37th. Meeting NES - GNA – SNE

CHAIRMEN:
Claussen C.-F. / Bad Kissingen, Germany, Boniver, R. / Verviers, Belgium, Thomson G. / Buenos Aires , Argentina

Prof. Dr. C.-F. Claussen, Bad Kissingen, Germany
Opening & Welcome of the participants
Precongress CEREMONY

Claussen C.-F. / Bad Kissingen, Germany
Julia and Guillermo Bertora, neurootological researchers and developers of the frontier of linking sensorial physiology with computer-based functional imaging in neurootological patients.

Bergmann de Bertora J., Bertora G.O. / Buenos Aires, Argentina
Our Evolution from Sensory Motor Neurootometry to QEEG Patterns of Intracerebral Data Processing

Bertora G.O., Bergmann de Bertora J. / Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tinnitus: A New Model of Pharmacological Therapy

Coffee break

CHAIRMEN:
Caovilla H.H. / São Paulo, Brazil & Said J. / México, D.F., México, Bergmann de Bertora J. / Buenos Aires, Argentina

Schneider D. / Würzburg, Germany
Vest-EP and Tinnitus

Pawlak-Osinska K., Kazmierczak W., Kazmierczak H. / Bydgoszcz, Poland
qEEG with auditory stimulation in tinnitus patients

Alpini D., Mattei V., Garegnani M., Pugnetti L., Cesarani A. / Milano, Italy
Cortical Functional Connectivity at Rest in Tinnitus Patients

Müller-Kortkamp C. / Soltau, Germany
CERA findings in children

Lunch break

B.) in honour of

Abraham Shulman, M.D., F.A.C.S.,

Professor Emeritus Clinical Otolaryngology, SUNY /Downstate
450 Clarkson Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11203
“From Audiometry to modern Tinnitology”

CHAIRMEN:
Popivanova Cv. / Sofia, Bulgaria, Kersebaum M. / Bad Kissingen, Germany, Pawlak-Osinska K. / Bydgoszcz, Poland

Oliveira C. / Brazilia, Brazil
Meeting Abraham Shulman, a pioneer of tinnitology

Goldstein B. / New York, USA
Tinnitology from The Martha Entenmann Tinnitus Research Center, N.Y.,Teaching Tinnitology and International Tinnitus Miniseminars initiated by Abraham Shulman

Shulman, A. / New York, USA
A Final Common Pathway for Tinnitus Neuroanatomic Substrates- “Paradoxical Reward”

Shulman, A. / New York, USA
Final Common Pathway for Tinnitus - Update Neuroanatomic Substrates. Evidence based Basic Science and Neuroscience.

Coffee break

CHAIRMEN:
Franz B. / Melbourne, Australia, Szirmai, A. / Budapest, Hungary, Schneider, D., Würzburg, Germany

Langguth B., Landgrebe M., Hajak G., Kleinjung T. / Regensburg, Germany
Neuronal correlates of tinnitus as revealed by neuroimaging

Seabra J.C. / Oporto, Portugal, Claussen C.-F. / Bad Kissingen, Germany, Nagy E. / Budapest, Hungary, Kersebaum M. / Bad Kissingen, Germany, Bencsik B. / Budapest, Hungary, Bencze G. / Budapest, Hungary, Heid L. / Budapest, Hungary
The measurement of vestibulo-ocular dysfunctions by Butterfly, RIDT and VESRIC in endogenous and exogenous tinnitus

Matsushima J., Matsushima A., Matsushima T. / Sapporo, Japan

CHAIRMEN:
Claussen C.-F. / Bad Kissingen, Germany, Bergmann, J. M. / Buenos Aires, Argentina, Goldstein, B. / New York, N.Y., USA

Opening Ceremony

The official opening ceremony will be performed by the board of the NES together with the invited authorities.

The official opening ceremony will be performed by the board of the NES together with the following invited authorities:

