Second day brought excellent presentations and panel discussion as well. See the summary and closing remarks:
Closing remarks
Summary First Day of EURO-CIU Conference in Wroclav, Poland
It was a very interesting day, see here a summary and underneath the Program
Thursday, 25 April 2019 (medical topics) – 1st day
(8:30-9:00 – Press Conference)
8:00-9:00 Registration/welcome coffee
9:00-9:10 Opening of the conference – Adrian Szatkowski, Hearing Without Borders Chairman
9:10-9:20 Welcome. “The role of EURO-CIU in Europe” – Teresa Amat (ES), EURO-CIU President
9:20-9:40 Speeches by the representatives of public institutions
9:40-10:00 Musical intermezzo – Jadwiga Tomczyńska (harp); patients with implants: Szymon Rekowski (piano), Anna Miecznikowska (vocal)
10:00-10:10 “The impact of hearing loss worldwide” – dr. Shelly Chadha (IN), WHO (video presentation)
10:10-11:30 Panel discussion: “Implant programs in Europe – treatment standards for children and adults” – prof. Sandro Burdo (IT), prof. Roland Laszig (DE), prof. Henryk Skarżyński (PL), prof. Witold Szyfter (PL), Nadine Cochard (FR); Moderator: prof. Sandro Burdo (IT)
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-12:20 “The importance of hearing loss for patients, their families and the environment” – Eulalia Juan Pastor (ES)
12:20-12:40 “Bilateral implantation – current state of the art” – prof. Roland Laszig (DE)
12:40-14:00 Multidisciplinary panel discussion: “Cochlear implants – when are they indicated and when not” – prof. Sandro Burdo (IT), Prof. Roland Laszig (DE), prof. Henryk Skarżyński (PL), dr. Józef Mierzwiński (PL), Eulalia Juan Pastor (ES), Maria Rotkiel (PL), Nadine Cochard (FR); Moderator: dr. Monika Lehnhardt-Goriany (DE)
14:00-15:00 Lunch
15:00-16:10 Panel discussion with patients and representatives of patients’ families: “Expectations of patients” – Maria Rekowska (PL), Marcin Czerniak (PL), Anamaria-Diana Brasow (ROU), Michael Wollrab (AT); Moderator: dr. Katarzyna Ita Bieńkowska (PL)
16:10-16:30 “Newborn hearing screening in Poland – results after 15 years”
16:30-16:50 “Screening in Europe” (hearing screening tests in various age groups – programs and effects) – dr Monika Lehnhardt-Goriany (DE)
16:50-17:00 Summary of the day – dr Monika Lehnhardt-Goriany (DE)
19:00 Integration dinner
Friday, 26 April 2019 (rehabilitation, social aspects) – 2nd day
9:00-9:05 Opening of the second day of the Symposium
9:05-9:35 “Rehabilitation has more than one name – different rehabilitation needs of children and adult cochlear implant users” – dr. Sue Archbold (GB)
9:35-10:00 “The role of sound processor fitting in (re)habilitation” – Eulalia Juan Pastor (ES)
10:00-10:30 “Proprietary methods of rehabilitation” – dr. Zdzisława Orłowska-Popek (PL)
10:30-11:00 “Music therapy in auditory implants” – Barbara Kaczynska (PL)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:00 “Modern methods of therapy of people with hearing implants” – dr. Katarzyna Ita Bienkowska (PL)
12:00-13:30 Commercial presentations of the Symposium sponsors
13:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-15:15 “Users of implants in the labor market” – panel discussion: Marta Mikuła (PL), Jakub Śledź (PL), Magdalena Piasecka (PL), Dr Mariusz Pawlak (PL), Maria Żarnowska (PL), Henryk Bania (PL)
15:15-16:15 “Stories of patients as a carrier of information about the problem of hearing loss” – Marcin Nędza (PL), Wioleta Zabielska with her daughter Ania (PL), Henri Francois (FR)
16:00-16:15 Closing Remarks
16:15-16:30 Summary of the Symposium – dr Monika Lehnhardt-Goriany (DE)
16:30 – End of the Symposium
17:30 Wrocław sightseeing (for EURO-CIU Delegates)
Saturday, 27 April 2019 (General Assembly)
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Meeting of delegates: members of EURO-CIU, European Association of Cochlear Implant Users
EURO-CIU 2019 – preparing scientific program
Today I was in Wroclaw and met with representatives of the Polish CI Association „Slyszec bez granic“ (Hearing without borders) in order to prepare the scientific programme for the XII Symposium of the EURO-CIU which will take place in Wroclaw April 25 – 27, 2019.
On this occasion we made a video in which I talk about the history and the role of EURO-CIU, the importance of the symposium and invite potential spectators to join us.
The conference is going to be a very interesting event, top experts will present and the EURO-CIU family will meet and share experience.
Dear friends, looking forward to seeing you in Wroclav, Poland on April 25 – 26, 2019:
- Program: http://eurociu.eu/wroclaw-2019
- Main page Symposium: https://euro-ciu2019.pl/
PORA! Educational webinars: the plan for 2019
Those who have been following the work of the Lehnhardt Foundation know that education and information support is at the heart of what we do. PORA! is a series of webinars for parents and families of children who are hard of hearing or deaf – and experts working to support these children’s development. For more than 10 years PORA! has been a source of contemporary knowledge and an interaction forum for families and specialists hailing from mainly countries of Eastern Europe. Among our speakers we have had opinion leaders from a multitude of countries and backgrounds: surgeons, acousticians and engineers, speech-language pathologists and teachers of the deaf.
