Tagi: cochlear implantation
- 30-8-2016
Congress of the Tanzanian ENT Society (TENTS)
In November 2015 team of the World Hearing Center was conducting hearing screening in Kigali in Rwanda and in Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and took part in the Congress of the Tanzanian ENT Society. Specialists participating in the Congress – otorhinolaryngologists, head and neck surgeons, and otoneurologists – represented the largest ORL centers in Tanzania, including the Muhimbili National Hospital and Kilimanjaro Christian Medical …
- 30-8-2016
XXIV Biennial Symposium of the International Evoked Response Audiometry Study Group (IERASG)
IERASG is an elite association of researchers specializing in evoked auditory potentials, existing since 1968. It is affiliated with the International Society of Audiology ISA. IERAGS meets every second year in different parts of the world. This year conference has been organized by the University Dong-A and the National University in Seoul. President of the organizing committee was Prof. Lee-Suk …
- 15-7-2016
2nd International Music Festival for Children, Youths and Adults with Hearing Disorders “Beats of Cochlea” has come to an end
The Festival culminated in the Gala Finale that took place in the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Around 700 guests arrived to see the concert. The organizer of the event was the World Hearing Centre of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing with the support of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music and the Institute …
- 12-7-2016
Anniversaries in July
July is a month of the most important anniversaries in the history of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing. In 2016, when we are celebrating the jubilees of 20th anniversary of the Institute and 25th of the Polish program of deafness treatment these dates are particularly meaningful. Twenty four years ago, on 16 July 1992, Prof. Henryk Skarżyński as the …
- 10-6-2016
Prof. Henryk Skarżyński among the first „Not Indifferent”
An award „Not indifferent” of the 3rd International Congress of Irena Sendler Schools is an exceptional distinction, handed out for the first time this year. An extraordinary ceremony during which we have learnt the names of the first ‘Not Indifferent’ took place in the Museum of the History of Polish Jews POLIN in Warsaw on 9 June 2016. Among …
- 9-6-2016
About modern medical technologies and their impact on a daily clinical practice in Polish healthcare – a debate in Polish Senate
„Modern medical technologies and their impact on a daily clinical practice in Polish healthcare” has been a topic of a conference which took place in the Senate on 7 June 2016. Its originators had been the Speaker of Polish Senate Stanisław Karczewski and Prof. Henryk Skarżyński, Chairman of the Clinical Science Committee of Polish Academy of Sciences, Deputy Chairman of the Main Council …
- 30-5-2016
The Lublin Days of ORL with participation of the representatives of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing
The Lublin Days of ORL took place in Kazimierz Dolny on 27-28 May 2016. Experts participating in the meeting represented various branches of otolaryngology; topics of the presented lectures mirrored the practical and theoretical state of the art in ORL. The representation of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing included Prof. Henryk Skarżyński, Prof. Krzysztof Kochanek, Assoc. Prof. Monika Ołdak, …
- 28-5-2016
LION Global Otology – Neurotology Live Surgical Broadcast for the 11th time in the World Hearing Center in Kajetany
On 9 May 2016 took place the annual world-wide visioconference LION Global Otology – Neurotology Live Surgical Broadcast. During these conferences, organized already for eleven years, best surgeons from the ENT surgery centers all over the world are invited to present ‘live’ the advanced oto- and neurotological surgical techniques. This year in the LION Broadcast participated 21 surgeons …
- 24-5-2016
Anniversaries in May
Two anniversaries important for the history of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing fall this year in May: 13th anniversary of the opening of the International Center of Hearing and Speech and 3rd anniversary of the opening of the World Hearing Center. None of these institutions would come into being without scientific achievements, huge …
- 13-5-2016
Citation for Professor Henryk Skarżyński at CI2016 in Toronto
On 12 May 2016 in Toronto four persons – Prof. Wiliam Gibson from Sydney, Prof. Thomas Balkany from Miami, Prof. Henryk Skarżyński from Warsaw and Prof. Thomas Lenarz from Hannover – received the Outstanding Achievement Award bestowed by the international community for their extraordinary contributions to development of science and medicine and ensuring optimal opportunities for interpersonal communication in modern societies. The Award for …
- 19-1-2016
Prof. Henryk Skarżyński is the most influential person in Polish medicine
Polish magazine „Puls Medycyny” has published, for the 13th time already, the List of 100 most influential people in Polish medicine and for the second time the List of 100 most influential people in Polish healthcare. Prof. Henryk Skarżyński, director of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, was the first on the list of the most influential …
- 8-12-2015
WAW Window Approach Workshop for the 21st and 22nd time in Kajetany
In November, in the World Hearing Center took place following two editions of the very popular and highly regarded international training workshop in the otosurgery of implantable devices Window Approach Workshop (WAW). WAW ear surgery workshops have been organized in Kajetany for nine years. They are addressed to otosurgeons who want to improve their knowledge of the newest surgical techniques, indications …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 3-2-2015
13th Hearing and Structure Preservation Workshop
The cycle workshops take place once a year and they focus on scientific research on possibilities of inner ear structures preservation after a cochlear implant electrode insertion. 13th edition of the Workshop, took place on 2-5 October 2015, and was chaired by prof. Shin-ichi Usami from Shinshu University School of Medicine in Japonii. Within last years, scientists have collected evidences that cochlear implantation …