INTENSIVE PROGRAMME ON AUDIOLOGY ACROSS BORDERS
MARCH 30 – APRIL 3, 2015
Monday March 30
Arteveldehogeschool L01.11
09h00
Arrival
09h15
Practical Arrangements – Student tasks during the program
09h30
Student presentations about their country, education program, audiology in their
country (screening facilities, diagnostic facilities, hearing aid fitting, … )
11h30
Speed dating at the campus
12h30
Lunch
13h30
Case study with focus on how social services are organized per country (cost of
hearing aid, possible refund of hearing aid cost,…)
15h00
Social Activity
Tuesday March 31
Arteveldehogeschool Aula 4
09h00
Arrival
09h15-12h00
Studyvisit in an audiological setting
Revalidation centre CAR Sint-Lievenspoort
Audiological department of CAR Sint-Lievenspoort
Sint-Lievenspoortstraat, 9000 Ghent
12h00-13h30
Lunch
Fundamental principles in tonal and speech audiometry
13h30 – 14h45
Methods for bone conduction threshold measurement revisited
Mr. William Damman, audiologist AZ Sint-Jan Brugge
14h45 – 15h00
Break
15h00 – 16h15
Measurements in speech audiometry
Mr. William Damman, audiologist AZ Sint-Jan Brugge
16h15 – 16h30
Discussion
Wednesday April 1
Arteveldehogeschool Aula 2
Pathologies in audiology
08h30
Arrival
09h00
About conditions that really challenge your knowledge of audiology: large
vestibular aquaduct syndrome, third window syndrome and otosclerosis
Dr.med. Dr.sc. G. Forton, AZ Delta Hospital Roeselare, University of Antwerp
10h30
Break
10h45
Pathologies: case study
Dr.med. Dr.sc. G. Forton, AZ Delta Hospital Roeselare, University of Antwerp
11h15
Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorders : Causes, Diagnosis and Rehabilitation
Dr. A Zarowski, ENT Department, Sint-Augustinus Antwerp, European Institute For
ORL-HNS
12h15
Lunch
13h30
Hearing loss in children with congenital CMV infection
Dr. Ina Foulon, ENT dept, University Hospital Brussels
14h15
The multidisciplinary management of the vestibular schwannoma
Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Dhooge, ENT dept, Ghent University
15h15
Break
15h30
Some critical thoughts on Eustachian Tube Function
Dr. Michaël Boedts, ENT dept, AZ Maria Middelares Ghent
16h15
Discussion
Thursday April 2
Arteveldehogeschool Aula 4
Active aging of the hearing impaired people: do you care?
08h45
Arrival
09h15
Essentials in an older patient
Dr. Anja Velghe, Geriatry department, Ghent University
09h45
A participatory approach of the older person : Active Aging and WHO’s
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
Prof. dr. Patricia De Vriendt, PhD, Ma Gerontology, Ma Occupational therapy, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel & Artevelde University College, Ghent
10h30
Break
10h45
"The" older person does not exist. Communication and principles of learning in the
broad population of older persons.
Drs. Charlotte Brys, Ma Gerontology, Ma Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Drs. Elise Cornelis, Ma Gerontology, Ba Occupational therapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel &
Artevelde University College
11h30
Hearing aid fitting in older people: the challenges
Mark Laureyns, Amplifon Centre for Research International
12h15
Lunch
13h30
Hearing aid fitting in patients in a nursing home: An interdisciplinary approach
Christian Renard, Laboratoires D’Audiologie Renard, Lille, France
14h15
The importance of ICF in audiology
Bianka Vandaele, audiologist, Artevelde University College, Ghent
15h00
Break
15h15
Case study: Hearing aid fitting in older people with complex needs - how to
implement the ICF
Bianka Vandaele & Renate Maes, audiologists, Artevelde University College, Ghent
Friday April 3
Arteveldehogeschool L.01.11
09h00
Arrival
09h00
Case study in clinical audiology
10h30
Break
10h45
Student presentations about their dissertations
12h00
Lunch
13h00
Student presentations about their dissertations
14h30
Break
14h45
Evaluation of the IP Light
15h30
Social activity and farewell