In 2019 PORA! will continue its tradition of delivering on the most important subjects within management of hearing loss and improvement of outcomes for children with cochlear implants and other hearing devices. In collaboration with an international panel chaired by our long-term collaborator and friend Dr. Bodo Bertram we have compiled a preliminary program.
Please find it embedded below – the slides are trilingual (English, Russian, German) and are best viewed if expanded full-screen.
To follow the PORA! program over the months, please subscribe to the PORA! blog.
Summary of the year 2018
Life and work have kept us exceptionally busy – so busy that it was only this year that we realized we have been breaking with this tradition for far too long. Here it comes, then, – our review of the previous year. We have lot to share, a lot to be thankful for and, unfortunately, a few losses to grieve. The cumulative number of protegees of the Lehnhardt Foundation reached 160 this year. Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Germany and Italy were only some of the countries we visited for personal and work travel. We hope that in the process of doing so we have been able to lay the groundwork of changes for the better that are needed by deaf people in certain countries – and globally.
Welcome to our summary of the year 2018!
Yours truly,
Dr. Dr. h. c. Monika Lehnhardt
Anniversary George Tavardkiladze / Conference Moscow
Today I had the chance to honour George in an interview during the conference.
Also see a video giving an impression of this splendid event in Moscow.
25th Anniversary Cochlear Implant Russia
George Tavardkilaze is opening the Anniversary Conference
Presentation “PORA 2016” at conference Cernobbio
Watch my presentation referring to the new PORA Webseminars cicle in 2016
PORA Webseminars 2016 – Presentation Monika Lehnhardt from Lehnhardt Akademie on Vimeo.
Обзор 2013 года
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GLÜCKLICHES NEUES JAHR Моника и Михаэль |
Обзор 2013-го на английском языке
Обзор 2013-го на немецком языке
Наш традиционный обзор года выходит в этот раз с небольшим опозданием – причину тому вы найдете в конце этого письма.
Looking back at 2013
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HAPPY NEW YEAR Monika & Michael |
Jahresrückblick 2013 in Deutsch
Our retrospect of the year comes with a small delay this time – the reason for that you will find at the end of this letter.
Musical events shaped 2013.
Jahresrückblick 2013
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GLÜCKLICHES NEUES JAHR Monika & Michael |
Looking back to 2013 in English
Unser Jahresrückblick kommt diesmal mit einer kleinen Verspätung – der Grund dafür findet sich am Ende dieses Briefes.
Musikalische Erlebnisse prägten das Jahr 2013.
Presentation “Time for Paradigm Change in Clinical Care”
The presentation “Time for Paradigm Change in Clinical Care” was given by me in the ESPCI Conference in Istanbul in May 2013, in the EFAS Conference in Budapest in June 2013 and in the PORA Live Online seminar for Russian-speaking professionals and Russian speaking parents on June 9th 2013.
Click here to see the slides in English, click here to see the slides in Russian, click on this link to find the full text in English, and use this link to find the full text in Russian.
Upgrade, for sure, but when?
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.
Looking back to 2012 …
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HAPPY NEW YEAR ! Monika & Michael |
The year 2012 has meant it well with us. The victory in my fight against the malicious disease in 2011 is sustained. This lucky circumstance gave us free space to plan our private and our professional life without any serious limitations and to implement our ideas and concepts.
The brilliant start was again, by now already a tradition for us, the New Year’s Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in the famous Musikvereinssaal in Vienna.
Оглядываясь на 2012
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HAPPY NEW YEAR ! Monika & Michael |
2012-й год был к нам благосклонен. Победа, одержанная мной в борьбе с коварной болезнью в 2011 году, оказалась непреходящей и стабильной. Это счастливое обстоятельство дало нам свободу в планировании – как в работе, так и в личной жизни – и возможность осуществления многих наших идей и планов.
Блестящее начало года положил ставший для нас уже традиционным Новогодний концерт Венского филармонического оркестра в знаменитом концертном зале Венского музыкального общества.
Rückblick auf 2012 …
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HAPPY NEW YEAR ! Monika & Michael |
Das Jahr 2012 hat es gut mit uns gemeint. Der Sieg, den ich in meinem Kampf gegen die tückische Krankheit im Jahr 2011 errungen habe, ist nachhaltig. Dieser glückliche Umstand gab uns den Freiraum ohne Einschränkungen zu planen – beruflich und privat – und unsere Ideen und Vorstellungen weitgehend umzusetzen.
Der fulminante Auftakt war das für uns nun schon zur Tradition gewordene Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker im berühmten Musikvereinssaal in Wien.
Presentation “Highlights of the 31st World Congress of Audiology” published
The presentation of Dr. Dr. h.c. Monika Lehnhardt below was delivered twice: in the parents’ webinar of the Lehnhardt Academy on May 6 2012 and during the May webinar of the company ISTOK. It provides the section-by-section highlights of the landmark audiology congress held in Moscow in April-May 2012.
Updated version of “Enhanced patient care – exploiting the social web environments” published
In June 2012, Dr. Dr.h.c. Monika Lehnhardt delivered the presentation on enhanced patient care for the second time in Cernobbio. Please find the slides below – they are an updated version of the presentation made in Warsaw in 2011.
“Scalability of post-operative care for CI recipients” published
Please find below the slides of the presentation entitled “Scalability of post-operative care for CI recipients”. It was delivered by Dr. Dr.h.c. Monika Lehnhardt on May 1 2012 in Moscow in the course of the World Congress of Audiology.
History of Cochlear Implantation published
Please find below the presentation ‘The History of Cochlear Implantation’, given by Dr. Dr. h.c. Monika Lehnhardt in Suzdal, Russia, on November 28 2011.