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Thursday, July 11, 2019

9:10 AM John Niparko Memorial Lecture: Sound Processing in Healthy and Hurting Brain: What Have We Learned from Music and Concussion? Nina Kraus, PhD

10:10 AM Beyond the CI: The Role of Therapy, Education and Family Engagement Chairs: Ivette Cejas, PhD; Nancy Mellon, MS

• Family Engagement in Cochlear Implant Therapy and Education: Promoting Resilience for Children Experiencing Adversity Jenna Voss, PhD, CED, LSLS Cert. AVEd.
• Parents’ Engagement in a Cochlear Implant Orientation Program Bruna Youssef
• Getting the Word Out: Raising Awareness of Opportunities for Today’s Children With Hearing Loss Teresa Caraway, PhD
• Cochlear Implants and Lack of Follow-Up: An Ethical Dilemma Maria Leno, AuD
• Family Input to Program Development and Improvement Joni Alberg, PhD
• Exploring the Identities of Hearing Parents Who Chose Cochlear Implantation for their Children with Hearing Loss Brittan Barker, PhD
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: A Parent Coaching Intervention Targeting Language, Behavior, and Maternal Sensitivity Elizabeth Adams Costa, PhD

10:10 AM Variability of CI Outcomes: Is it Device, Mapping or Cognition? Chairs: David Landsberger, PhD; Mario Svirsky, PhD 

• A Novel Approach for Electrical Stimulation of the Cochlear Apex David Landsberger, PhD 
  
• Neuromodulation Enhances Plasticity in a Rodent Model of Cochlear Implant Use Erin Glennon 
  
• Use of Intra-Cochlear Electro-Cochleography to Estimate Cochlear Implant Electrode Location within the Cochlea Aniket Saoji, PhD

10:10 AM Genes/Surgical Issues Chairs: Ronna Hertzano, MD; Hao Wu, MD

• Global Impact and Screening Strategy for Deafness Genes in CI Patients Xue Liu, MD, PhD 
• The Effect of Gene Mutations on Neural Response of the ElectricallyStimulated Auditory Nerve in Children Shuman He, MD, PhD 
• Delayed Pain in Cochlear Implant - A Tailored Treatment Plan According to An Etiology-Based Classification Yisgav Shapira, MD 
• Clinical Trial of the Capacitive Component of Electrical Impedance in the Cochlea and the Effect of Topical Dexamethasone in Cochlear Implant Surgery Frederico Di Lella, MD 
• Safety of Cochlear Implantation in Children Under 12 Months of Age Kay Chang, MD 
• Early Data from the Prospective Randomized Trial of intracochlear ECogh during Cochlear Implant Surgery Michael Harris, MD

12:40 PM Moving the Field Forward: Expanding Indications & Special Populations Chairs: Sarah Coulthurst, AuD; Ken Kazahaya, MD 

• Improved Speech Perception and Expression in Implanted Individuals Having Dual Diagnosis of Hearing Loss and Autism Spectrum Disorder Adrien Eshraghi, MD, MSc 
  
• Long-Term Outcomes in Children with Congenital CMV Infection and Cochlear Implants Alessandra Murri, MD 
• Managing the Complexities of Cochlear Implantation in Children with CHARGE Syndrome Chrisanda Sanchez, AuD 
• To What Extent Relaxation of Indication for CI Influences Clinical Practice Michal Luntz, MD 
• Speech, Language, and Vocabulary Outcomes in Children with Dual Diagnoses: Hearing Loss and Autism Kathryn Marsh, MA, MEd 
• Auditory and Language Skills Development After Cochlear Implantation in Children with Multiple Disabilities Medhat Yousef, MD, PhD 

• Utilization of Round Window Membrane Surface Tension in Facilitating Slim Electrode Insertion in Cochlear Implant Ihab Nada, MD 
• Individualized Cochlear Implantation Using the Concept of Partial Insertion Thomas Lenarz, Prof. Dr. med. 
  
