IFOS WORLD MASTER COURSE ON HEARING REHABILITATION

IN COLLABORATION WITH

GCC OTOLOGY, DUBAI, UAE

FOR MORE INFORMATION ifosworld.org & ifosuae.com

Hussain Abdul Rahman Al Rand (UAE)Ahmad Alamadi (UAE)Abdulkarim AlSaei (BAHRAIN)Abdulmonem H. Al Shaikh (SAUDI ARABIA)Ahmad AlShamsi (UAE)Mohammad AlShehabi (BAHRAIN)Sarah AlShehri (SAUDI ARABIA)Firas Alzoubi (JORDAN)Sue Archbold (UK)Abdelhamid Benghalem (MOROCCO)Pierre Bertholon (FRANCE)Vincent Cousins (AUSTRALIA)Reham Elrashidy (UAE)Elias El Eter (LEBANON)

Mohamed Fawzy (UAE) Bernard Fraysse (FRANCE)Bertrand Gardini (FRANCE)Abdulrahman Hagr (SAUDI ARABIA)Mohan Kameswaran (INDIA)Jamal Kassouma (SYRIA)Mohamed Ibrahim Shabana (EGYPT)Mark Laureyns (ITALY)Julie Ligetti (AUSTRALIA)Thierry Mom (FRANCE)Milan Profant (SLOVAK REPUBLIC)Hung Thai Van (FRANCE)Christophe Vincent (FRANCE)

SPEAKERS

28-29-30 MARCH 2019

Dubai - United Arab Emirates

TOPICS Action for Global Hearing Health

New Trends in Audiology and Hearing Aid

Management and Rehabilitation Vestibular Disorders

Auditory Implant

Video Session on Middle Ear Surgery

Innovation in Otology

Update Guideline and Clinical Cases Discussion

NEXT COURSE SOUTHEAST ASIA November 24-26, 2019 in Vietnam

Dear Colleagues,

programme of the third WORLD IFOS MASTER COURSE ON HEARING REHABILITATION to be held in Dubaï on March 28-30, 2019.

This course adresses the requirements of the IFOS global missions: to promote the specialty all around

The course has been made possible mostly with the collaboration of the GCC and the French ENT Association (SFORL).

We really hope that many of you will join us in Dubai.

COURSE ORGANIZER

PRACTICALINFORMATION

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Bernard FRAYSSE IFOS President

Hussain AL RAND IFOS Regional Secretary

Milan PROFANTIFOS General Secretary

LocationIntercontinental Dubai - Festival City

P.O Box 45777United Arab Emirates

DatesMarch 28-30, 2019

Emailifosuae@mci-group.com

Registration to the IFOS World Master Course on

Hearing Rehabilitation

www.ifosworld.org &

ifosuae.com

PROGRAM

THURSDAY, MARCH 28 FRIDAY, MARCH 29 SATURDAY, MARCH 30

IFOS global missions B. Fraysse, M. Profant

Global burden of hearing loss and WHO’s responseHussain Al Rand

Hearing loss: an issue for public health planningS. Archbold

Economic Impact of hearing loss: the different systemsof hearing management M. Laureyns

Role of foundations and manufactures in public policyadvocacy J. Ligetti

RT1: Strategies to improve access of hearinghealth care and assistive technologies• Moderator: B. Fraysse• Panelists: Hussain Al Rand, F. Alzoubi, A. AlShaikh, M. Laureyns, M. Kameswaran • National and international examples of initiatives to facilitate use of hearing assistive devices. • OTC (Over-The Counter) hearing aids and amplification device • The help of telemedicine to hearing devices fitting • How to stablish a national training program in audiology • Strategies for auditory rehabilitation program. • Which is the space for middle ear implantable heating aids

• RT2 : Universal new born screening: the good model• Introduction : A. AlShaikh, “Early Detection of Deafness and Neonatal Hearing Screening”• Moderator: H. Thai Van• Panelists: M. Shabana, A. Hagr, R. Elrashidy, Al. Alshaikh

• RT3: How to build a global plan in humanitarian mission T. Mom, B. Gardini • Training model and infrastructure • Long-term sustainability • Measuring performance • Collaborative research

Coffee Break

ACTION FOR GLOBAL HEARING HEALTH

ROUND TABLES

• Audiological diagnosis after newborn screening H. Thai Van• Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD): Implications for Evaluation and Management M. Safieh• Speech audiometry: from diagnosis to hearing aid C. Vincent• Hearing and Cognition H. Thai Van• Clinical case discussions S. Alshehri

Discussion Moderators: H. Thai Van & Hussain Al Rand

• Bedside neuro-otological examination and interpretation of commonly used tests P. Bertholon• Vertigo in the emergency department P. Bertholon• How to evaluate and treat Menière patient in 2018 T. Mom• BPPV advanced diagnosis and management A. Alamadi• Vestibular migraine M. Fawzy Clinical case discussions E. Eter

Discussion Moderators: T. Mom & E. Eter

• Prescribing adjusting and evaluating hearing aid performance in children H. Thai Van• Binaural and bilateral consideration in hearing aid fitting M. Laureyns• Assessing outcomes of hearing aids in adults Mark Laureyns• Middle ear implant: where are we now? M. Profant• Rerouting signal in single side deafness C. Vincent• Clinical case discussions A. AlShamsi

AUDIOLOGY

• Hearing aid or surgery in otosclerosis B. Fraysse• How to close a tympanic membrane perforation F. Alzoubi• Classification of cholesteatoma and surgical strategies M. Profant & B. Fraysse• Mastoïd obliteration T. Mom• Complications of otitis media V. Cousins

Discussion Moderators: B. Fraysse & V. Cousins

1. Stapes surgery2. Ossiculoplasty3. Obliteration technique4. Meatoplasty and open technique5. Close technique6. Translabyrinthine approach

• The future of inner ear drug delivery C. Vincent• Place of fluroscopy in cochlear implant T. Mom• CI milestone and future K. Al Nouri

Discussion Moderators: B. Gardini & M. Kameswaran

• Evolution and treatment of acoustic neuroma M. Profant• Sudden Hearing Loss IFOS guidelines E. Eter• State of the art in the management of paragangliomas V. Cousins

Discussion Moderators: A. AlShaikh

MIDDLE EAR SURGERY

11:00 13:00 amVIDEO SESSION (8-10 minutes per video)Moderators: A. Benghalem

2:30 4:30 pm

5:00 7:00 pm

INNOVATION IN OTOLOGY

RECOMMENDATIONS AND CLINICALGUIDELINES

EQUILIBRIUM

HEARING AID AND MIDDLE EAR IMPLANTS

AUDITORY IMPLANTS

Lunch and prayer

CONCLUSION: Goal of the nextIFOS HEARING REHABILITATION COURSE – VIETNAM24 / 26 NOVEMBER 2019

• Cochlear Implant selection criteria and pre-operative assessment J. Kassouma• Bilateral CI in children: simultaneous or sequential? A. Hagr• Pediatric cochlear implant in children: surgical technique M. AlShehabi• Cochlear implant and hearing preservation M. Kameswaran• How to improve cochlear implant performance in adults B. Fraysse• Accessibility of cochlear implant around the world / companies point of view• Moderator: C. Vincent • Presentations from Advanced Bionic, Cochlear, Medel & Oticon

Discussion Moderators: A. Hagr & C. Vincent

2:00 4:00 pm 8:00 10:00 am 8:00 10:30 am

10:30 12:00 am

12:00 2:00 pm

2:00 4:00 pm

4:30 7:00 pm

4:00 4:30 pm

4:30 6:30 pm

Discussion Moderators: M. Laureyns & M. Profant