29th Congress of Union of The European Phoniatricians
13-16.6.2018
Finnish Phoniatricians Association
Phoniatrics: the medical specialty of communication and swallowing
UEP AWARDS 2018!
EUROPEAN PHONIATRICS EUHA HEARING AWARD, SPONSORED BY EUHA
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First Place: Scobioala, Sergio, Radiotherapie/Radiooncology, University Hospital of Münster, Germany. “Impact of radiation technique, radiation fraction dose, and total cisplatin dose on hearing Retrospective analysis of 29 medulloblastoma patients”, 2000€
Second Place: Lanvers-Kaminsky, Claudia, University Children’s Hospital Münster, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Germany. “Human OCT2 variant c.808G>T confers protection effect against cisplatin-induced ototoxicity”, 1000€
Third Place: Abou Elsaad, Tamer, Professor of Phoniatrics, Head of Phoniatric Unit, ORL Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. “Developing a new software program “Karawan” for the habilitation of pre-lingual Arabic-speaking cochlear implanted children”, 250€
Third Place: Löhler, Jan, Universital Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Department of Otolaryngology, Germany/ENT Praxis Bad Bramstedt, Germany. “Sensitivity and specificity of the abbreviated profile of hearing aid benefit (APHAB)”, 250€
EUROPEAN PHONIATRICS VOICE AWARD, SPONSORED BY XION
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First Place: Traser, Louisa, Division of Phoniatrics, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head Neck Surgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Switzerland. “Respiratory dynamics in phonation and breathing—A real-time MRI study”, 1500€
Second Place: Fantini, Marco, University of Turin, Department of Surgical Sciences – ENT Division, Italy. "Development and Validation of VOCALFEEL®: An Innovative Device for Vocal Training and Rehabiliation (Thesis)”, 1000€
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Second Place: Ptok, Martin, Hannover Medical School, Clinic for Phoniatrics and Pedaudiology, Hannover, Germany
"Deliberate release of the laryngeal adductor reflex via microdroplet impulses. Development of a device”, 1000€
Third Place: Mauersberger, Renate, Department for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Academic Hospital Niederrhein, Duisburg, Germany. “Lip Vibrations and Vocalisation in Brass Musicians”, 500€
VILKMAN'S BEST POSTER AWARD
The award is given for the first time during the 29th UEP Congress by a generous contribution from Prof. Erkki Vilkman.
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Winner: Dr. Rupal Mehta, Hôpital Civil Marie Curie, Charleroi, Belgium. "A longitudinal research of 10 years of hearing screening in athletes with an intellectual disability", 500 €