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R&D Workshop Cochlear Implants
July 5-6, 2012, Munich
Local organizing committee: | Prof. Werner Hemmert Michele Nicoletti (BCCN & TU Munich) |  |
Dr. Peter Nopp Christian Wirtz (BCCN Munich & MED-EL Starnberg) | ||
| Organizational support: | Dr. Simone Cardoso de Oliveira (Bernstein Coordination Site) |  |
| Date: | July 5 - July 6, 2012 | |
| Venue: | TU München IMETUM(How to get there) Lecture Hall (ground floor) Boltzmannstr. 11 Garching |
Deadline for registration: May 30, 2012.
The workshop addresses scientists and industry representatives interested in cochlear implant technology.
Program:
Thursday, July 5, 2012:
| 13:00: | Werner Hemmert: Opening |
Binaural Mechanisms | |
| 13:10: | Piotr Majdak (Wien): “Interaural time differences in cochlear implants: single binaural electrode pair and beyond” |
| 13:50: | Stefan Brill (Würzburg): “Unilateral CI in single sided deafness: sound source localisation and spacial release from masking in speech perception" |
14:30: | Coffee Break & Posters |
Coding & Models | |
| 15:00: | Mathias Dietz, Birger Kollmeier (Oldenburg) “Factors influencing speech intellgibility in an auditory model of electric hearing” |
| 15:40: | Reinhold Schatzer (Innsbruck) “A bio-inspired coding strategy for cochlear implants” |
| 16:20: | Michele Nicoletti (München) “Model-based validation framework for coding strategies in cochlear implants” |
| 17:00: | Peter Nopp (Innsbruck) “Pitch coding in cochlear implants” |
| 17:40: | Short presentation of poster contributions |
| 18:00: | Discussion |
20:00: | Dinner at "Frontküche", U2 Station "Theresienstraße" |
Friday, July 6, 2012:
Psychophysical Measurements | |
| 09:00: | Andreas Bahmer, Uwe Baumann (Frankfurt) “The effect of transition in pulse shape and polarity in electrical stimulation on psychoelectric and ECAP responses” |
| 09:40: | Stefan Zirn (München) “Comodulation Masking Release in CI users” |
10:20: | Coffee Break & Posters |
Optical Stimulation Methods & Beyond CIs | |
| 10:40: | Peter Baumhoff, M. Schultz, T. Ripken, Th. Lenarz, A. Kral (Hannover) “Laser-evoked Cochlear Responses depend on Hair Cells and different Absorption Mechanisms” |
| 11:20: | Victor Hernandez, Tobias Moser (Göttingen) “Optogenetic stimulation of the auditory pathway” |
| 12:00: | Roger Calixto, Th. Rode, Th. Lennarz, A. Kral, H. Lim (Hannover) “Cortical Responses to Auditory Midbrain Implants” |
| 12:40: | Discussion and closing remarks |
13:00: | Possibility for Lunch, Max-Planck Canteen |
Participation is free of charge, but non-speakers will have to cover their own travel expenses (incl. accomodation).
To register, please send an e-mail to:
Please make sure to indicate in your mail:
- your affiliation
- your Bernstein Project / your lab head
- whether you will need a hotel room, and for which nights (July 4 and/or 5, 2012).
Slots for participation and hotel rooms will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. Members of the Bernstein Network or its research groups, respectively, will be given preference.