Newsletter
1999-1 - published April 1999
Editorial
Hans Verschuure, Secretary-General
ISA
A lot of things have happened in
the last couple of months with regard to the ISA. This has resulted, unfortunately,
in my negligence in producing a
newsletter earlier. Here it is
and I hope it will inform you on the current
state of affairs.
We had our Congress in Buenos Aires
in September 1998. We can look back on a good time in Argentina. An official
word of thanks is in place here for the
organizer of the meeting, Prof.Dr.
J. Schwartzman and his staff. This newsletter
will deal with some of the consequences
of the business meeting during which we restructured the Society in a more
open way and set up a new structure of
representation. This structure
will be explained in detail.
Other important matters regard the
international contacts, specifically with
Hearing International and WHO.
I hope this newsletter will inform
you on what the Society is about, the promotion of knowledge on the auditory
system, hearing and speech, and the provision of services to hearing impaired
people.
WHO has a program on the deaf and
the hearing impaired. This program is
part of the activities of a program
on "blindness and deafness" headed by
Dr. B. Thylefors. The PDHI program
is governed by Dr. A.W. Smith. A point
of action within this program is
the provision of hearing services in the
developing world.
WHO action on hearing aid services
in the developing world
Hans Verschuure,
Secretary-General ISA
WHO has taken initiatives
with regard to a couple of matters in our field such as the use of ototoxic
drugs, the prevention of noise induced hearing loss and the battle against
middle ear problems. In last-year's consultation meeting in Geneva, Switzerland
it was suggested (both by ISA and IFOS) to take the provision of hearing
aids a s the next action point. It was thought important to children in
order to promote speech and language development and by doing so integrate
hearing impaired people better in Society; it was thought important to
elderly people because presbycusis develops with age and is a major obstacle
for the further independent participation of the elderly in Society.
In a joint effort of the WHO PDHI
program and the Christoffel Blinden Mission, a meeting was held on this
subject in Bensheim, Germany on 24 - 26 November
1998. Bensheim is the home of the
Christoffel Blinden Mission (see
www.cbmi.de; choose CBM-welt and
English) an organization that started as an organization for the blind.
It has now also taken other disabilities like hearing into its mission
tasks.
In a welcome address CBM
director C. Garms expressed his opinion that the situation with hearing
aids can be compared with the situation around contact lenses some decades
ago. Lenses were far too expensive and could not be provided to the people
in the developing world due to all kinds of
impediments with pricing and availability of services. At that time CBM
had taken a vow that it would provide lenses at less than 10% of the current
costs. If the manufacturers would not cooperate, CBM would start production
of lenses in the developing world, which actually has been achieved by
now.
The participants to the meeting
were representatives of WHO collaborating
centers, representatives of WHO
-linked organizations (like ISA, IFOS and
IFHHP) and some other invited speakers.
Alas, no representatives of the
manufacturers were invited. A number
of recommendations were formulated.
The discussion can be summarized
by the following points without being
exhaustive:
There is
a good consensus that we do not want different hearing aids for
different
parts of the world. The hearing aids should have the same quality
whereever,
except perhaps for protection against heat, humidity and dust,
although
it was felt that the aids for the developed world could profit from
higher
humidity and dust standards.
The provision
of hearing aids is useless without a supporting system
because
low-quality fittings may deter people from using aids in the future
and will
certainly not help the promotion of rehabilitation programs that
include
hearing aids on the long run. On this point there was some
controversy
because it involves giving no help to some people who might
have benefited
from amplification.
The major
target group to start with at present should be young children;
the detection
of them at an early age may be problematic but we should go
for the
youngest group possible in the given conditions.
There
was quite some discussion about the role of ENT and Audiology. It
was decided
that we should go for a multi-disciplinary approach.
Training
at different levels received quite some attention. It was stressed
that we
needed good university-trained audiologists to do the work. In a
country
with limited resources the audiologist should work in a national or
regional
Center and be involved in hearing aid selection. Training should be
done as
much as possible in the country itself.
The concept
is to train community health workers to do the basic work of
audiometry,
impression taking and fitting. The hearing aid selection should,
to start
with, be done by a Center.
Hearing
aids should be sold as a package including batteries ear molds and
the lot
and the hearing aid provider (Manufacturer, dispenser) should
guarantee
its service for a stated period of about 3 to 4 years.
