Middle Ear Mechanics in Research and Otology 2009 Conference

描述(申请人提供)：中耳力学在研究和耳科学(MEMRO)会议将是第五届国际会议，它将于2009年6月在斯坦福大学校园举行。以前三年一次的会议的目的是将临床耳科专家、中耳科学家以及工程师聚集在一起，以促进这些相关但往往孤立的群体之间的交流。2009年会议的目标将是继续促进这些团体之间的思想自由交流，并为新的合作努力提供刺激和动力，最终将导致对正常、患病和康复的中耳的发现。拟议的2009年会议的主题将是“中耳技术”，这是及时的，因为正在出现的技术创新可能受益于不同多学科小组之间的集体讨论。中耳病变的修复是耳外科医生最常见的外科手术之一，迫切需要提高我们对健康和病理耳的中耳力学的了解。计划中的会议将引起基础科学家、耳鼻喉科医生、工程师以及住院医生和学生的兴趣。正如过去所证明的那样，这些不同的研究人员和从业者之间的合作将导致中耳疾病诊断和治疗的改进。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Middle Ear Mechanics in Research and Otology (MEMRO) Conference will the fifth International meeting and it will be held in June of 2009 at the Stanford University campus. The purpose of previous triennial meetings has been to bring together experts in clinical otology, middle ear scientists, as well as engineers in order to foster an exchange between these related but often isolated groups. A goal of the 2009 meeting will be to continue to facilitate the free exchange of ideas between these groups and to provided a stimulus and impetus for new collaborative efforts, which will ultimately lead to discoveries about the normal, diseased, and rehabilitated middle ear. The theme for the proposed 2009 meeting will be 'Middle ear technologies', which is timely because there are emerging technological innovations that could benefit from a collective discussion between the different multidisciplinary groups. Repair of middle ear pathologies is one of the most common surgical procedures performed by ear surgeons and there is a critical need to improve our understanding of the mechanics of the middle ear in healthy and pathological ears. The planned conference will be of interest to basic scientists, otolaryngologists, engineers, as well as residents and students. Collaborations between these different groups of researchers and practitioners will, as has been shown to be the case in past, lead to improvements in diagnosis and therapy of middle ear diseases.