09-11, 16:30–17:30 (Europe/Istanbul), Otology 4
Description This explores the vital link between hearing preservation and well-being in older adults, emphasizing cognitive and social impacts.
Outcome Objectives
Identify signs of age-related hearing loss.
Understand its direct connection to cognitive decline.
Implement proactive audiological care strategies.
Background Unmanaged hearing loss in seniors significantly accelerates isolation, depression, and dementia risk. Early intervention is essential for maintaining a high quality of life and healthy, active aging.
- Surgical anatomy of the inner ear
- Controversies in the diagnosis and the management of otosclerosis
- Innovative Inner Ear
- Why ENT should Be Involved in Who ICOPE Program
- Intratympanic steroid injection in the treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss – A systematic review
- Otosclerosis
- Standard Neurotological Examination – The First Step towards an AI Interpretation.
- IFOS educational courses around the world
- How to predict Hearing Aid Outcomes Using AI
Graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra in 1980, Doctor of
Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra and Specialty in Otorhinolaryngology in
the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University Clinic of Navarra, 1982-1985. Doctor
Honoris Causa. Issued by the University of San Pablo de Tucumán, Argentina, March, 2014
Clinical Consultant of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University Clinic of
Navarra since 1992 and Director of the Cochlear Implants program of the University of
Navarra since 1989.
Director of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University Clinic of Navarra since
June 2015.
He is Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of
Navarra.
The research activity has been carried out in the general area of Otology-Otoneurology, and he
is Coordinator of the Bioengineering Center of the University of Navarra.
He has more than 100 articles published in national and international journals, 60 book
chapters, monographs and 9 books.
He has participated in more than 900 conferences, round tables, national and international
instruction courses.
He is a member of different scientific societies and editorial boards and has received numerous
awards.
- Surgical anatomy of the inner ear
- Surgical anatomy of the inner ear. Clinical applications
- Surgical Aspects of Vestibular Implantation
- Cochlear Implantation in SSD and Asymmetrical Hearing Loss
- Cholesteatoma: From pathophysiology to clinical management
- Gene therapy with AAV-hOTOF for autosomal recessive deafness
- Stem cells in otology
- Inner ear regeneration therapy
Nicholas Reed AuD PhD is a clinical audiologist and public health researcher currently servicing as the Vice President of Audiology Research and Innovation at Amplifon SpA where he supports developing and translating best practice research to over 15000 hearing care clinics across the globe. Prior to his current role, he spent 12 years as faculty in academia and retains adjunct appointments in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health from and in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine. His research focused on surveillance of hearing care and hearing care policy in the United States, as well as the association between hearing loss and aging outcomes, such as cognitive decline and healthcare utilization, and whether intervention ameliorates those associations.