The amount
of hearing aids needed to provide for the developing world
would
be immense. If we could come to good specifications, a small
number
of different high-quality aids should be produced bringing the costs
down to
acceptable levels for the third world. A committee was appointed
to work
out specification for this small number of different types allowing
for a
very large production. These matters should be discussed in a future
meeting
with representative of industry.
The progress of the above project
has been discussed in further meetings
and will be discussed in a couple
of future meetings.
The recommendations formulated above
have great consequences for everybody involved in the provision of hearing
aids the world over.
In terms of awareness campaigns
should be organized to make people aware of
hearing impairments, particularly
in this year of the elderly and the concept that
something can be done about it.
The specification and production
of high-quality and cheap hearing aids should be stimulated. It requires
contacts with industrial partners. In a future meeting (possibly cosponsored
by Hearing International or the ISA) these matters should be dealt with.
Given the numbers involved in the developing world such an initiative could
have a dramatic impact on the price of hearing aids making them accessible
for a much larger part of the world population.
Training and education is essential
for the success of such a program.
International training programs
have to be started. At the next congress of our
affiliated member, the European
Federation of Audiology Societies in Oulu,
Finland, to be held from 6-10 June
1999 (see www.oulu.fi/orl/efas99/efas_frs.html) a special discussion will
be organized on the education of audiologists in Europe and the relationship
between these training programs and of this PDHI program.
Resources in many developing countries
are scarce. It requires that we realize a
couple of things like cheap hearing
aids, a manufacturer supported distribution
system, a training program at high
level (audiologists) and at low level (community workers). Aid from the
developed world should focus on the training of personnel, preferably in
the country itself, the realization of a small number of specialized Centers
with advanced equipment and facilities and the training of personnel to
maintain this program.
Hearing International is the agency
to promote ear and hear care
worldwide. It was initiated by
IFOS and ISA and is now trying to become the
cooperative organization for all
dealing with hearing impairment including
the hearing impaired people themselves.
ISA and Hearing International
Hans Verschuure
In earlier newsletters we reported
on the relationship between ISA and HI.
Members of ISA receive the HI newsletter.
ISA wants to promote the activities
of HI as much as possible.
There have been two major meetings
of Hearing International. The first set of
meetings was held in London on
3-5 November 1998.
The meetings included a Board meeting
followed by a General Assembly and a
meeting of the Center's committee.
Main decisions of the Board meeting:
the proposals
from earlier meetings like the Center’s committee meeting
reported
in the last newsletter were accepted. This means that there is a
good description
of the criteria for acceptance of a collaborative
HI-IFOS-ISA
Center with inspection visit. Furthermore a accreditation
process
was accepted with audits etc. a clear description of categories of
membership was drafted a strong appeal was made again to form national
chapters of HI to promote awareness of hearing impairment and deafness
and its strong impact on the participation in Society, to generate money
for projects in each country and in the developing world and to get
the organization going
It was
decided to grant a project in Costa Rica, submitted by Dr. J.J.
Madriz-Alfaro
who reported on an earlier project in last newsletter.
Election
of officers was done. At the next meeting Dr. S. Prasansuk will
become
President of HI.
The Center's Committee discussed
the progress of the reports from and on the
recognized Centers and reported
good progress.
The General Assembly discussed the
proposals and generally accepted the
proposals. Other organizations
should be involved in Hearing International like the IFHHP.
Further meetings of hearing International
Prof. S. Prasansuk of Bangkok organizes
each year a successful update course
for the Asean area. This course
was held in Cha-Am Beach. At the same time a
further meeting of Hearing International
was organized. It was concluded that
stronger action was needed to keep
momentum in Hearing International activities.
This will be further discussed
at future meetings. The yearly meeting, usually
taking place in London, will be
organized in connection with a symposium
organized in Kyoto, Japan, by the
parting President of HI Prof. Dr. Jun Suzuki,
who has recently set up an internet
site for Hearing International,
www.med.teikyo-u.ac.jp/~hi-japan/.
Information on this symposium is available on the website.
Further information on hearing International
can be obtained from the
Secretary-General of Hearing International,
Prof. Valerie Newton, e-mail:
newton@fs1.ed.man.ac.uk or by mail:
Prof. V.E. Newton, Centre of Audiology,
University of Manchester, Dept.
of Education of the Deaf and Speech Pathology, Oxford Road, Manchester,
M13 9PL Manchester, UK
WHO introduced a classification
for impairment, disability and handicap in
1980. This ICIDH classification
has been widely used. WHO is now
proposing a new classification
system, ICIDH-2 and is testing it out.
