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Otology
Tuesday [Workshops]
| 0830 - 1100 | Noise Induced Hearing Loss Workshop Chair: M Giles, B Baber Occupational Noise Induced Hearing Loss: Working with the Provisions of ACC Legislation (M Macky) Occupational Noise Induced Hearing Loss: Three Case Studies (audience participation) (J Gilbert, B Baber, M Giles) Occupational and Recreational Noise: Types, Sources and Levels (D McBride) Scope of the Problem: Epidemiology of Noise Induced Hearing Loss in NZ Industries (D Welch) A Review of Audiometric Standards for NIHL (S Purdy) Measurement of Hearing Impairment & its Relation to Disability (A Greville) Development and Application of ISO 1999 (D McBride) Complex Case Presentations (J Gilbert, B Baber, M Giles)  |
| 1100 - 1115 | MORNING TEA |
| 1115 - 1230 | Noise Induced Hearing Loss Workshop Chair: M Giles, B Baber Overview of Hearing Loss Prevention (P Thorne) Impact of Hearing Protection on Estimates of Noise Exposure (W Williams) Hearing Aids for NIHL (H Dillon) Quantifying Tinnitus for Claimants & Management (G Searchfield) Case Studies and Panel Discussion - Questions and Future Developments (J Gilbert, B Baber, M Giles) |
| 1230- 1330 | LUNCH |
| 1330 - 1445 | Instructional Session: Diagnosis and Treatment of Balance Disorders Chairs: A Currie, M Wong Physiology of the Vestibular System (M Halmagyi) How to Differentiate Central from Peripheral Vertigo (M Strupp) 3D Analysis of Eye Movements (T Yagi) |
| 1445 - 1500 | AFTERNOON TEA |
| 1500 - 1630 | Instructional Session: Diagnosis and Treatment of Balance Disorders Chairs: A Currie, M Wong Overview of VEMPs (YH Young) Clinical Experience of VEMPs (PW Cheng) Impulse Testing of Vestibular Function (M Halmagyi) Phamacotherapy of Vertigo, Dizziness and Nystagmus (M Strupp) |
| 1730 - 1900 | OPENING CEREMONY |
Wednesday
| 0800 - 0955 | Plenary Session: Ethical Outcomes Chairs: P Bradley, B Dorman Ethical Ear Surgery in Minors (R Ramsden) Surgical Equipoise (G Weinstein) Septorhinoplasty - Ethical Issues (J Sykes) Ethics and Rehabilitation of Adult Hearing (B Keith) Sialendoscopy: Trying to Establish a New Standard: Is it Ethical? (F Marchal) |
| 0955 - 1040 | Vertigo Chairs: T Yagi, M Wong Perilymph Fistula (D Portmann) Effects of Early Surgical Exploration on Hearing Outcomes in Traumatic Perilymph Fistulas (WH Chung) BPPV-Surgical Management (P Bird) |
| 1040 - 1110 | MORNING TEA |
| 1110 - 1230 | Vertigo Chairs: R Vincent, N Prepageran Ethical Outcomes in BPPV Management - Measuring the Impact of Epley Manoeuvres on Health Related Quality of Life (D Crampsey) Meniere's Disease - Ethical Outcomes (D Portmann) The Longterm Effect of Removal of the Extraosseous Portion of the Endolymphalic Sac in Meniere's Disease (W Gibson) Long Term Evaluation of Ipsi and Contralateral Hearing in Meniere's Disease - Patients Treated by Transtympanic Gentamicin Injection (B Fraysse) Outcome of Medical Treatment for Meniere's Disease in Srinagarind Hospital (K Yimtae) Migraine Vertigo, Calorics and Motion Sickness (L Odkvist) |
| 1230 - 1330 | LUNCH |
