Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses

本申请寻求对2017年、2019年和2021年会议的部分支持， 植入式听觉假体（CIAP）。2017年CIAP计划在Granlibakken举行 会议中心，太浩湖，加利福尼亚州，2017年7月12日至17日。人工耳蜗（CI）是世界上第一个 假体在临床上得到广泛应用。它提供了恢复声音的唯一有效疗法 感觉和言语理解的能力。在过去的20年里， 已经实现了使用这些装置的患者表现的改善。目前 植入的舌后发育成人的平均言语理解得分为80-100%正确。 在2岁之前接受CI的先天性耳聋儿童的听力恢复率接近正常。 通过人工耳蜗来发展言语和语言。CI显著改善了 即使在具有显著残余声学听力的舌后聋成年人中，也可以进行交流。 听觉脑干植入物，耳蜗植入物的变体，刺激耳蜗 核，可以为没有耳蜗神经的儿童和成人提供语音理解。 这些进展在很大程度上得益于研究人员在广泛领域的集体努力。 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。这种广泛的跨学科协作与合作在很大程度上得到了促进。 部分通过这一系列两年一度的研究会议，起源于1983年的戈登会议。 这些会议是唯一一个与人工耳蜗相关的论坛， 是唯一的焦点。 这个会议系列的长期目标是产生新的研究思路， 改进听觉假体的设计和功能。本建议的具体目标是：（1） 提供一个论坛，介绍和讨论最新和最高质量的基础研究， 人工耳蜗和其他听觉假体，（2）提供一个会议场所和氛围， 有利于科学讨论、集思广益和社交网络，以及（3）提供 为外地的年轻调查人员提供机会，介绍他们的工作和与已建立的 investigators. CIAP会议使用戈登研究会议的组织模式， 这包括在程序中进行讨论的充足时间，鼓励充分的非结构化时间， 自发的非正式讨论和头脑风暴，以及一个孤立的“务虚会”地点， 参与者几乎所有醒着的时间都在其他会议参与者的陪伴下度过。

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.