As a general point of interest to
our readership we want to ask your attention for a new proposal for the
classification of disabilities and handicaps. The earlier version was published
in 1980 and listed a disease or disorder as the cause of an impairment,
leading to a disability which was experienced by the suffer as a handicap.
A draw-back of this classification
system is that it isolates the patient and does not take into account what
an impairment means for his next of kind and environment (work, friends
etc.).
A new definition has been proposed
and its functionality is being tested at present. In this system an impairment
of function or structure lead to a limitation of activities of a person.
This restricts the participation of the patient in his environment and
in Society in general.
Information can be obtained from
WHO,
www.who.int/msa/mnh/ems/icidh/index.htm.
Here you can find an excellent
PowerPoint presentation for downloading
explaining the reasons for the change and the new definitions in relation
to the old definition. It would be a good idea to adopt the new definitions
for use in our Journal.
In 2000 the 25th International Congress
of Audiology will be held in the
Hague, the Netherlands
25th ISA congress in 2000
Hans Verschuure, President, e-mail:president@audiology-2000.org
The next congress of the ISA will
be held in the Hague, the Netherlands between 27 and 31 August 2000. The
congress will be hosted by the Dutch Society of Audiology and the EHIMA.
Please note the new date. The date was shifted because the congress would
then coincide with the European Soccer Championship held in Belgium and
the Netherlands. It made prices sore and hotel rooms unavailable. The alternative
date was discussed at the General Assembly in Buenos Aires and this date
seemed to suit the most people.
We want to ask your attention for
a couple of matters. First of all you can read
about the congress at the web site
www.audiology-2000.org. This site carries the most recent information and
will allow you to register for the congress.
The organization will be somewhat
different from what you have been used to up to now. The same is the three
round tables. The themes were discussed in Buenos Aires. They are 2-hour
sessions on
Pediatric
Audiology including diagnostics and management of infants
Moderator:
Sharon Fujikawa
Molecular
Biology and Hearing Impairment
Moderator:
Richard Smith
Hearing
Aid Technology
Moderator:
Hans Verschuure
Free paper sessions will be organized
on these themes. They will be divided into instructional courses, basic-level,
intermediate-level and advanced-level presentations. The rules of these
different types of sessions are laid down in a policy statement that you
can download from the internet site. The
text is:
Policy statement ISA 2000
The organization of the ISA congresses
has been very similar for many years.
Due to changes in policy regarding
accreditation and the diversification and
change in the educational level
of people working in the field of Audiology, the
organizational structure of the
congresses have to change accordingly. It requires to take into consideration
differences in goal and level of presentations, differences in interest
and educational level of the audience and accreditation for continuous
education. We propose the following guidelines for organizing the ISA congress
in 2000:
Types and levels of presentations
Presentations can be given in the
following categories:
Science-related
papers
Clinical
papers
Tutorials
Commercial
papers
Each paper should be indicated by
level as
Basic
Intermediate
Advanced
Each presenter should indicate type
and level of the intended presentation. The
scientific committee can overrule
the indication by the author based on the
abstract or additional information
Quality Standards
Quality standards regarding a research
project for science-related studies as far as they are applicable
the research
question
the theoretical
model of the study
the selection
procedure of materials, animals or subjects
the blinding
and balancing of subject groups and control groups
the stratification
of groups
the use
of the testing methods
the use
of methods of statistical analysis or any other type of analysis
the interpretation
of the data
the conclusion
Quality standards regarding a research
project for clinical studies g as far as they are applicable
The clinical
question
The method
of investigation
A description
of the patient(s) or patient group(s) or the animals or the
samples
used in the study
The statistical
methods used for the analysis
The interpretation
of the data
The conclusion
Quality standards regarding tutorials
as far as applicable
A topic
of interest for a well-defined target group
A survey
of existing literature and knowledge
A contribution
to the expansion of the common insight of the target
audience
Quality standards regarding commercial
presentations as far as applicable
Information
on new equipment
New information
on existing equipment
Documented
data to support the information
Commercial presentations
Commercial presentations are given
outside the responsibility of the scientific or congress organizing committee
and are indicated in the program as such. The organizing committee may
decide to limit the number of commercial presentations. People employed
by commercial companies may present a paper in a scientific session if
they follow the rules set out for that session. They have to request this
and provide evidence that their presentation will fulfil the quality standards
of the session in which they want to present their paper. Product presentations
can only be presented in the commercial sessions and are outside the responsibility
of the scientific committee.
