| Dear members of the Auditory List, The abstract submission deadline is quickly approaching for the CIAP meeting to take place this summer, July 16-21 in Lake Tahoe, CA. Student Aid applications are also due by April 15. To submit abstracts and student aid applications go to the ciaphome.org website. Details about the conference can also be found on the website. The preliminary program is as follows: Preliminary Program: CIAP Program Topics and Confirmed Invited speakers for 2017 1. CI Modeling and Speech Processing Strategies a. Laurel Carney: Modeling speech or speech-like signals b. Ian Bruce: Modeling the timing of action potentials in response to cochlear implant stimulation c. Waldo Noguera: Using cochlear implant modeling to improve speech processing strategies 2. Pediatric CIs: assessments, programming and outcomes a. Karen Gordon: Using objective measures to improve programming in children with CIs b. Laurie Eisenberg: Impact of cochlear implants on language outcomes in children c. David Horn; The role of spectral resolution in children with cochlear implants d. Lisa Davidson: bimodal or bilateral CIs and the effects of early acoustic hearing 3. Psychophysics and Temporal Fine Structure a. Brian Moore: Psychophysics to assess cochlear implant function b. Josh Bernstein: Measures of the transmission of temporal fine structure c. Monita Chatterjee: Pitch perception in cochlear implant listeners 4. Bilatera/Bimodal a. Mathias Dietz: What is the best way to provide input to two ears via bilateral cochlear implants b. Chen Chen; Signal processing/programming for bilateral cochlear implants c. Yoojin Chung: Neurophysiology for bilateral hearing 5. Acoustic and Electric Stimulation (AES), Bimodal, and Single-Sided Deafness (SSD) a. David Landsberger: Pitch matching and insertion depth for optimal AES, Bimodal and/or SSD b. Renee Gifford: Bimodal benefit in cochlear implant listeners either AES or Bimodal c. Tobias Rader: Hearing preservation and AES 6. Translating to the clinic/consumer a. Gerard O’Donaghue: Evidence based practice and experimental replication b. Kevin Franck: Translating to clinic and to the market 7. Beyond the CI treatments and interventions a. Yeoash Raphael: Improving cochlear health? b. Ed Rubel: Starting a company to prevent hair cell damage c. Gary Housley: Cochlear implants and gene therapy 8. Speech perception a. Richard Wright: Assessing speech intelligibility and how important are the stimuli b. Deniz Baskent: Voice cues and speech perception c. Matthew Winn: 9. Objective Measures a. Melissa Polonenko: Objective measures to assess CI function in children b. Debi Vickers: Channel selection in cochlear implant listeners c. Carolyn Brown: Acoustically evoked responses from an intracochlear electrode Julie Arenberg (Bierer) and David McAlpine (Conference Chair and co-chair) and Bob Shannon (Conference Administrative Chair) Julie G. Arenberg (Bierer), Ph.D., CCC-A
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