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We have found this useful table to show you which implant is compatible with which processor – this is your potential pathway to upgrading!
Rachel Chaikof published a very interesting article about the release of new speech processors of all Cochlear Implant manufacturers in the very near future in her weblog “Cochlear Implant Online” and discusses arguments why to wait or not to wait. http://cochlearimplantonline.com/site/lots-of-new-sound-processors-are-coming-this-year-should-we-wait/
Armenian parents raised many questions when we met in Yerevan in July. They are relevant for all parents with children with cochlear implants and here are the answers to the questions:
One was the 20-year anniversary of the ENT department at the Erebouni Medical Centre.
Local personalities from politics (amongst others the previous and the current Minister of Health) and economics delivered speeches and gave interviews for the media. Specifically welcome and acclaimed was Prof. Eghia Noel Garabedian, director of the ENT department at the Armand-Trousseau Hospital in Paris. It was him, who recognized the necessity to establish an ENT department at the Erebouni Medical Centre in 1991, who during one year encouraged his Armenian countrymen, mainly painters and Armenian medical doctors, to make donations and thus – with 2 Million Franc – made the official opening possible in the year 1992. As a result young ENT doctors could spend time for training in his clinic and achieve a high level of professional competence. 10 years later Prof. Garabedian returned to Yerevan and delivered a large part of his speech in Armenian. The audience thanked him with thunderous applause.
16:00 – 16:30 Part A: Anniversary Congratulations to ENT Clinic of Erebouni Medical Center and Donation of speech processors by Lehnhardt-Foundation (Dr. Dr.h.c. Monika Lehnhardt)
16:30 – 17:15 Part B: Parents share questions referring to upgrades and other topics of present concern , specifically schooling & learning of their children – topics mentioned in preparatory Forum Page. (Dr. Monika Lehnhardt, Dr. Vigen Bakhshinyan )
17:15 – Coffee break
17.30 – 18.30 Part C: Workshop “Upgrade – a new era of inclusive schooling ?” ( the Web-Inclusion” – Project ) – click on “read more” for detailed topics (Dr. Michael Goriany)
For related ressources, links, downloads and further information:
Presentation by:
Dr. Vigen Bakhshinyan, Russian scientific-practical Centre of Audiology and Hearing Rehabilitation, Moscow (see profile) – download presentation: Bakhshinyan-Upgrade
Moderator: Dr. Monika Lehnhardt, Germany/Switzerland
When: Sunday February 12, 2012 at 8 pm Moscow time (= 5 pm Berlin = 4 pm London)
Where: live online (audio conference room) – join the meeting here:
TOPIC: Nucleus 5 System: Technology and Upgrades Presenter: Tomas Tichy (see profile) AGENDA 9:00 Welcome and introduction (A. Degtyarev/Prof. Moroz) 9:10-9:50 TT – Nucleus 5 System – a new benchmark in cochlear implants (overview of the Nucleus 5 System) Dr. Tomas Tichy Location: LiOn room 25 10:00-10:45 Nucleus System 5 – impact of new technology …
Dr. Vigen Bakhshinyan Russian scientific-practical Centre of Audiology and Hearing Rehabilitation, Moscow Born in 1975 in Yerevan, Armenia. Graduated from Yerevan State Medical University after M. Heratsi in 1998, Faculty of Pediatrics 1998-2001 – Residency in ENT, Chair of Ear-Nose-Throat Diseases of the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi, Medical Centre “Erebouni” 2001-2005 – …