Abstracts
Abstract shall fulfil certain criteria
to make it possible to judge them for
acceptance and rating. These are
as formulated in the quality standards. Include data and conclusions in
the abstract and refrain as much as possible from sentences like "data
or conclusions will be discussed". Try and be precise in the information
mentioned in the quality section.
Accreditation
Educational credit points can be
given for attendance of presentations depending on its level and the professional
capacity in which the accreditation is required. There shall be a method
of monitoring attendance to presentations for which accreditation points
may be earned. The organizers will look into the possibilities of separate
attendance registration per session.
The organizers will contact the
organizations that they know to have an
accreditation system. People belonging
to organizations that have not been
approached, can inform the organization
committee of the congress. The
information on accreditation will
be made available to Congress Organizing
Committee of the ISA for later
use.
End of Policy statement
Next to these themes a number of
themes have been chosen around which free
papers are invited. Each of these
structured sessions starts with a 20-minute
introduction on the topic. Usually
there are two parallel sessions on the theme,
either split between advanced and
basic level or between research and clinical.
Most of the themes are linked to
the themes of the Round Tables. We have
chosen the following themes:
speech-
and language development, research and clinical papers
psychophysics,
basic research and applied research
cochlear
vulnerability including noise induced hearing loss, aging,
oto-toxicity
etc, research and clinical aspects
Fitting
strategies
Hearing
aid performance and benefit measures
Audiology
in the developing world, training and distribution systems
Central
processes
Genetics
and hearing, research and clinical aspects
Oto-acoustic
emissions
Screening
The list is not exhaustive and if
someone feels we missed an important issue,
please, suggest the topic to us.
Apart fro this undoubtedly interesting
program, we are organizing a number of
social activities. We hope for
good weather. It will enable us to show
you something of our rich history
and of present day activities. Our "golden age" was the 16th and 17th century
when Dutch ships sailed the seas and discovered or contacted many new lands
and founded a lot of coastal cities. It resulted in special things like
the Delft blue pottery.
We also will organize a partners'
program.
If you have any questions, please
visit our website, write or e-mail us. We
look forward to seeing you in the
Hague in the year 2000.
The ISA is going through a change
in its structure. At the General Assembly
meeting in Bari in 1996 the revised
Statutes and Bylaws were passed. They
were implemented at the General
Assembly meeting in Buenos Aires in
September 1998. Here we give some
of the consequences of this
restructuring.
Restructured ISA
The first elections according to
the new rule took place in Buenos Aires. It implies
that the general structure is now
a small Executive Committee comparable to the
old Board and a general Assembly
made up of elected representatives of the
membership. A lot of the actual
work will be done in standing committees made up
of officers of the Society and
representatives from the General Assembly. To
make the structure clear we present
you with the names and addresses of all the
people involved in the new structure.
Please, use this list if you want to approach
someone within the Society.
The new Executive Committee exist
of the following people with address, phone
number, fax number and e-mail address:
President:
Prof.Dr. G. Mencher,
80 Spinnaker
Drive, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3N 3B5, Canada, +1 902 423
7354,
+1 902 423 0981, mencher@is.dal.ca
Past-President:
Prof.Dr J. Kanzaki
Dept.ORL,
School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinama-Machi
Shinioko-Ku,
Tokyo 160, Japan, +81 3 353 1211, +81 3 5379
0335,jkanzaki@med.keio.ac.jp
President-Elect:
Prof.Dr. A. Quaranta
Via Abbrescia
78/c, I-70121 Bari, Italy,audiolog@cimedoc.uniba.it
Secretary-General:
Dr. J. Verschuure
Molenlaan
299, NL-3055 GG Rotterdam, Netherlands, +31 10 463 4586,
+31 10
463 4240, verschuure@kno.fgg.eur.nl
Assistant
Secretary General: Prof.Dr. A. Parving
Dept.