• MdB Dr.h.c. Susanne Kastner, Vizepräsidentin des Deutschen Bundestages a.D., Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin
• MdB Dorothee Bär, Deutscher Bundestag, Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin
• MdB Hans-Josef Fell, Am Rod 8, 97762 Hammelburg
• MdB Wolfgang Zöller, Gesundheitsausschuss des Deutschen Bundestages, Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin
• Regierungspräsident Dr. Paul Beinhofer, Peterplatz 9 , 97070 Würzburg
• MdL Robert Kiesel, Kissinger Straße 12, 97688 Bad Kissingen-Reiterswiesen
• Kay Blankenburg, Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Bad Kissingen
• Prof.Dr.Dr. Peter Deeg, 1. Bürgermeister der Stadt Bad Kissingen, Würzburger Straße 2, 97688 Bad Kissingen
• Dipl.Ing Toni Schick, 2. Bürgermeisterin der Stadt Bad Kissingen
• Thomas Bold, Landrat des Landkreises Bad Kissingen
• Gunther Sauer, Kurdirektor, Kurverwaltung Bad Kissingen
• Dr. Schulze, Vorsitzender des Ärztlichen Kreisverbandes Bad Kissingen
• Dr. M. Freiherr du Prel, Vertreter des Ärztlichen Kreisverbandes Bad Kissingen
• Prof. Dr. C.-F. Claussen, Bad Kissingen, President of the GNA - NES
• Dr. Jorge Said Martinez, Mexico , Vice president of the GNA - NES
• Priv.Doz. Dr. Dieter Schneider, Würzburg, Germany – Secretary of the GNA - NES
• Prof. Dr. Philippe Perrin, Nancy, France– Secretary of the GNA - NES
• Prof. Dr. K. Trinus, Kiiv,– Treasurer of the GNA - NES
• Dr. Juan Carlos Rosmaninho Seabra, Porto, Portugal,– Treasurer of the GNA - NES
• Prof. Dr. Dr. E. Sakata, Tokyo, Chairman of the Award Commission of the GNA-NES

AWARD CEREMONY

PRESENTATION OF THE AWARDS BY PROF. DR. DR. EIJI SAKATA, TOKYO, JAPAN & Dr. Koji Yuen, Saitama, Japan

1. FRENZEL-SAKATA-AWARD
   for extraordinary achievements in the field of clinical nystagmus research and neurootometry
   Award winner: Dr. Fernando Vaz Garcia, Lisbon, Portugal
2. TATO-CLAUSSEN-AWARD
   for extraordinary achievements in the field of applied neurootology and therapies of neurootological disorders
   Award winner: Dr. Arnirban Biswas, Kalkota, India.

Coffee break

CHAIRMEN:
Shulman A. / New York, N.Y., USA, Langguth B. / Regensburg, Germany, Brookler, K. / New York, N.Y., USA

Vaz Garcia F., Ramos A., Duarte S. / Lisboa, Portugal
Psychological Manifestations in Ménière's Disease. A Prospective and Observational Study on a Sample of the Portuguese Population with a Follow-Up of 2 Years

Biswas, A. / Kalkota, India
Spreading Neurootology in India.

Brookler, K. / New York / USA
My unintended journey from surgical to medical neurotoology

Members’ Assembly of the GNA – NES - SNE

Lunch break

CHAIRMEN:
Trinus, K. / Kyiv, Ukraina, Bencsik B. / Budapest, Hungary, Biswas, A. / Kalkota, India

Seabra J.C., Cabral A., Araujol I., Oporto / Portugal
Vestibular rehabilitation

Castillo R. / Lisbon, Portugal
Posturography and Craneocorpography


Perrin, Ph., Gauchard G., Deviterne D., Ulmer E., Meyer C. / Nancy, France
Cognitive task fulfilment may decrease gaze control performances

Alpini D., Mattei V., Rovaris M., Cesarani A. / Milano, Italy
Torso-Weighting Improves Upright Control and Dynamic Balance in Dizziness Patients

Luís L., Benzinho T., Vaz Garcia F. / Lisbon, Portugal
Virtual Reality Applications in Postural Evaluation

Szirmai, Á. / Budapest, Hungary
Vestibular disorders in childhood and adolescents

Coffee break

CHAIRMEN:
Vaz Garcia F. / Lisbon, Portugal, Pawlak-Osinska, K. / Bydgoszcz, Poland, Tan, U. / Adana, Turkey

Heid L. / Budapest, Hungary, Claussen C.-F. / Bad Kissingen, Germany, Nagy E. / Budapest, Hungary, Bencsik B. / Budapest, Hungary, Bencze G. / Budapest, Hungary, Seabra J.C. / Oporto, Portugal, Kersebaum M. / Bad Kissingen, Germany
Differentiation in the tinnitus types in 800 patients of tinnitus rehabilitation

Józefowicz-Korczynska M., Szczepanik M. / Lodz, Poland
Effects of rehabilitation in patients with peripheral vestibular disorders - preliminary report.

