LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • To be aware of  the pros and cons of hearing implantable solutions
  • Identify candidates for hearing implantable solutions for Adult and children as well as in the presence of single-sided deafness, chronic infection and inner ear deformity
  • Identify the inner ear anomalies as well as risks and benefits of each implantable hearing solutions
  • Aware of  the range of outcomes that may be achieved by cochlear implanted adult and children; Identify candidates and limitations of Auditory Brainstem Implantation (ABI)
  • Aware of  the impact of the home environment on language development in children with cochlear implants
  • Aware of hearing preservation in adult and children receiving cochlear implants
  • Provide updated guidelines and clinical practices for the evaluation of patients with hearing loss and for the formulation of a strategy between versus surgical management
  • Contract between the different etiologies of chronic otitis media and its potential complications, to formulate a management strategy.
  • Provide update regarding current indications, selection criteria, contraindications, expected outcomes, and complications associated with each implantable hearing devices.
  • Provide updates regarding the latest diagnostic, treatment counselling and rehabilitation options and procedures for dizzy patients
  • Provide updates regarding Tinnitus evaluation and management in order to formulate an appropriate treatment strategy
  • Assess the patient with common ear diseases, and know all the current diagnostic and treatment modalities available.
  • Come up with new guidelines on the treatment of common ear problems in middle east
  • Recognize the latest technologies for investigating ear disease  
  • Consider how to provide effective presentation, learning and assessment in different clinical settings
  • Assess patients with common causes of delay speech and be aware of SLP Techniques for the Management of Common Disorder
  • Formulate a surgical management strategy for patients with chronic otitis failing medical management, in order to minimize complications, and maximize clinical outcomes
  • Determine the limitations, risks, potential complications, for ear surgery, and formulate an appropriate surgical strategy that is consistent with realistic patient expectation.
  • Assess the patient with ear complaints, and differentiate between the different types of common noninfectious and infectious types. Formulate appropriate medical and/or surgical treatment strategies.
  • Determine which patients are appropriate for a variety of in-office procedures, and know the proper preoperative preparation and surgical technique to use.
  • Stand with the recent updates in the assessment and management of voice, speech and language disorders
  • Evaluating current management strategies in hearing loss and hearing screening, to come up with solid strategies which will be followed in all hearing rehabilitation centers in the middle east.
  • Evaluation of risk factors associated with noise induced hearing loss.