Of Audiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, DK-2400 Copenhagen NV,
Denmark,
+45 3531 2717, +45 3531 3951 bbhaudap@pip.dknet.dk
Editor-in-Chief:
Prof.Dr. J.-M. Aran
Audiologie
Experimentale, Unit INSERM 229, Hopital Pellegrin, Place
Amelie
Raba Leon, F-33076 Bordeaux, France, +33 56 24 20 47, +33 56 96
29 84,
Jean-Marie.Aran@bordeaux.inserm.fr
A representative
of the General Assembly: Dr. W.G. Noble
Head,
School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW
2351,
Australia, +61 2 6773 2528, +61 2 6773, wnoble@metz.une.edu.au
A representative
of the affiliated members: Prof.Dr. M. Downs
Div. Otol,
Univ. of Colorado, Medical Center, 4200 E 9th Ave, Denver, CO
80220,
USA, heartoday@aol.com
Next we have a General Assembly
consisting of a representation of the
membership weighted for differences
in numbers per region:
Africa
Dr. M.J.
D'Cruz, P.O. Box 43774, Nairobi, Kenia,
bouchardspg@form-net.com
Dr Mohammed
Shabana, 33 Abdulkalik Sarwat, Cairo, Egypt, +202
3411065,
+202 3411771, shabana@mednet2.camed.eun.eg
Asia
Prof.Dr.
S. Prasansuk, Otological Center; Bangkok Unit, ORL-Dept.,
Sirriraj
Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10600, Thailand,
sispa@mahidol.ac.th
Dr. H.
Hendarto, Cik di Tiru II, no 4, Djakarta, Indonesia,
indohear@indosat.net.id
Europe
Prof.Dr.
S. Arlinger, Dept. Audiology, University Hospital, S-581 85
Linköping
, Sweden, +46 13 22 14 27,+46 13 12 51 42
Stig.Arlinger@oto.liu.se
Prof.
E Arslan, Dept. of Audiology and Phoniatric, University of Padova –
Policlinico,
Via Giustiniani 2, I-35128 PADOVA, +39 49 8212037, +39 49
8754288,arslaned@ux1.unipd.it
Dr. A.
Davis, MRC Institute of Hearing Research, University Park,
Nottingham
NG7 2RD, UK, +44 115 922 3431, +44 115 951 8503,
acd@ihr.mrc.ac.uk
Dr. J.J.
Barajas de Prat, C/Perez de Rozas 8, 38004 Santa Cruz de
Tenerife,
Canary Islands, Spain, barajas@iic.vanaga.es
Dr. J.L.
Collette, 92 Rue de la Victoire, F-75009 Paris, France
Prof.
Dr. George Tavartkiladze, Research Centre for Audiology & Hearing
Rehabilitation,
18 Bakuleva Street, 117513 Moscow, Russia, +7 095 438
6548,
+7 095 433 2753, geotav@caudio.msk.ru
Prof.Dr.
F. Akdas, Ethem Efendi Cad. No:9 Flat 8, Erenkoy, 81060
Istanbul,
Turkey, fakdas@marun.edu.tr
Prof.Dr.
J. Kiessling, Funktionsbereich Audiologie,
Justus-Liebig-Universität
Giessen, Feulgenstrasse 10, 35385 Giessen,
Germany,
+49 641 99 43790, +49 641 99 43799,
juergen.kiessling@hno.med.uni-giessen.de
Dr.Ir.
J.A.P.M. de Laat, Audiologisch Centrum Afd. KNO, Academisch
medisch
Centrum Leiden, Rijnsburgerweg 10, Leiden, the Netherlands,
deLaat@rullf2.LeidenUniv.nl
Prof.Dr.
E. Laukli, ENT Department, University Hospital, P.O. Box 34,
9038 Tromso,
Norway, +47 77 62 7375, +47 77 62 7369,
einar.laukli@rito.no
Dr. Martti
Sorri, Center for Wellness Technology, University of Oulu,
Kiviharjuntie
11, 90220 Oulu, Finland, +358 8 53 72 444, +358 8 53 72 443,
msorri@cc.oulu.fi
Dr. Paul
Govaerts, University Dept of Otolaryngology, St Augustinus
Hospital,
Oosterveldlaan 24, 2610 Antwerp-Wilrijk, Belgium, +32 34 43
3614,
+32 34 43 3611, govaerts@uia.ua.ac.be
North America
Dr. P.G.
Berruecos, Mexican Inst. of Hearing & Speech-Language, Av.
Progreso
141-4, Col. Escandon, 10200 Mexico City, Mexico, * 52 5 277
6444,
* 52 5 277 6821, imal@mail.internet.com.mx
Prof.
P.W. Alberti, 259 Glencairn Avenue, Toronto 12, Ontario M5N 1T8,
Canada,
alberti@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca
Prof.Dr.