• Electrophysiologic Changes After ‘Pullback’ of the Slim Modiolar Electrode - First Clinical Impressions Philipp Mittmann, MD 
  
• Cochlear Implantation with a Slim, Modiolar Array Jonathan McJunkin, MD  
• Post Meningitis Ossification and Neurologic Sequelae and its Effect on Speech Perception in Cochlear Implant Recipients Amit Wolfovitz, MD 

• The Long-Term Stability of the Electrical Stapedial Reflex Threshold; A Retrospective Chart Review Cache Pitt, AuD 
• Evaluation of a Modern Remote Microphone DeC72:C79signed to Improve Performance in Small Group Settings with Multiple Talkers Sara Neumann, AuD 
• The Latest and Greatest from the Cochlear Implant Literature for the Clinical Audiologist Jannine Larky, AuD 
• Longitudinal Results of Older Pediatric Sequential Cochlear Implant Recipients Allison Biever, AuD 
• Towards a Consensus About Minimal Outcome Measurements in Paediatric Cochlear Implant Users Griet Mertens, PhD AuD 
  
• How Accurate is Cochlear Implant Scene Classification? Hillary Ganek, PhD 

• Cochlear Implants and Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Experience with Over 100 Studies Performed with Magnets in Place Neil Patel, MD 
• Cochlear Morphologic Factors Associated with Electrode Contact Position with the New Slim Modiolar Electrode Nedim Durakovic, MD 
  

• Reading, Phonological Processing and Writing Outcomes for Adolescents Who Received Their First Cochlear Implant Younger than Two Years and Who are Now Aged 11 to 19 Years Shani Dettman, PhD, MEd 
  

• The Role of Music in Families of Children with Hearing Loss in Australia, Finland and the UK Valerie Looi, PhD 
• Impact of Flat Panel Computed Tomography-Based Cochlear Implant Fittings on Speech, Timbre & Pitch Perception Melanie Gilbert, AuD
  

• Very Early Activation After Cochlear Implantation - Our Experiences in 20 Cases of Children Astrid Magele, MD, PhD 
• Bimodal to Sequential Bilateral - Deciding When and Why Janet Green, AuD 
• Developing International Consensus on the Use of Unilateral Cochlear Implants for Bilateral Severe, Profound, or Moderate Sloping to Profound Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Adults Craig Buchman, MD  
• Unilateral Cochlear Implantation In Older Children: A Case Study Samantha Morgan, AuD 
• Establishment of the Health Related Quality of Life Questionnaire and the Standard Value for Chinese Mandarin Children with Cochlear Implants Haihong Liu, PhD 
• Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Cochlear Implant Mapping: Implications for Clinic Efficiency and Future Directions Teresa Zwolan, PhD 

• Family Support Community for Parents of Children with Cochlear Implants; Anytime, Anywhere Marge Edwards, MS, LSLS Cert AVT 
• Music-Related Quality of Life and Generic Quality of Life in Adolescents with Cochlear Implants Stephanie Fowler, BA 
• Multidisciplinary Cochlear Implant Clinic Improves Evaluation Efficiency and Patient Satisfaction Kenneth Lee, MD, PhD 

• Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct: Hearing Progression and Outcomes in Cochlear Implant Patients Sarah Hodge, MD  
• The Significance of the “Hook” Region Anatomy for the Cochlear Implantation Surgery Vladislav Kuzovkov, MD 
• Surgery for the Basal Turn Ossification of the Cochlea Vladislav Kuzovkov, MD
• Hearing Preservation with Long Electrode Arrays and Implications for Place Based EAS Fitting Brendan O’Connell, MD 
  
• Effectiveness of Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplatation in Cochlear Implantation Jae-Hyun Seo, MD, PhD 
• Evaluating the Efficacy of New Otoprotective Drugs for Cochlear Implantation Trauma with or without Electrical Stimulation using In Vitro and In Vivo Models Adrien Eshraghi, MD, MSc