 4th, 1989 – by the votes of Polish citizens – to represent the Polish success in different fields – highlighted Bronislaw Komorowski, President of Poland, during a gala to celebrate the outcome of the plebiscite of TVN and “Gazeta Wyborcza” People of Freedom. In the category of “Science” won Prof. Henry Skarżyński. …
- 7-6-2014
Professor Henryk Skarzynski – the winner of the “Science means freedom” plebiscite
The most important scientific achievement in the last 25 years is the implant surgery in partially-deaf people performed by the team of professor Henryk Skarzynski – this is the opinion of internauts who voted in the “Science means freedom” plebiscite, organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. – The achievements of the last 25 years include scientific works. …
- 2-6-2014
Professor Henryk Skarżyński – the Man of Freedom
“The People of Freedom” is the title of the plebiscite organized by the TVN television and Gazeta Wyborcza under the patronage of the President of Poland H.E. Bronisław Komorowski. The winners were announced during a gala evening. The laureate in the category of “Science” was professor Henryk Skarżyński. The special prize of Gazeta Wyborcza went to the former president …