| 1330 - 1510 | Middle Ear Chairs: S O'Leary, D Portmann Aetiology and Management of Chronically Infected Ear (Non Cholesteatoma) (S Saeed) Pathogenesis of Cholesteatoma (H Takahashi) Flaps in Mastoid Surgery (A v Hasselt) Management of Extensive Cholesteatoma (R Ramsden) Avoiding and Managing Complications in Cholesteatoma Surgery (N Prepageran) General and Disease Specific Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media - A Monocentric Prospective Study (M Praetorius) Surgical Findings in Revision Mastoidectomy (MS Attallah) Postoperative Care After Mastoid Tympanoplasty Surgery (S Kacker) |
| 1510 - 1530 | AFTERNOON TEA |
| 1530 - 1725 | Vestibular Schwannoma Chairs: P Chang, P Bird Management Options of Vestibular Schwannoma (S Saeed) Hearing Preservation Surgery (R Briggs) ABI (R Ramsden) Auditory Brainstem Implant in Non-NF2 Chinese Children (M Tong) Outcomes of Surgical Management of Vestibular Schwannoma in Patients Over 70 years of Age (N Biggs) CSF Rhinorrhoea in Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery (N Biggs) Quality of Life Measure in the Decision Making in the Management of Acoustic Neuromas (B Mostafa) Panel Discussion Cases (R Ramsden) |
| 1730 - 1830 | POSTER HAPPY HOUR |
Thursday
| 0700 - 0800 | Cochlear Implantation Chair: A Ramos How I Do It (R Briggs) Hearing Preservation - Surgical and Medical (S O'Leary) CI and Meningitis (S O'Leary) Functional Evaluation of Atraumatic Electrode Insertion in Cochlear Implantation (B Fraysee)  |
| 0810 - 0955 | Plenary Session: Recent Advances Chairs: W Gibson, P Stubbing Advances in Chronic Rhinosinusitis (H Stammberger) Endoscopic Laryngeal Surgery 2011 (D Albert) Cochlear Implants (R Shannon) OSA Management (B Tucker Woodson) In-office Laryngeal and Oesophageal Surgery (P Belafsky) |
| 0955 - 1040 | Congenital Sensorineural Hearing Loss Chairs: D Flint, H Stegehuis Genetic Basis of Sensorineural Hearing Loss (S Saeed) Congenital Malformations of the Inner Ear (CS Kim) CI in the Abnormal Inner Ear (CS Kim) |
| 1040 - 1110 | MORNING TEA |
| 1110 - 1230 | Cochlear Implantation Chairs: M Kameswaran, B Baber UK NICE Guidelines for Cochlear Implantation (Adults and Children) (R Ramsden) Bilateral CI (A Ramos) TIKI-Outcomes, Expectations, Complications (R Briggs) Cochlear Implants in Ears Affected with Vestibular Schwannoma (P Mukherjee) Prospective Study of the Rate of Scale Tympani Insertion with a Round Window Centred Approach to Cochlear Implantation (J Holland) Anatomical Analysis of the Human Round Windon Niche using Micro-CT (D Bowyer)  |
| 1230 - 1330 | LUNCH |
| 1330 - 1510 | Cochlear Implantation / Middle Ear Implants Chair: S Saeed, N Thi Ngoc Dung Transcanal Technique (J Hans) Cochlear Implantation in Prelingually Deafened Adults (H Takahashi) CI Programme-Challenges in the Philippines (C Chiong) Challenges of CI in the Developing World (M Kameswaran) Totally Implantable Middle Ear Implants (M Kameswaran) Middle Ear Implants Indication and Outcomes (L Lim) Vibroplasty for Mixed Hearing Loss Experince in Hong Kong Chinese (M Tong) Partial Deafness Treatment (PDT) (P Skarzynski) |
| 1510 - 1530 | AFTERNOON TEA |
| 1530 - 1725 | Skull Base Surgery Chairs: R Briggs, R Ramsden Skull Base Paraganglioma (V Cousins) Management of Facial Nerve Trauma Including Repair (V Cousins) Endoscopic Postero-lateral Skull Base Surgery (B Mostafa) Diagnosis and Management of Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence Syndrome (HW Yuen) Spontaneous Tegmen Defect and Semicircular Canal Dehiscence: Same Etiopathogenic Entity? (B Fraysse) Trans-mastoid Approach Under Local Anaesthesia, for Repair of Dehiscence of the Superior Semicircular Canal (M