Ödkvist L.M., Noaksson L. / Linköping, Sweden
Whiplash symptoms do not disappear

Schneider D. / Würzburg, Germany
Serious side effects of Gentamycin therapy in M. Ménière - a case report.

Niederhofer H. / Bolzano, Italy
Bright Light Therapy May Improve Tinnitus in Normal Hearing Patients: A Pilote Study

Castillo R. / Lisbon, Portugal
Vertigo and intracraneal tumors


Golovchenko I., Slobodin T., Trinus K. / Kyiv, Ukraina
Claussen’s sensory tetrade in patients with dizziness and cognitive disorders


Claussen C.-F. / Bad Kissingen, Germany
The human creative pathfinding cycle including a bridge between fine arts and modern sciences.

Evening free for visits at the cosy Bad Kissingen pubs and wine houses.

CHAIRMEN:
Biswas, A. / Kalkota, India, & Józefowicz-Korczynska M. / Lodz, Poland, Perrin Ph. / Nancy, France

Matsushima J., Matsushima A., Matsushima T. / Sapporo, Japan
Temporary Change in Symptoms of Low Tone Hearing Loss Following Electrical Treatment

Shulman A., Goldstein B., Avitable M. J. / New York, USA
Cochlear Implant Soft failure and Tinnitus - A Case Report.

DeJonckere P.H., Coryn C., Lebacq J. / Brussels, Utrecht, Louvain, Belgium
Reliability of Pure Tone Audiometry in Context of Occupational Medicine is Insufficient for an Adequate Prevention of NIHL

E. Nagy / Budapest, Hungary & J. C. Seabra / Oporto, Portugal & L. Heid / Budapest, Hungary & G. Bencze / Budapest, Hungary & B. Bencsik / Budapest, Hungary & C.-F. Claussen / Bad Kissingen, Germany & M. Kersebaum / Bad Kissingen, Germany
Vestibular spinal test results measured by cranio-corpo-craphy of stepping and standing tests in cases suffering from endogenous tinnitus compared to those suffering from exogenous tinnitus from a study in Bad Kissingen

Kersebaum, M. / Bad Kissingen, Germany
Magnetotherapy in tinnitus

Weiler E., Brill K. / St.Wendel, Germany
Quantitative EEG and tinnitus

Trinus, Konstantin, Golovchenko, Iurii., Slobodin, Tatyana / Kyiv, Ukraine
Claussen's concept of sensory tetrade in the patients with cognitive disorders.

Kersebaum M. / Bad Kissingen, Germany, Bencze G. / Budapest, Hungary, Heid L. / Budapest, Hungary, Bencsik B. / Budapest, Hungary, Seabra J.C. / Oporto, Portugal, Claussen C.-F. / Bad Kissingen, Germany, Nagy E. / Budapest, Hungary
Endogenous tinnitus with typical subjective sensations in comparison with cases suffering from exogenous tinnitus from a study in Bad Kissingen

Kleinjung T., Langguth B. / Regensburg, Germany
Transcranial magnetic stimulation for tinnitus treatment – an update

Coffee break

CHAIRMEN:
Gananca M.M. / São Paulo, Brazil, Ödkvist L.M. / Linköping, Sweden, Nagy E. / Budapest, Hungary

Franz B., Anderson C. / Melbourne, Australia
In an Animal Model, Topical Application of Betahistine Improves Eustachian Tube Function

Bencsik B. / Budapest, Hungary, Bencze G. / Budapest, Hungary, Seabra J.C. / Oporto, Portugal, Heid L. / Budapest, Hungary, Kersebaum M. / Bad Kissingen, Germany, Claussen C.-F. / Bad Kissingen, Germany, Nagy E. / Budapest, Hungary
Patterns of pure tone audiometry in cases suffering from endogenous tinnitus in comparison to those with exogenous tinnitus from a study in Bad Kissingen.

Maciaszczyk K., Durko T., Waszczykowska, E. / Lodz, Pajor A., Erkiert-Polguj A., Józefowicz-Korczynska M. / Lodz, Poland
Vestibular system in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Pálos G., Bencsik B., Szirmai Á. / Budapest, Hungary
The assay of the patients in a period of five years at our otoneurological department.

