| Monday 22 June |
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Room: Islas Canarias |
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| NOISE REDUCTION IN HEARINGS AIDS AND ITS EVALUATION |
| Time: 08:00 -10:00 |
| Moderator: Einar Laukli & Jürgen Kiessling |
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| Hearing Aid Noise Reduction Based On SII-Optimization - Theoretical Foundations and Clinical Results |
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| Karolina Smeds |
| ORCA Europe, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| Advanced Digital Noise Reduction |
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| Eric Branda |
| Siemens Audiological Engineering Group, Erlangen, Germany. |
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| Latest Developments in FM Technology |
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| Hans Mülder |
| Phonak, Switzerland. |
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| Open Canal Hearing Aids- Performance in Noise? |
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| Marte Rønningen, Tanja Skjersli Lønseth, Elisabeth Ellingsen. |
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| Evaluation of Noise Reduction Algorithms: Methods and Strategies |
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| Jürgen Kiessling |
| Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany. |
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| 10:00 -10:30 COFFEE AND EXHIBITION |
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| Room: Islas Canarias |
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| REALISTIC ASSESSMENT OF SPEECH AMPLIFICATION |
| Time: 10:30 -11:30 |
| Moderator: Todd Fortune |
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| A New International Speech Test Signal (ISTS) for the Assesment of Speech Amplification in Hearing Aids |
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| Marcel Vlaming |
| VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. |
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| Derivation and Application of a Set of Standard Audiograms for Testing Hearing Devices |
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| Nikolai Bisgaard |
| GN Resound, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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| New standard test method for the characterization of hearing devices |
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| Todd Fortune |
| GN Resound, Bloomington, USA. |
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| Room: Islas Canarias |
Free papers |
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| HEARING AIDS I |
| Time: 11:30 - 13:00 |
| Chairman: Verschuure J |
| Secretary: Mora R |
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| The use of genetic information and psychophysical characteristics to determine hearing aid amplification strategy |
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| Leijendeckers J, Bosman A, Pennings R, de Leenheer E, Plantinga R, Bom S, Snik A, Huygen P, Kunst H, Cremers C. |
| Department of Otorhinolaryngology / Audiology, University Medical Centre St Radboud, Nijmegen |
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| Interactive fittings versus prescriptive fittings in hearing aids |
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| Boymans M, Dreschler WA. |
| Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. |
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| Prescriptions for modern hearing aids - comparison of acoustical characteristics |
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| Smeds K, Larsson J, Hertzman S, Bergman N. |
| ORCA Europe, Widex A/S, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| Objective hearing aid fittings using auditory steady-state evoked responses |
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| Shemesh R, Attias J, Hassan M, Doa G. |
| Department of Communication Disorders, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel. |
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| The prescription of hearing aids features from the auditory steady state responses |
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| Zenker F (1,2), Fernández Belda R (3,1,2), Mora Espino R (4,1) and Barajas de Prat JJ (4,2,1). |
| (1) Clínica Barajas (2) Fundación Dr. Barajas (3) Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (4) Universidad de La Laguna. S/C de Tenerife, Spain. |
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| Noise reduction in modern hearing aids – short-term measurements using speech |
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| Smeds K, Bergman N, Nyman T. |
| ORCA Europe, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| Innovative approach to hearing device fittings |
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| Krause L (1), Holmes A E (2), Shrivastav R (3), Siburt H (4). |
| (1)Audigence Inc; (2,3,4)University of Florida. |
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| New technologies for adults with pre-lingual profound hearing loss |
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| Smith J. |
| Audiological Consultancy, South Yarra, Australia. |
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| 13:00 -14:00 LUNCH |
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| 14:00-14:30 POSTER SESSION I & SHORT COMPANY PRESENTATIONS |
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| Room: Islas Canarias |
Invited Speakers and Free Papers |
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| HEARING AIDS II |
| Time: 14:30- 16:30 |
| Chaiman: Kiessling J |
| Secretary: Fernandez R |
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| Binaural wireless synchronisation/processing and extended bandwidth in hearing instruments: evidence of benefit in spatial perception and sound quality. |
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| Sockalingam R |
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| Oticon A/S, Denmark |
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| Almost a free lunch: feedback control and high quality sound |
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| Nesgaard J, Mecklenburger J, Hernvig L, Stender T. |
| GN ReSound A/S, Lautrupbjerg 9 PO Box 130, DK-2750 Ballerup, Denmark. |
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| Applying frequency transposition to improve speech perception and production in school-age children |
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| Smith J, Dann M, Brown PM. |
| University of Melbourne, Australia. |
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| The influence of microphone position on sound localization with hearing aids |
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| Van den Bogaert T, Carette E, Wouters J. |
| ExpORL, Dept. Neurosciences, K.U.Leuven, O&N2, Herestraat 49/721, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. |
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| Can an in-the-ear fitting be truly open? |
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| Jespersen CT, Moeller KN. |
| GN ReSound AS, Lautrupbjerg 9, 2750 Ballerup, Denmark. |
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| Wireless technologies to enhance telephone use with hearing instruments |
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| Chalupper J (1), Ricketts T (2), Picou E (2). |
| (1) Siemens Audiologische Technik, Germany; (2) Vanderbilt University, USA |
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| Music appreciation of hearing aid users |
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| Looi V, Rutledge K. |
| The Department of Communication Disorders. The University of Canterbury. Christchurch, New Zealand. |
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| Evaluation of subjective and functional outcome measures in hearing rehabilitation in the dispenser's practice |
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| Kaandorp MW (1), Goverts ST (1), Drok T (2), Kramer SE (1), Festen JM (1). |
| (1) ENT-Audiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (2) Hinkgroep, Amersfoort, the Netherlands. |
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| Motivation of potential first time hearing aid users |
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| Nielsen C. |
| Eriksholm Oticon Research Centre. Denmark |
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| Cognitive development and reading performance in hearing-impaired children with hearing aids |
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| Lyxell B(1), Uhlén I (2), Sjödin C (2), Mårtensson I (2), Johansson A (2), Wass M (1). |
| University of Linköping, Swedish Institute for Disability Research HEAD, Sweden; (2) CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| 17:00 EXCURSION TO EL TEIDE VOLCANO |
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