Kirtane) Outcomes of Facial Nerve Function Following Temporal Bone Fractures Treated with Decompression Surgery in Combination with Traditional Accupunture (T Hyunh Ba) Laser Myringotomy Followed by Intratympanic Steroid Injection for Ititis Media with Effusion in Irradiated Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients: A Preminilary Report on a New Therapeutic Strategy (A Shiao) Use of High Field MRI to Study Inflammatory Processes in the Guinea Pig Cochlea (P Thorne) Active Middle Ear Implant (VSB) in the Management of Conductive Hearing Loss in Congenital Aural Atresia (M Profant) |
| 1730 - 1830 | POSTER HAPPY HOUR IN MAIN AUDITORIUM |
Friday
| 0700 - 0800 | Breakfast Session: BAHA Chairs: S Stevenson, M Leaper The Rise and Rise of BAHA Implant Surgery (P Chang) BAHA Classic and Alternative Technique (G Soo) BAHA Complications and Management (A Abdullah) |
| 0810 - 0955 | Plenary Session: Risk Management Chairs: C Kim, C Ferguson Thyroid Surgery (J Shah) Head and Neck Surgery (A D'Cruz) Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (PJ Wormald) Risk Management in Paediatric Airway Surgery (M Bailey) NF2 (S Saeed) |
| 0955 - 1040 | Ossiculoplasty / Exostoses Chairs: W Ten Cate, M Neeff Contemporary Ossiculoplasty Techniques (D Portmann) How to Improve Longterm Ossiculoplasty Results (R Vincent) Surgical Management of Exostoses (P Chang) |
| 1040 - 1110 | MORNING TEA |
| 1110 - 1230 | Otosclerosis, Stapes Surgery Chair: R Gunn, R Goodey Pathogenesis and Natural History of Otosclerosis (S Saeed) Difficult Cases in Otosclerosis Surgery. Tips and Tricks (R Vincent) Stapedectomy Revision Techniques (K Jahnke) Otosclerosis in China (A v Hasselt) Otosclerosis in Japan (T Yagi) Early Experience with Kurz Titanium Soft Clip Stapes Prosthesis (W Ten Cate) |
| 1230 - 1345 | LUNCH AND NZSOHNS AGM (Lunch provided in room) |
| 1345 - 1525 | Free Papers Chair: M Souter, M Neeff Evaluation on Stapes Surgery: A Database System (H Balfas) Three Dimensional Analysis of the Vestibular End Organs in Relation to the Stapes Footplate and Piston Placement (P Mukherjee) The Forces of Middle Ear Surgery (M Bergin) The Relationship Between the Intraosseous Course of the Chorda Tympani Nerve, Facial Nerve and Annulus: A Micro CT Study (L McManus) The Diagnostic Value of Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials in Vestibular Migraine and Meniere's Disease (R Taylor) Variations of Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting from Otological Procedures Carried Out by a Single Surgeon/Single Anaesthetist Team (B Chan) Optimisation of Round Window Stimulation with the MET Implantatable Middle Ear Device (J Holland) An In-Vitro Assessment of Round Window Coupling with Active Ear Implants (D Bowyer) Quality of Life Following Middle Ear Surgery (M Bergin) |
| 1525 - 1545 | AFTERNOON TEA |
| 1545 - 1730 | Future Otology Chairs: S Prasansuk, P Dawes Future Otology (L Saim) Regeneration Ear Medicine for Inner Ear Disease (J Ito) 3D Surgical Simulator of the Temporal Bone (M Suzuki) Next Generation Middle Ear Diagnosis Method by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) (S Lee) Global Burden of Ear Disease Past and Future (R Wagner) |
| 1730 - 1830 | Prizegiving: NZSOHNS, NZAS Starkey Graduate Presentation, Asia-Oceania Poster James Hardie Neil Oration (M Rutter) - Open Lecture Farewell and Celebratory Drinks |