The NHS conference will include keynote addresses, special sessions, workshops, a number of satellite events, free communications and massive poster sessions.
Main Topics - Neuromaturation and plasticity
- Genetics of hearing loss
- Auditory Neuropathy
- Cochlear implants
- Technological improvements in diagnosis
- Development in Hearing Devices
- Family empowerment
- Intervention strategies for infants
- Changing criteria for cochlear implantation in early infancy
- Outcome measures of early intervention
Other topics of interest Physiologic measures of audiological function - Language development, cognition and deafness - Newborn hearing screening - Audiological assessment - Clinical decision making in the audiological test battery - Aetiological evaluation - Mild and unilateral hearing loss - Steady State Evoked Potentials - Information management, tracking and monitoring - Program evaluation and quality issues - Outcomes of early identified children (long lasting programs) - Language outcomes in infants with cochlear implants - Medical and surgical intervention for hearing loss - Pediatric hearing health services - Family-directed services for deaf and hard-of-hearing infants - Family counselling - Web-based resources for parents and professionals - Impact of deafness on family systems - Perspectives of the Deaf community - Parents` perspective.
