REPORT ON THE 39TH ANNUAL MIDWINTER MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY, 20–24 FEBRUARY, 2016, SAN DIEGO, CA, USA
Journal Title: Journal of Hearing Science - Year 2016, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
The 39th annual midwinter conference of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology took place in San Diego, California, USA from February 20–24, 2016. This year 27 podium sessions, 4 poster sessions (with 945 poster presentations), 14 symposia, 5 workshops, and 8 mentoring sessions were organized.
Authors and Affiliations
Monika Oldak, W. Wiktor Jedrzejczak, Krzysztof Kochanek
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO SPEECH STIMULI IN CHILDREN WITH OTITIS MEDIA
Background: Otitis media in childhood may result in changes in auditory information processing and speech perception. Once a failure in decoding information has been detected, an evaluation can be performed by auditory e...
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REPORT ON THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL TINNITUS RESEARCH INITIATIVE CONFERENCE, 16–18 MARCH 2016, NOTTINGHAM, U.K.
Materials and methods: The Conference in Nottingham was a very interesting meeting, a great place for knowledge and experience exchange between scientists and clinicians from the whole word. The lectures presented up-to-...
AIR- AND BONE-CONDUCTION VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIALS IN CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA, PRE- AND POST-OPERATIVELY
Background: Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) are reflex myogenic potentials of the neck muscles elicited by stimulating the vestibular system with a click or tone burst sound stimulus. VEMP responses depend...
TEMPORAL PROCESSING IN MUSICIANS AND NON-MUSICIANS
Background: Temporal processing abilities are important for speech perception, and they are generally superior in musicians than in non-musicians. Since there are many different training methods used to develop musical e...