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- 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 …
- 2-6-2014
147th Conference of the American Otological Society
American Otological Society is the oldest otological society in the United States. It has almost 150 years of history – the first meeting of the society took place in the Ocean House in Newport on 22 July 1868, when 9 members of the American Ophthalmological Society decided to create a specialized group for problems related to the organ of hearing. Since then …
- 30-5-2014
XXXII World Congress of Audiology in Brisbane
XXXII World Congress of Audiology organized every two years by the International Society of Audiology (ISA) is one of the biggest in the world meetings focusing on scientific debates, exchange of knowledge and experience in the area of audiology. The Congress brings together specialists in audiology and related disciplines such as ENT doctors, speech therapists, hearing rehabilitation specialists, special education specialists, …
- 28-5-2014
Unique brainstem implantation surgeries in Kajetany
On 23-24 of May, 2014, in the World Hearing Center, the unique surgical procedures in neurosurgery and otosurgery took place. Prof. Henryk Skarżyński organized international team which performed hearing restoring surgeries in patients suffering from rare cancerous disease, neurofibromatosis of type 2. These are complicated procedures, which include extraction of brainstem’s tumors and implantation of auditory implant to the brain stem. …
- 28-5-2014
XI International Tinnitus Seminar
More than 500 experts from 50 countries gathered at the Charité University Hospital in Berlin to present the latest research on tinnitus. Six person team from the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, presented seven works, one of which – Dr. Danuta Raj-Koziak, PhD “The assessment of the impact of noise exposure on the occurrence of children tinnitus” – …
- 23-5-2014
LION: the 9th Global Otology – Neurotology Live Surgical Broadcast in the World Hearing Center in Kajetany
On May 20th 2014, the ninth 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 all over the world. The LION project, initiated in 2006, is aimed to use the modern teleconferencing technology solutions to improve …
- 20-5-2014
Otology Jubilee: 150 Years of “Archive fur Ohrenheilunde”
The conference in Halle, Germany, was organized to celebrate 150th anniversary of the magazine “Archive fur Ohrenheilunde”, which was later renamed as “European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology” and is still published under this name. Therefore, apart from scientific sessions devoted to general sciences, diagnostics, surgery and implantology, the program also contained a session on the history of the magazine. There was time …
- 11-5-2014
Hearing screenings in older people in Siedlce
Experts from the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, who have a lot of experience in screening tests in newborns and school-age children, conducted pilot studies in older people in the Mazovia Regional Hospital in Siedlce. On that occasion Professor Henryk Skarżyński gave a lecture on the possibilities of the treatment of hearing disorders in patients over 65 y.o. The percentage of older people …
- 6-5-2014
The 3rd International Symposium on Otosclerosis and Stapes Surgery, with participation of representatives of the World Hearing Center
The 3rd International Symposium on Otosclerosis and Stapes Surgery took place on 24–26 April 2014 in Siofok, Hungary. The event was organized by the president of the Congress, Professor Istvan Sziklai. Experts from Europe, Asia, and South America presented the latest advances in treating progressive and congenital hearing impairments. Otosclerosis has always been a challenge for pioneers in otosurgery, even though therapies …
- 5-5-2014
Professor Henryk Skarżyński become the Honorary Citizen of Czyżew
On 28th April 2014, professor Henryk Skarżyński was granted the title of the Honorary Citizen of the City and Commune of Czyżew. The ceremony took place during the sitting of the Town Council of Czyżew. Professor Henryk Skarżyński started his visit in the School Complex in Czyżew. Here, all pupils had an opportunity to participate in hearing screening tests. The …