PORA! 17.03 “Parents consulting and the role of parents”

We would like to invite you to the  PORA! Webinar on March 17 with specialists from Spain and Portugal. Eulalia Juan: speech and language patologist SLP-CCC, audiologist, AVT, Isabel Monteiro psychology and SLP specialist, AVT, Pedro Bras da Silva specialist in listening and spoken language Specialist (LSLS), AVT. During our previous meeting, we delved into …

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PORA! 03.03 Forum-Discussion with Nicole da Rocha

We would like to invite you to the PORA! Forum-Discussion on March 3rd with Nicole da Rocha. We will discuss various aspects of using the website, particularly the application of rehabilitation materials for children and adults with hearing impairments. The lecturer, Nicole da Rocha, is a speech therapist with a certification in Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT), …

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PORA! 18.02. Parents organizations

We will be featuring a discussion on the creation and significance of parent associations for individuals raising children with hearing loss. The session will explore the motivations behind establishing these associations, their goals, achievements, and the challenges they encounter. Our esteemed speakers for this session are: Ekaterina Tortladze (Georgia) Luzine Stepanyan (Armenia) Asel Mayrambekova (Kyrgyzstan)

PORA! 4.02. «Material for therapy sessions for children with CI»

Nicole da Rocha, speech therapist, AVT, clinical audiology from the UK, will be conducting a webinar on February 4. She will enlighten us about the array of online materials available for rehabilitation and the various ways to incorporate them effectively. Additionally, we have scheduled a forum discussion for March 3rd.

 

Nicole ‘s training and experience has been focused in early intervention and her therapeutic approach is transdisciplinary, child lead with family centred care. She has over 15 years of clinical experience with further qualifications in multilingual speech acquisition, AAC (augmentative alternative communication), AVT (auditory verbal therapy) and am also Hanen certified.

She currently works for Advanced Bionics, a cochlear implant manufacturer as international consumer excellence manager. She supports families and professionals with the process of receiving cochlear implants and getting the brain acclimatised to sound.

“My heart passion is for communication, I hold the belief that communication is what makes us human. It is a privilege to work with the Deaf and hard of hearing community, and to work in this field to provide solutions for communication.”

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PORA! 17.12.2023: Topics and conferences 2024

We cordially invite you to join us for our final webinar of 2023 featuring Dr. Monika Lehnhardt-Goriany. During this session, we will present an overview of upcoming topics for 2024 and highlight conferences across various countries focusing on audiology and rehabilitation after Cochlear Implantation. Your input is valuable to us, and we would like to …

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PORA! 26.11 Forum-Discussion Parent-child interaction. A day full of opportunities

We would like to invite you to the  PORA! Forum-Discussion on November 26 with specialists from Spain and Portugal. Main reason parents decide to go with implants for their child is a development & use of child’s speech & hearing. At the last meeting, we discussed the role and models of parents-child interaction, five simple …

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PORA! 29.10. Forum-Discussion with Carsten Gregor

Wir laden Sie herzlich zum Forum-Discussion PORA! am 29.10 ein. Das Thema „Landesbildungszentrum für hörgeschädigte Kinder: pädagogische Audiologie“ wird vom Hörgeschädigtenpädagogen Carsten Gregor vorgestellt. Seit 2015 ist er am LBZH in Osnabrück als Koordinator für Pädagogische Audiologie tätig, davor war er 9 Jahre lang als Lehrer in der Primarstufe, Pädagogischen Audiologie, Hörfrühförderung, Mobilen Dienst „Hören“ und Sonderkindergarten „Hören“ tätig.
Während der vorherigen Session haben wir folgende Punkte besprochen (klicken Sie auf “more”):

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PORA! 01.10. Forum-Discussion ‘How to minimize lesson preparation’

Topic “How to minimize lesson preparation ” is presented by Rebecca Claridge from Australia .  We discussed contents of the MED-EL lesson kits, how to use the resources for offline and remote sessions (Telepractice), a multi-level lesson plan, key teaching strategies, activities with instructions,printable resources. We look forward to your comments and feedback on the use …

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PORA! 17.09. How to minimize lesson preparation

