The Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer The Hearing, Speech, & Language Center Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery Department of Communication Disorders, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University Cordially invite you to a symposium on Hearing and Hearing Rehabilitation in Older Adults: The Future is Here! Audiological, Medical, Cognitive, & Psychogeriatric Perspectives Tuesday, Sep 6th, 2016 8:00 – 15:00 Beit Sourasky, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 08:30-09:00 Registration Coffee & Cake 09:00-09:15 Welcome and greetings Session 1: Healthy and Unhealthy Aging 09:15-09:35 Healthy Aging Shlomo Noy (MD, PhD), Rehabilitation Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University 09:35-10:15 Hearing Loss and Healthy Aging - A Public Health Perspective Frank Lin (MD, PhD), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 10:15-10:35 Perspectives on the Otological Profile of Older adults Michael Wolf (MD), Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University 10:35-10:55 Risk and Protective Factors for Dementia Michal Beeri (PhD), The Joseph Sagol Neuroscience Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 10:55-11:30 Coffee & light breakfast Session 2: Hearing Rehabilitation: Audiological, Medical, & Cognitive Perspectives 11:30-11:50 Cochlear Implant Surgery in Older Adults – Pitfalls Yisgav Shapira (MD), Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University 11:50-12:10 The Straightforward and the Non-straightforward Cochlear Implant Older Adult Candidate: Expectations and Outcome Michal Luntz (MD), Department of Otolaryngology, Bnai Zion Medical Center; Technion Medical School, Haifa 12:10-12:30 Speech Perception Outcomes and Map Characteristics in Older Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients Ricky Kaplan-Neeman (PhD), The Hearing, Speech, & Language Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer; Department of Communication Disorders, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University 12:30-13:00 Long-term Cognitive and Audiological Results of Cochlear Implantation in Older Adults Isabelle Mosnier (MD), Centre Référent Implant Cochléaire Adulte d’Ile de Paris, France 13:00-13:20 Auditory–cognitive Processing in Older Adults with Cochlear Implants: A Neuroscience Perspective Yael Henkin (PhD), The Hearing, Speech, & Language Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer; Department of Communication Disorders, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University 13:20-13:40 Brain Plasticity in Older Adults: Evidence from Auditory Training Liat Kishon-Rabin (PhD), Department of Communication Disorders, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University 13:40-14:15 Public Health Approaches to Addressing Hearing loss in Older Adults - Early Results and Future Directions Frank Lin (MD, PhD), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 14:15-15:00 Lunch Registration: Marketing department, Sheba Medical Center E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 03-5305000, or 03-5305256 ENTRANCE IS FREE Sponsored by: 1980 1980 .