Ninth Symposium on Cochlear Implants for Children

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请为2003年4月24日至26日在华盛顿特区举行的第9届儿童人工耳蜗植入研讨会提供部分支持。这一系列会议每两年举行一次，汇集了临床医生、科学家、教育工作者和工程师，他们涉及影响儿童人工耳蜗植入的广泛学科。这一领域不断发展，全球有超过25,000名儿童接受了人工耳蜗植入，其中一半以上来自美国，许多人有超过10年的人工耳蜗植入经验。观察到的结果将作为审查与人工耳蜗使用成功和失败有关的因素以及提供教育和康复服务的基础。第九届研讨会由约翰霍普金斯大学听力中心和华盛顿特区河学院主办，将重点介绍与神经可塑性、婴儿评估、植入候选、手术、语言感知和产生、编程策略和感知、语言和认知发展相关的新兴研究。将特别考虑儿童使用人工耳蜗的环境及其对候选资格和结果的相关影响。来自人工耳蜗植入领域内外的研究人员已经聚集在研讨会上，并邀请了12个演讲，这些演讲将构成会议内容的框架。根据提交的经过同行评审的摘要，参与者将以口头（n=80）和海报（n=大约）的形式展示他们的发现。250)演示。将安排小组讨论（n=3）和技术更新（n=3）。第九届会议论文集将在《耳鼻喉头颈外科文献》上发表。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests support in part for the 9th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, to be held from April 24 through 26, 2003 in Washington D.C. This series of conferences, scheduled biannually, brings together clinicians, scientists, educators, and engineers involved in the wide array of disciplines that impact pediatric cochlear implantation. The field continues to evolve with over 25,000 children having received cochlear implants internationally, more than half from the U.S., and many with more than 10 years of implant experience. Observed results will serve as a basis for examining factors associated with success and failure of cochlear implant use, and the provision of educational and rehabilitative services. Sponsored by The Listening Center at Johns Hopkins and the River School of Washington D.C., the 9th Symposium will highlight emerging research related to neural plasticity, infant assessment, implant candidacy, surgery, speech perception and production, programming strategies and perceptual, language, and cognitive development. Special consideration will be given to the environments in which children use cochlear implants and associated effects on candidacy and results. A faculty of researchers from both within and outside of the field of cochlear implantation has been assembled for the symposium, with 12 invited presentations that will form the framework of the meeting's content. Based on submitted abstracts that have been peer reviewed, participants will present their findings in oral (n=80) and poster (n=approx. 250) presentations. Panel discussions (n=3) will be scheduled, as will technical updates (n=3). Proceedings of the 9th Symposium will be published in the Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.