WEEK OF OTOLOGY 2011

Update on medical, audiological and surgical management

March 12th to 17th, 2011
Bogotá, D.C. - Colombia

XXXth Temporal Bone Dissection Course, Neurotologic Surgery and Workshop on Implantable Hearing Prosthesis.
Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th, March
Clínica Rivas – Fundación Otorrinolaringológica de Colombia.
Avenida K 19 No.100-88. Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.

IXth Symposium on Otology and Neurotology and VIIth Symposium Update in Audiology.
Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th, March
Hotel Bogotá Plaza
Avenida Calle 100 No.18 A-30. Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.

XXXIst Temporal Bone Dissection Course, Neurotologic Surgery and Workshop on Implantable Hearing Prosthesis.
Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th, March
Clínica Rivas – Fundación Otorrinolaringológica de Colombia.
Avenida K 19 No.100-88. Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.

GENERAL DIRECTOR
José A. Rivas, M.D.
Founder and General Director of Clínca Rivas, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia

GENERAL COORDINATOR
Adriana Rivas, M.D.
Audiology Department Director of Clínica Rivas, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia

GENERAL INFORMATION

XXXth Temporal Bone Dissection Course, Neurotologic Surgery and Workshop on Implantable Hearing Prosthesis.
Two (2) days of intensive practice on temporal bone microsurgical dissection, neurotology microsurgical techniques, cochlear implants, bone anchored hearing aids, ossicular prosthesis, middle ear Implant and 4mm 30o – 60o endoscopic practice.

IXth Symposium on Otology and Neurotology

Two (2) days of conferences. This event is the theoretical complement of the practical courses 1 and 3.

VIIth Symposium Update in Audiology.

Two day of conferences. Presentation of the latest advances in Audiology practice.

GUEST PROFESSORS

Sujana Chandrasekhar, M.D., FACS, Estados Unidos
Olivier Deguine, M.D., Francia
David Haynes, M.D., Estados Unidos
Peter Roland, M.D., Estados Unidos
Prof. Henryk Skarzynski, M.D., Ph.D., Polonia

SYMPOSIUM ON OTOLOGY

PRELIMINARY Topics - (subject to change)

Interactive Workshop: Otologic Imaging.

Partial deafness treatment.
Hearing screening program in schoolchildren.
Round window approach for cochlear implantation.
Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss.
Management of cholesteatoma.
Management of petrous apex cholesterin granuloma.
Management of otorrhea.
Chronic Otitis Media: surgical options.
Implantable Hearing Solutions: osseointegrated implants, cochlear implants, implantable hearing aids.
Hearing Loss in the Developing World.
High resolution CT scan, Cone Beam, MRI: what is the better choice for diagnosis and follow up of hearing loss?
Technique, advantages and pitfalls of cartilge tympanoplasty.
Modern indications of auditory implants: from middle ear implants to electro-acoustic stimulation.
Indications for second look tympanomastoidectomy.
Techniques of tympanoplasty and ossicular chain reconstruction.
Current techniques of cochlear implantation and Baha.

SYMPOSIUM ON AUDIOLOGY

PRELIMINARY Topics - (subject to change)

Understanding real-ear measures and recording the Real-Ear Aided Response through a hearing aid.
Evidence based design and hearing aid selection; an evaluation of the utility of directional microphones, digital noise reduction, feedback management and frequency lowering technologies.
Feedback suppression algorithms, Validation, Laboratory and clinical expectations.
Digital Noise reduction: Principles, clinical expectations and validation.
Hearing Aid Outcome Assessment. Assessing both the individual and the hearing aid.

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WEEK OF OTOLOGY 2011

March 12th to 17th, 2011 Bogotá, D.C. - Colombia

March 12th to 17th, 2011
Bogotá, D.C. - Colombia