The Neurosciences - Otology interface: Cutting edge UK development
Thursday 31 January 2008
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
A joint meeting with the Clinical Neurosciences Section A joint meeting with The British Society of Audiology
This meeting has been accredited with up to 6 CPD points by the British Academy of Audiology.
Registration Details:
Fellow: £50
BSA Member: £50
Associate: £50
Non-Fellow: £75
Student Members: £20
Student: £20
Trainee - Fellow: £30
Trainee - Non-Fellow: £30
Meeting ref: CN-E10-9
CPD: 5 credits
8.30 am |
Registration with tea and coffee |
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The challenge - epidemiology & neuro-otological perspectives |
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| Chair: Professor Michael Gleeson, London | |
9.00 am |
Epidemiology of audiovestibular disorders in the UK: planning the health service |
| Professor Adrian Davis, Manchester | |
9.30 am |
Vertigo syndromes and their management: new developments |
| Professor Linda Luxon, London | |
10.00 am |
Balance control and balance perception mechanisms |
| Professor Adolfo Bronstein, London | |
10.30 am |
Tea break |
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Translating neuro-physiological and genetic research into clinical practice |
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| Chair: Professor Linda Luxon, London | |
11.00 am |
New developments in otological research: translational aspects |
| Professor David McAlpine, London | |
11.30 am |
Genetics of hearing loss - an update |
| Dr Maria Bittner, London | |
12.00 pm |
Plasticity in the Auditory system: implications for auditory training |
| Professor David Moore, Nottingham University | |
12.30 pm |
Lunch |
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Neurophysiological developments related to auditory management and skull base surgery |
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| Chair: Professor Linda Luxon, London | |
2.00 pm |
Physiology of hearing: the cochlea, auditory nerve and auditory brainstem |
| Professor Alan Palmer, Nottingham | |
2.30 pm |
Brain stem implants |
| Professor Richard Ramsden, Birmingham | |
3.00 pm |
Considerations in lateral skull base surgery |
| Professor Michael Gleeson, London | |
3.30 pm |
Coffee / tea break |
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The auditory and vestibular cortex |
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| Chair: Dr Doris-Eva Bamiou, London | |
4.00 pm |
Imaging studies of the central audiovestibular system - new developments |
| Professor Tarek Yousry, London | |
4.30 pm |
Hierarchical auditory processing: functional imaging studies of the auditory studies of the auditory system |
| Professor Tim Griffiths. Newcastle | |
5.00 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
5.10 pm |
Late auditory event related potentials - research and clinical practice |
| Dr Steve Jones | |
5.40 pm |
Close of meeting |
