Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses

本申请寻求对2017、2019年和2021年大会的部分支持 植入式听觉假体(CIAP)。2017年CIAP计划在Granlibakken举行 2017年7月12日至17日，加利福尼亚州太浩湖会议中心。人工耳蜗术是人类第一个神经 假体在临床上的广泛应用。它为恢复声音提供了唯一有效的疗法 对极度失聪的人的感觉和言语理解。在过去的20年里戏剧性的 患者使用这些设备后的表现已经得到了改善。目前， 植入后语聋成人的平均语音理解得分为80%-100%。 在2岁之前接受CI治疗的先天失聪儿童达到了接近正常的比率 植入人工耳蜗术后的言语和语言发展。CI在以下方面提供了显著改进 交流，即使是在语言后聋的成年人谁有显着的残留声学听力。 听觉型脑干植入物，是人工耳蜗术的一种变体，可刺激耳蜗管 核团，可以为没有耳蜗神经的儿童和成年人提供语音理解。 这些进展大大得益于广泛的研究人员的集体努力 一系列科学学科，从工程学、材料科学、信号处理到语言学 和认知力。这种广泛的、跨学科的协作和合作得到了广泛的促进。 通过这一系列的两年一次的研究会议，起源于1983年的戈登会议。 这些会议是唯一一个与人工耳蜗术相关的论坛，在论坛中科学研究问题 是唯一的焦点。 这一系列会议的长期目标是产生新的研究想法， 完善听力假体的设计和功能。这项建议的具体目的是(1) 提供一个论坛，介绍和讨论最新和最高质量的基础研究 (2)提供会议场所和气氛，以 有利于科学讨论、集思广益和社交网络，以及(3)提供 该领域的年轻研究人员有机会介绍他们的工作和与已建立的 调查人员。CIAP会议采用戈登研究会议的组织模式， 这包括在计划内有充足的讨论时间，充足的非结构化时间来鼓励 自发的非正式讨论和集思广益，以及一个与世隔绝的“静修”地点 与会者几乎所有醒着的时间都在其他与会者的陪伴下度过。

This application seeks partial support for the 2017, 2019, and 2021 Conferences on Implantable Auditory Prostheses (CIAP). The 2017 CIAP is scheduled to be held at the Granlibakken Conference Center, Lake Tahoe, CA, July 12-17, 2017. The cochlear implant (CI) is the first neural prosthesis in widespread clinical application. It provides the only effective therapy for restoring sound sensation and speech understanding to the profoundly deaf. Over the past 20 years dramatic improvements in patients' performance with these devices have been achieved. Currently the average speech understanding score for implanted postlingually deafened adults is 80-100% correct. Congenitally deaf children who receive a CI prior to age 2 are achieving nearly normal rates of speech and language development with cochlear implants. CIs provide significant improvement in communication even in postlingually deafened adults who have significant residual acoustic hearing. The auditory brainstem implant, a variation on the cochlear implant that stimulates the cochlear nucleus, can provide speech understanding in children and adults who have no cochlear nerve. These advances have benefitted substantially from the collective efforts of researchers in a broad array of scientific disciplines, from engineering, materials science, and signal processing, to linguistics and cognition. This broad, interdisciplinary collaboration and cooperation has been fostered in large part through this series of biennial research conferences, originating with a 1983 Gordon Conference. These conferences are the only forum related to cochlear implants in which scientific research issues are the sole focus. The long-term goal of this conference series is to generate new research ideas that will improve the design and function of auditory prostheses. The Specific Aims of this proposal are (1) to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest and highest quality basic research on cochlear implants and other auditory prostheses, (2) to provide a meeting venue and atmosphere that is conducive to scientific discussion, brainstorming, and social networking, and (3) to provide an opportunity for young investigators in the field to present their work and network with established investigators. The CIAP conferences use the Gordon Research Conference model of organization, which includes ample time for discussion within the program, ample unstructured time to encourage spontaneous informal discussions and brainstorming, and an isolated “retreat” location so that participants spend almost all their waking hours in the company of other conference participants.