D.J. Lilly, 685 N.W. Melinda Ave, Portland, Oregon 97210, USA
Dr. M.
Lopez-Vazquez, Mexican Inst. Hearing-Speech-Language, Av.
Progreso
141 A Col. Escandon, Mexico DF 11800, Mexico, +52 5 277
6444,
+52 5 277 6821 monilv@hotmail.com
Prof.
T.C. Picton, Rotman Research Inst., Baycrest Centre, 3560 Bathurst
Street,
New York, Ont M6A 2E1, Canada,
Prof.Dr.
R.S. Tyler, Dept ORL, University Hospitals and Clinics of
University
of Iowa City, 200 Hawkins Drive E230, Iowa City, IA
52242-1078,
USA, +1 319 356 2471, +1 319 353 6739,
Rich-Tyler@uiowa.edu
Dr. T.J.
Glattke, Dept. Speech & Hearing Sciences, Univ Arizona, Tucson,
AZ 85721,
USA, +1 520 621-7065, +1 520 621-9901 glattke@u.arizona.edu
Prof.
S. Fujikawa, 10 Goldstone, Irvine, CA 92714, USA, +1 714 634 5753,
+1 714
634 5747,
Prof.Dr.
S. Gerber, Dept. of Communication Disorders (MS-106), Eastern
Washington
Un., 526 5th Str., Cheney, WA 99004-2495, USA,
segerber@ewu.edu
South America
Prof.Dr
J.A. Schwartzman, British Hospital, ENT Department, Perdriel 74,
1280 Buenos
Aires, schwartz@pinos.com
Dr. J.J.
Madriz, P.O. Box 223, San Jose 1007, Costa Rica, 1 506 231-0912,
+1 506
290-2966, jmadriz@cariari.ucr.ac.cr
Prof.Dr.
I.C.R. Russo, Rua Teixeira da Silva, 487 Apto 64, Sao Paulo,
04002-032,
Brazil, +55 11 884 2528, +55 11 885 1114, ieda@nea.com.br
Western Pacific
Dr. R.
Cowan, c/o Australian Bionic Ear and Hearing Res Ins., 384-388
Aubert
Street, East Melbourne, Vict 3002, Australia, +61 3 9283 7500, +61
3 9283
7518, r.cowan@medoto.unimelb.edu.au
Prof.
Dr. Jun Kusakari, Professor and Chairman of Otolaryngology,
Institute
of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai,
Tskuba
305-8575, Japan, +81 298 53 3210, +81 298 53 3147,
jun_kusa@md.tsukuba.ac.jp
Dr. L.J.
Upfold, 4 Eaton Road, West Pennant Hills, NSW 2125, Australia
Dr. Hiroshi
Wada, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tohoku
University,
Aoba-yama 01, Sendai 980-8579, Japan, +81 22 217 6938, +81
22 217
6939, wada@cc.mech.tohoku.ac.jp
Dr. R.C.
Bishop, 1 Salisbury Terrace, Wellinton 2, New Zealand
Prof.Dr.
Junghak Lee, Hallym University Medical Center, 94-200
Yongdungpo-Dong,
Seoul 150-020, Korea, +82 2 639 5482, +82 2 678 2521,
leejh@sun.hallym.ac.kr
Next there are a number of standing
Committees. These are:
Congress
Organizing Committee:
Mencher
(EC), Kanzaki (EC), Verschuure (EC), Schwartzman (1998). De
Laat (2000),
Cowan (2002), Kiessling (GA)
Scientific
Committee:
Mencher
(EC), Verschuure (EC), Aran (EC), de Laat (congress 2000),
Arlinger
(GA), Stephens (GA)
Publication
Committee:
Mencher
(EC), Quaranta (EC), Verschuure (EC), Laukli (GA), Madriz
(GA)
New Membership
Phonak scholarship
The new rules have made different
types of membership possible. We can now and would like very much to accommodate
also associated members, people working in the field but without having
a University degree. They can now apply for membership. We think that it
would be useful for students of Audiology, who fall into this category,
to become members at a somewhat lower rate. The Phonak hearing aid company
was willing to start a bursary system allowing students (with proof of
being so provided by their institution) to become associate members and
receive the Journal Audiology for only $25 for a year. Please, do apply.
Affiliated membership
Another form of membership is the affiliated membership of
national or regional Societies. In this category we welcome very
warmly the Deutsche Gemeinschaft für Audiologie
