Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses

植入式听觉假体会议

基本信息

批准号：
9892998
负责人：
John S Oghalai
金额：
$ 0.01万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-04-01 至 2022-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

This application seeks partial support for the 2017, 2019, and 2021 Conferences on Implantable Auditory Prostheses (CIAP). The 2017 CIAP is scheduled to be held at the Granlibakken Conference Center, Lake Tahoe, CA, July 12-17, 2017. The cochlear implant (CI) is the first neural prosthesis in widespread clinical application. It provides the only effective therapy for restoring sound sensation and speech understanding to the profoundly deaf. Over the past 20 years dramatic improvements in patients' performance with these devices have been achieved. Currently the average speech understanding score for implanted postlingually deafened adults is 80-100% correct. Congenitally deaf children who receive a CI prior to age 2 are achieving nearly normal rates of speech and language development with cochlear implants. CIs provide significant improvement in communication even in postlingually deafened adults who have significant residual acoustic hearing. The auditory brainstem implant, a variation on the cochlear implant that stimulates the cochlear nucleus, can provide speech understanding in children and adults who have no cochlear nerve. These advances have benefitted substantially from the collective efforts of researchers in a broad array of scientific disciplines, from engineering, materials science, and signal processing, to linguistics and cognition. This broad, interdisciplinary collaboration and cooperation has been fostered in large part through this series of biennial research conferences, originating with a 1983 Gordon Conference. These conferences are the only forum related to cochlear implants in which scientific research issues are the sole focus. The long-term goal of this conference series is to generate new research ideas that will improve the design and function of auditory prostheses. The Specific Aims of this proposal are (1) to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest and highest quality basic research on cochlear implants and other auditory prostheses, (2) to provide a meeting venue and atmosphere that is conducive to scientific discussion, brainstorming, and social networking, and (3) to provide an opportunity for young investigators in the field to present their work and network with established investigators. The CIAP conferences use the Gordon Research Conference model of organization, which includes ample time for discussion within the program, ample unstructured time to encourage spontaneous informal discussions and brainstorming, and an isolated “retreat” location so that participants spend almost all their waking hours in the company of other conference participants.

本申请寻求对 2017 年、2019 年和 2021 年会议的部分支持植入式听觉假体 (CIAP) 2017 年 CIAP 计划在 Granlibakken 举行。加利福尼亚州太浩湖会议中心，2017 年 7 月 12 日至 17 日。人工耳蜗 (CI) 是第一个神经系统假体在临床上广泛应用，是恢复声音的唯一有效疗法。过去 20 年来，严重聋人的感觉和言语理解能力发生了戏剧性的变化。目前，这些设备已经实现了患者表现的改善。植入性舌后聋成年人的平均言语理解得分正确率为 80-100%。在 2 岁之前接受 CI 的先天性耳聋儿童的听力恢复率接近正常水平人工耳蜗植入的言语和语言发育可显着改善。即使对于具有显着残余声学听力的语后聋成人来说，也能进行交流。听觉脑干植入物是人工耳蜗植入物的一种变体，可刺激耳蜗核，可以为没有耳蜗神经的儿童和成人提供言语理解。这些进步很大程度上得益于广泛领域研究人员的集体努力一系列科学学科，从工程学、材料科学、信号处理到语言学这种广泛的、跨学科的协作与合作得到了大规模的促进。起源于 1983 年戈登会议的一系列两年一次的研究会议的一部分。这些会议是与人工耳蜗相关、科学研究问题唯一的论坛是唯一的焦点。该会议系列的长期目标是产生新的研究思路，改进听觉假肢的设计和功能该提案的具体目标是 (1) 提供一个展示和讨论最新、最高质量的基础研究的论坛人工耳蜗和其他听觉假体，(2) 提供会议场地和氛围有利于科学讨论、头脑风暴和社交网络，以及 (3) 提供为该领域的年轻研究人员提供展示其工作和与已建立的网络的机会 CIAP 会议采用戈登研究会议的组织模式，其中包括在计划内有充足的讨论时间，以及充足的非结构化时间来鼓励自发的非正式讨论和集思广益，以及一个孤立的“撤退”地点，以便与会者几乎所有醒着的时间都是在其他与会者的陪伴下度过的。