ACI Alliance sponsors annual conferences featuring expert speakers from across the treatment continuum - surgeons, audiologists, speech language pathologists, educators and researchers.  For more information on Auditory Brainstem Implants (ABIs) explored during these conferences, please click the links below.

CI2017 Pediatrics San Francisco

• Electrically-Evoked ABR (EABR) for Potential ABI Candidates via Endoscopically-guided, Direct Round Window Stimulation, John Germiller, MD, PhD
• Longitudinal Changes in Electrically Evoke Auditory Event-Related Potentials in Children with Auditory Brainstem Implants, Shuman He, MD, PhD
• Auditory Brainstem Implantation is Beneficial For Prelingually Deaf Children, Robert Behr, MD

CI2016 International Toronto

• Position of Auditory Brainstem Implant Electrode Influences Audiometric Outcomes and Side Effects: Samuel Barber MS, United States
• Auditory Brainstem Implant in Pediatric Cases: Lutz Gaertner PhD, Germany

CI2015 DC

• Pediatric Auditory Brainstem Implantation: New Challenges for Audiologists: Laurie Eisenberg, PhD 
• Surgical Placement and Complications of ABI in Children: J. Thomas Roland, MD
• Speech and Language Development in ABI Candidates: Setting Expectations: Lillian Henderson, MSP
• Cochlear Nerve Deficiency: Cochlear Implant or Auditory Brainstem Implant?: Holly Teagle: AuD
• Case Presentation: Cochlear Implantation with Absent Cochlear Nerve on MRI: Jeff Carron, MDClinically Sponsored Investigations: Navigating the Regulatory and Funding Hurdles for Single-Sided Deafness and Auditory Brainstem Implants: Laurel Fisher, PhD

CI2014 Pediatrics Nashville

• When a Cochlear Implant is No Longer an Option: ABI Management and Outcomes of a 11-Year Old Child at 16 Months Post: Beth Holstad
• The UNC Pediatric Auditory Brainstem Implant Feasibility Study: Team Approach to Patient Management and Review of Outcomes to Date: Craig Buchman
• Auditory Preception After Auditory Brainstem Implantation: Early Experience: William Shapiro
• Auditory, Speech and Language Outcomes Post Auditory Brain stem Implant in a Child with Down's Syndrome: Linda Daniel