Workshop on Hearing Screening and new Technologies

Brussels 28 January 2009

Welcome and Introduction: Prof.Dr. Tammo Houtgast, scientific coordinator HearCom,VUmc, NL
Living with Hearing Loss: How Technology can Help: Katherine Phipps, The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), UK
Hearing Screening in Europe: Prof.Dr. Bruno Frachet, Association Presbyacusie, FR
FP7 Research and Policies for Accessible and Assistive ICT: Dr. Rolf Riemenschneider, DG Information Society and Media, EU
Hearing Industry Perspectives for EU funded Hearing Research: Dr. Nikolai Bisgaard, GN Resound, DK
HearCom Products

Development and Implementation of the Dutch Hearing Screening tests : Dr. Cas Smits, VUmc, NL
Hearing Screening tests by Telephone and Internet: HearCom Implementations in several Countries: Dr. Michael Buschermöhle, HörTech, DE
Multilingual Speech tests in several European Countries: Validation and crosslanguage Comparison: Dr. Kirsten Wagener, HZO, DE

Wireless Communication for Hearing Devices and Integration into Wireless Body Area Networking (WBAN): Johan Van Ginderdeuren, NXPSemiconductors, BE
Optimal Codec for Wireless Communication Links: Prof. Dr. Bastiaan Kleijn, KTH, SE
Wireless Public Announcement system for Hearing Devices: Javier Sainz, Moviquity, ES

The Composition of the Auditory Profile: Prof. Dr. Mark Lutman, ISVR, UK
Implementation of the Auditory Profile on OMA: Dr. Daniel Berg, HörTech, DE
Classification of Hearing Impairments using the Auditory Profile and its Relevance for Technical Rehabilitation: Prof.Dr. Wouter Dreschler, AMC, NL

Signal Processing for Hearing Aids: Prof.Dr. Arne Leijon, KTH, SE
Perceptual Evaluation of Signal Enhancement Strategies: Dr. Koen Eneman, KUL, BE
Listening Effort Scaling and Preference Rating for Hearing Aid Evaluation: Dr. Michael Schulte, HZO, DE

Note: some poster have been reduced due to (external) copyright.