Topic “How to minimize lesson preparation ” is presented by Rebecca Claridge from Australia .  Rebecca Claridge is a certified practising Speech Pathologist and Listening and Spoken Language specialist with more than 30 years’ experience working with people using cochlear implants. She has worked at the Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre, Brisbane’s Hear and Say Centre …

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PORA! 10.09. “German Educational Center for Children with Hearing Impairment: Pedagogical-Audiological Counseling Center”

We would like to invite you to first PORA! webinar after our summer holidays. The topic “German Educational Center for Children with Hearing Impairment: Pedagogical-Audiological Counseling Center” will be presented by Carsten Gregor, teacher of the deaf. He works at the educational center for children with hearing impairments (LBZH) in Osnabrück as coordinator for pedagogical audiology since 2015, before that he worked for 9 years as an elementary school teacher of the deaf and as an spetialist of the mobile early intervention service in LBZH, Osnabrück.

Wir laden Sie herzlich zum ersten PORA! Webinar nach unseren Sommerferien ein. Das Thema „Landesbildungszentrum für hörgeschädigte Kinder:  pädagogisch-audiologische Beratungsstelle“ wird vom Hörgeschädigtenpädagogen Carsten Gregor vorgestellt. Seit 2015 ist er am LBZH in Osnabrück als Koordinator für Pädagogische Audiologie tätig, davor war er 9 Jahre lang als Lehrer in der Primarstufe, Pädagogischen Audiologie, Hörfrühförderung, Mobilen Dienst „Hören“ und Sonderkindergarten „Hören“ tätig.

Zusammenfassung des Vortrages

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PORA! 30.04. The “Höronauten” – pre-school group with a focus on promoting hearing

We invite you to PORA! The “Höronauten” – pre-school group with a focus on promoting hearing  on 30.04. at 16.00 Berlin time with Kathrin König from Germany. You will ask “Excuse me, Hearingnauts? What is that?” At the interregional early intervention center for children with hearing impairments in Munich, these are the girls and boys …

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PORA! 26.02. Forum-Discussion with Tobias Fischer

We would like to invite you to the Forum-Discussion PORA! on February 26 at 15.00  Berlin time (CET).
Topic “My journey into the world of hearing” is presented by Tobias Fischer from Austria. He will also  answer your questions. Tobias received his first CI in 1988 and was the first child in Germany to receive a cochlear implant. He studied at the University of Applied Sciences Gießen Friedberg in Germany and has been working vor 14 years for an aerospace company as a systems engineer. He supports ÖCIG (Austrian Cochlear Implant Society) as a volounteer.
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PORA! 15th January “Product presentation: implantable hearing and bone conduction solutions”

Welcome to our first PORA Webinar in the New Year 2023! Our speaker – Gaby Thierbach – will introduce us to various implantable hearing and bone conduction solutions, she will talk about her work in clinics and share her experiences as a mother of a son with CI.  Gaby Thierbach joined the Australian company Cochlear …

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PORA! Forum Discussion 11.12. with Susann Schmid-Giovannini and Emilia Leongard

There are only very few educators for hearing impaied children from German-speaking Central Europe and Russia whose names are well-known and highly respected all over the world. We cordially invite you to participate in the forum-discussion on December 11 with the teacher for early intervention Susann SCHMID-GIOVANNINI from Austria and the scientist-therapist for the hearing …

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PORA! 27.11. “Telepractice in the CI journey. One size does not fit all”

We invite you to PORA! on 27.11.22 at 15.00 CET with Colleen Psarros from Australia. Colleen has 33 years of experience in the cochlear implant field, she is working as a research coordinator in the Asia Pacific region for Cochlear. –>Profile<– Telepractice in hearing health care was, in general,  highly underutilised until the COVID-19 pandemic. …

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PORA! Forum-Discussion on November 20th “Soon a school child! This is how we facilitate children with a hearing impairment the transition from kindergarten into school”

At the meeting on Sunday, 20.11. at 15.00 (CET time) we will discuss the topics for which we did not have time at the last meeting: Special needs preschool groups cases Delayed enrolment (start) to educational establishment First contact with the teacher Gisela Batliner will answer your questions on this topic. Send them in advance …

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PORA! November 6th “Soon a school child! This is how we facilitate children with a hearing impairment the transition from kindergarten into school”

The above-mentioned topic will be presented by the German MA, clinical linguist and SLP Gisela Batliner at the Webinar that will take place on Sunday, November, 6. With 39 years of experience, her work is based on the Natural Auditory Oral Approach (NAOA by Morag Clark). Profile This topic may be interesting for: defectologists, speech …

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PORA! 30.10 “Using mnemonic to develop coherent speech of children with hearing impairments”.

