09-11, 17:30–18:00 (Europe/Istanbul), Audiology 2
Description and Background
We live in an acoustically complex world, and our capacity to detect, perceive, monitor and identify salient sounds from the continuously changing acoustic environment is crucial to our wellbeing and survival. Multiple strands of research indicate that auditory function shapes brain function across the life span and that it is reciprocally connected with language and cognitive function. The responsible mechanisms for this interconnectedness and to what extent these are affected by a range of factors in different stages of life are still investigated.
The aim of this lecture is to introduce this complex topic by discussing how auditory sensory experience may affects the brain circuitry and language and cognitive skills across the life span. Three showcases will be discussed: effects of early life hearing loss on auditory processing and cognition; the relationship between hearing sensitivity, auditory processing and cognitive skills in normal hearing adults who complain of poor speech perception in noise; the relationship between age related hearing loss with auditory processing and dementia.
Outcome Objectives
- Discuss what is known about the interactions between auditory function and cognition across the life span and provide a framework to understand the hearing and cognition interconnectedness
- Discuss the negative effects of altered auditory experience on the individual to highlight the need for investigation and rehabilitation
- Raise awareness of the need to characterise hearing ability with tests beyond audiometry and understand test limitations
To make ENT/Audiology professionals aware that auditory function, that encompasses both hearing sensitivity (“thresholds”) and auditory processing has a complex reciprocal relationship with cognitive skills across the life span. To make them aware about the need to characterise hearing reported symptoms in detail with appropriate tests beyond audiometry. To provide a framework for audiology involved professionals to understand the hearing and cognition interconnectedness when assessing and managing their paediatric and adult clients.
Doris- Eva Bamiou MD MSc PhD FRCP is Professor in Neuroaudiology ( UCL Ear Institute), Consultant in Audiovestibular Medicine (UCLH) and Sub Theme Lead of the NIHR UCLH BRC (Deafness and Hearing). She conducts translational research in Neuro-Audiology, i.e. the intersection of Audiology, Vestibular Medicine and Cognitive Neuroscience. She received the Pat Jobson Prize (British Association of Audiological Physicians, 2002), the Edith Whetnall prize ( Royal Society of Medicine, 2012), Thomas Simm Littler Prize (British Society of Audiology, 2017) and George Harris People’s Choice Award (BSA 2024). She directs the Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) advanced masterclass and Master’s module, and the MSc in Audiovestibular Medicine strand of Advanced Audiology at UCL.
Martin Kompis is professor at the University of Bern, Switzerland, and head of audiology at the ENT-Departement of the Inselspital (university hospital) in Bern. He has received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich in 1993, and his Medical degree (M.D.) from the University in Zurich in 1995. After a post-doc at Purdue University, Indiana (U.S.A.) he has become head of audiology at the department of otolaryngology at the University Hospital of Bern, where he has been working since 1997. He has published more than 100 scientific peer-reviewed papers and several books, including a standard text book on audiology in German and Italian.