The most important and the greatest events in the world for people with hearing disorders
- 1-4-2020
World Hearing Day 2020 in Poland
World Hearing Day was initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and is celebrated every year on March the 3rd to raise awareness about deafness and hearing loss, and to promote hearing prevention worldwide. The main celebrations are organized annually at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. In recent years, more and more Member States and partner agencies are joining World Hearing Day …
- 22-7-2019
In duet for anniversary
“For years we have been able to observe the Institute’s patients for whom music provided invaluable support during rehabilitation. These observations motivated me to organize the International Music Festival for Children, Youths and Adults with Hearing Disorders “Beats of Cochlea,” recalled Prof. Henryk Skarżyński, the initiator of this event. This year we celebrated the fifth anniversary edition of this unique festival …
- 7-11-2018
4th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health (ICT4WE 2018)
CT4AWE is a meeting place for people who apply information and communication technologies in their daily clinical practice with a view to improve the quality of life of the elderly. Preventive health care in the elderly population as well as giving importance to the issue of independence of seniors in the society, also in the context of their labour market participation, are of utmost significance. …
- 7-11-2018
23th Finnish National Conference on Telemedicine and eHealth
“Comprehensive Approach to the National Network of Teleaudiology in World Hearing Center in Kajetany” is the title of the paper which was recognised as the greatest presentation at the conference. It was delivered by prof. dr. hab. n. med. Piotr H. Skarżyński, a member of the Management Board of the International Society for Telemedicine & Health (ISfTeH). It is a great honour and distinction …
- 29-8-2018
The first telefitting session between Africa and Europe – Poland as a leader in using telemedicine for modern treatment of patients with hearing impairments
On August 26, in Dakar, Senegal, the first telefitting took place, that is, remote adjustment of the speech processor by specialists from Poland from the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing and the International Center of Hearing and Speech Medincus in Kajetany. The patient taking part in teleconsultations was a 7-year-old boy from Senegal with congenital hearing loss who in 2016 …
- 16-7-2018
The WHO’s third global meeting devoted to hearing loss prevention and deafness treatment programme
In July the World Health Organisation (WHO) held at its domicile in Geneva the third global meeting on programme on prevention of deafness and hearing loss treatment programme. The World Health Organisation announced the establishment of the World Hearing Forum (WHF), an alliance between the UN agencies, governments, scientists, NGOs and private entrepreneurs aimed at intensification of actions aimed at hearing care …
- 10-7-2018
25 years of our identity on the centenary of Poland’s regaining independence
The world famous institution, a result of the transformation of the Cochlear Center established in 1993 into the World Hearing Center, celebrates its 25th anniversary. “We are proud that the 25th jubilee of building and developing our identity coincides with the centenary of Poland’s regaining its independence. We are honored that the “Polish school of otosurgery” created as a result …
- 9-7-2018
11th Tinnitus Research Initiative (TRI) Meeting and TINNET conference
Tinnitus Research Initiative is an organisation whose aim is to support research studies on tinnitus. The conference attracted approximately two hundred participants from all over the world. The Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing was represented by dr n. med. Danuta Raj-Koziak who delivered presentations of two papers concerning the results of psychometric assessment of visual analogue scales that …
- 24-5-2018
41st Annual Midwinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology
The symposium was devoted to the issue of commercialisation of scientific research. Particular attention was paid to the need for the development of audiological diagnostic tests that will be applied in clinical research involving novel medications and devices, as well as sensitive, specific and high-throughput laboratory tests for the purposes of identification of little outcomes. During the conference dr hab. Monika Ołdak …
- 15-12-2017
Report on the Pan African Federation of Otorhinolaryngological Societies Conference, 13-16th November 2017 in Abuja, Nigeria
Pan African Federation of Otorhinolaryngological Societies (PAFOS) is a non-government organization (NGO) in Africa. This organization brings together otorhinolaryngology’s experts in Africa who best known possibilities of daily health care and ENT challenges in Africa. The main aim of this organization is developed otolaryngological care in Africa. The meetings takes place one every two years and involve specialists as: otolaryngologists, …
- 24-11-2017
30 operations at the 30th Window Approach Workshop
Window Approach Workshop (WAW) is a surgical and scientific workshop designed for otosurgeons from around the world, specialists, clinicians, and clinic managers specializing in the treatment of deafness with the use of auditory implants. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the first edition of this series of scientific meetings at the World Hearing Center in Kajetany with guests …
- 15-11-2017
II International Congress Of Audiology
The congress was organized by Associação Portuguesa de Audiologistas (AptA). The meeting gathered about 100 Portuguese specialists belonging to the Association. The two-day meeting was divided into thematic panels: rehabilitation of balance disorders, audiologic rehabilitation – the specificity of working with children, audiologic rehabilitation – the specificity of working with the geriatric population. In the panel devoted to the rehabilitation …
- 15-11-2017
15th Symposium On Cochlear Implants In Children
The congress gathered several hundred specialists in the field of audiology, otology, otolaryngology, biomedical engineering, even though it was addressed not exclusively to the doctors. Other specialists involved in diagnostics and those working with patients during hearing rehabilitation after implantation also took part in it. The Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing was represented in San Francisco by prof. Piotr H. …
- 27-10-2017
The first in Central and Eastern Europe cochlear implantation using HiRes Ultra device with new HiFocus SlimJ straight thin electrode.
On 24 October 2017, in the World Hearing Center of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology in Kajetany, took place the first in CEE cochlear implant surgery with the newest thin, straight electrode HiFocus SlimJ. The operating surgeon was Prof. Henryk Skarżyński, Director of the Institute and Head of the Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Surgery Clinic. Prof. H. Skarżyński is one of the …
- 15-7-2017
The only such concert in the world
On the occasion of the jubilee of 25th anniversary of the first in Poland cochlear implantation of a deaf patient performed by Prof. Henryk Skarżyński, in the World Hearing Center and Center of Hearing and Speech ‘Medincus’ took place Clinical Workshops and Scientific Conference under the framework of the Program ‘Music in Human Auditory Development’ on 10-14 July 2017. The author of these …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 5-10-2016
14th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Technologies
The International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Technologies is organized every second year. This is a very prestigious cycle of scientific meetings dedicated to hearing implant research as well as rehabilitation and care for people with hearing disorders. This year the meeting was organized by the American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACI) in cooperation with the University of Toronto. The main …