How difficult it can be for a child with a hearing impairment to remember new words! And building phrases is even more difficult. Making up stories, retelling the text they have read – alas, many children are afraid of these tasks… But even the Ancient Greeks invented techniques to memorize large amounts of information. And …

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PORA! 17.07 Webinar with Prof. Dr. A. Lesinski-Schiedat

We invite you to take part in a webinar on July 17 with Prof. Dr. Lesinski-Schiedat.  Make sure not to miss this opportunity!
It will be the last PORA Webinar before the summer break and with our invited speaker Prof. Dr. Anke Lesinski-Schiedat we have one of the most experienced ENT experts in the field of CI.
She is senior physician at the Medical Highschool Hannover (MHH) – internationally renowned for having the world’s largest cochlear implant programme. This was established by Prof. Dr. Ernst Lehnhardt, who provided 4 adults with a multichannel CI – first in Europe! In 1984, in 1987 the first child post-meningitis and in 1988 the first deaf born child at the age of 1 ½ years. He also established the first CI rehabilitation Center in 1991.
When he retired in 1983,Prof. Thomas Lenarz became head of the ENT clinic.
Prof. Lesinski-Schiedat has 25 years of experience and a broad and profound knowledge which she will share with us.

Dr.Dr.h.c.Monika Lehnhardt-Goriany


Eva Bültmann and Anke Lesinski-Schiedat
MRI in Cochlear Implant Recipients: Correlation between Receiver Position and Artifact
Ann Otolaryngol Rhinol 8(4): 1278 (2021)

F. Matin, S. Haumann, W. Roßberg, D. Mitovska, T. Lenarz & A. Lesinski-Schiedat
Monitoring of the auditory pathway maturation after early intervention during the first year of life in infants with sensorineural hearing loss
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology volume 278, pages 4187–4197 (2021)


Recording of webinar “Challenges and results in pediatric CI therapy”

 

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PORA! 3.07 Forum-Discussion “Deafness and bilateral hearing”

The speaker of the forum-discussion is Dr.Sandro Burdo, scientific Director of Italian Association “Free to Hear” and Consultant Otologist in Bassini Hospital-Milan, Italy. The recording of the past webinar with Sandro Burdo: https://earbook.online/pora/ru/en/presentation/deafness-and-bilateral-hearing/ You are kindly invited to join us in the webinar and send your questions and comments

PORA! 22.05 “Deafness and bilateral hearing”

The speaker of the webinar is Dr.Sandro Burdo, scientific Director of Italian Association “Free to Hear” and Consultant Otologist in Bassini Hospital-Milan, Italy. Keywords: natural listening; the binaural processor function; dichotic listening; dysfunctions;   listening brain and hearing; comparing unilateral vs bilateral sequential CI performances; binaural critical period; rehabilitation: protocol in sequential CI; single sided …

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PORA! 27.03 Forum-discussion “The use of removable hearing aids in the rehabilitation of children with hearing impairments”

We invite you to take part in a discussion on March 27 with Maria Boboshko on the topic ‘The use of removable hearing aids in the rehabilitation of children with hearing impairments’. The previous meeting on this topic with Maria Boboshko was held on October 24, 2021, and the following issues were considered: the prevalence …

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PORA! February 13th Forum Discussion “Concept development and Theory of Mind using books”

The first meeting with Jane Simpson Allen (Audio-Verbal Therapist from Australia) took place on February 6th. At the Discussion Forum, the speaker will summarize the main points of the past webinar and discuss the questions that weren’t answered during the last meeting The recording of the past webinar will be available in the coming days, …

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