Dalia Hassan
Prof. Dalia was graduated with Bachelor of medicine & surgery distinction with first degree honor from Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. Internship and Residency period was in the Audiology unit, ORL Dept. The doctoral degree in Audiology was a joint project with the hereditary hearing loss laboratory University of Antwerp, Belguim. It was the first genetic work up in Egypt related to the connexin 26 whole gene mutations on 2002. The main practice is in the field of pediatric audiovestibular medicine, rehabilitation of Audiovestibular disorders with vast experience in all types hearing devices, as well as genetic hearing loss. She is one of the editorial board in Egyptian Journal of OtoRhinoLaryngology ‘EJO’, and the International Journal of Speech, language pathology and Audiology; a reviewer for the international journal of pediatric ORL & Egyptian journal of ear, nose and throat. Since 2019, she is a member in the Research ethic Committee of Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams university as well as a member in the ORL Dept. research Committee. Being a university professor, she supervises and discussed the master and doctoral thesis for a large number of Audio-vestibular and ENT students. Dr Dalia is a member in the International Association of Physicians in Audiology 'IAPA' and Egyptian Audiovestibular Medicine Association 'EAVMA'.
Session
Background & Aim
Spatial listening is the ability to distinguish a target speech stream from simultaneous distracting noise using auditory spatial awareness. It relies on several factors, including the listener’s hearing thresholds, auditory experience, familiarity with the surrounding environment, motivation, and attention.
Listening in noisy environments is especially challenging for younger children in school settings, where early educational skills are often taught amidst background noise. Spatial processing disorder (SPD) is a significant issue observed in a notable proportion of children diagnosed with auditory processing disorder (APD). This round table will explore spatial listening research work in children
Material & Methods
Psychophysical and electrophysiological measures of spatial listening were condcted on normal children to establish norms for these measures
Results
It showed normal scores of the test that improved with age in both LiSN test and electrophysiological measures
Conclusions
LiSN test is a promising tool for assessing spatial listening as well as electrophysiological measures
Keywords
LiSN test-cortical measures- spatial listening- Auditory processing disorders