What Can We Learn By Applying Workers’ Hearing Screening To The Elderly?
09-11, 08:15–09:00 (Europe/Istanbul), Audiology 1 (ICC - B3 Floor - 3B/68)

To verify whether it is meaningful to apply hearing screening to elderly people who are not covered by existing hearing screening.


In japan, various types of screening for the elderly are being conducted as part of programs for long-term care prevention and extension of healthy life expectancy, but they do not include evaluation of hearing. Since it is not difficult to add hearing screening, which is already used in workers' health checkups, it is necessary to confirm the usefulness of such screening.

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Prof. Dr. Günay Kırkım is a distinguished Turkish academic specializing in audiology and otorhinolaryngology. She currently serves as a professor in the Department of Medical Services and Techniques at the Vocational School of Health Services, Dokuz Eylül University, where she also leads the Audiometry Program.Dr. Kırkım's academic journey began with a pharmacy degree from Ege University in 1981. She pursued her master's studies in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Dokuz Eylül University, completing them in 1986. She earned her Ph.D. from Marmara University in 2003. She was appointed as an associate professor in audiology in 2010 and achieved full professorship in 2015.Throughout her career, Prof. Dr. Kırkım has made significant contributions to the field of audiology. She has authored over 270 scientific publications and has been cited more than 500 times, reflecting her influence in the academic community. Her research encompasses various areas, including central auditory changes associated with age-related hearing loss, cognitive function in Meniere's disease, and the effects of noise exposure on hearing function.

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1999      Assistant Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nagoya University School of Medicine

2010     Senior Attending Physician in Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Advanced and Restorative Medicine, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology

2011      Lecturer, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Aichi Medical University

2015      Associate professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Aichi Medical University

2022      Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Aichi Medical University

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