Trinus, K. / Kyiv, Ukraina
Headache, instrumental documentation

Bencze G. / Budapest, Hungary, Kersebaum M. / Bad Kissingen, Germany, Nagy E. / Budapest, Hungary, Seabra J.C. / Oporto, Portugal, Bencsik B. / Budapest, Hungary, Heid L. / Budapest, Hungary, Claussen C.-F. / Bad Kissingen, Germany
Acoustic dynamics in cases of endogenous tinnitus in comparison to exogenous tinnitus from a study in Bad Kissingen

Kukushev P., Kukushev G. / Sofia, Bulgaria
Otoneurological Syndrome, Caused by Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Pajor, A., Józefowicz-Korczynska M. / Lodz, Poland
Quantitative ocular-motor tests analysis in Multiple Sclerosis patients.

Lunch break

CHAIRMEN:
Alpini D. / Milan, Italy, Caovilla, H.H. / São Paulo, Brazil, Franz, B. /Melbourne, Australia

Ödkvist L.M., Schulin M., Andersson M., Noaksson L., Danielsson S. / Linköping, Sweden
Migraine vertigo families

Kazmierczak W., Kazmierczak H., Pawlak-Osinska K. / Bydgoszcz, Poland
Positional nystagmus in vertebro-basilar insufficiency.

Sampaio A.L.L., Meneses E.A., Venosa A.R., Tauil P.L., Dias M.A., Oliveira, C.A.C.P. / Brasília, Brazil
Vestibulo-ocular reflex as predictor of cerebral death in comatose patients

Claussen C.-F. / Bad Kissingen, Germany, Seabra J.C. / Oporto, Portugal, Nagy E. / Budapest, Hungary, Bencze G. / Budapest, Hungary, Heid L. / Budapest, Hungary, Bencsik B. / Budapest, Hungary, Kersebaum M. / Bad Kissingen, Germany
Typical stato-acoustic complaints as being compared between patients suffering from endogenous tinnitus from those suffering from exogenous tinnitus from a study in Bad Kissingen

Schöpfer, F. / Hagen, Germany
Der Schwindel unter medico-ökonomischen Gesichtspunkten. Eine Studie zur Vorbereitung der Grundlagen eines medizinischen Versorgungszentrums zur Diagnostik und Behandlung des Symptoms Schwindel.
Vertigo and medico-oeconomical aspects.

Müller-Kortkamp C. / Soltau, Germany
Diagnostic verifications of posttraumatic changes after whiplash by means of cranio-corpo-graphy

Coffee break

CHAIRMEN:
Vaz Garcia F. / Lisbon, Portugal, Kukushev P. / Sofia, Bulgaria, Rosmaninho Seabra J.C. / Oporto, Portugal

Claussen C.-F. / Bad Kissingen, Germany
An interdisziplinary concept of explaining the transcranial pulsating magnetotherapy of endogenous tinnitus.

Pawlak-Osinska K., Kazmierczak H., Kazmierczak W. / Bydgoszcz, Poland
The effect of somatosensory stimulation on tinnitus

Kazmierczak W., Pawlak-Osinska K., Kazmierczak H. / Bydgoszcz, Poland
Vestibular disorders in arterial hypertensy patients

Shulman, A., Strashun A.M. / New York, USA
Fluid Dynamics Vascular Theory of Brain and Ear and Traumatic Brain Injury: Basic Science and Clinical Implications.

Matos, T.O., Subtil J., Varandas J. / Lisbon, Portugal
Spatial disorientation: an actual problem affecting pilots and motorists

Gananca M.M., Caovilla H.H., Dorigueto R., Gananca F.F., Gananca C.F., São Paulo/Brazil
Central Positional Nystagmus In Patients With or Without Vertigo.

Said J., Izita A. / Mexico City, Mexico
Higroma - a Case Report

Matsushima J., Matsushima A., Matsushima T. / Sapporo, Japan
Evaluation on treatment for chronic dizziness using triaxial accelerator device

Festive banquet at the Kaiserhof Viktoria hotel:
“Bad Kissingen – home town of Neurootology.”

CHAIRMEN:
Bergmann de Bertora J. / Buenos Aires, Argentina, Müller-Kortkamp C. / Soltau, Germany, Castello, R./ Lisbon, Portugal

Popivanova, Cv. / Sofia, Bulgaria
Space, time, motion – age-related psychophysiological patterns of the perceptions of adolescents and adults ≠ vestibular-visual-hearing interactions

Teresa A. Benzinho, Nídia Ferreira, F. Vaz Garcia / Lisbon, Portugal
Guidelines for the fall prevention program - Literature review

Claussen C.-F. / Bad Kissingen, Germany
How did international neurootology settle and develop in Bad Kissingen?

Kersebaum, M. / Bad Kissingen, Germany
Vestibular Rehab.

Bennett J.D.C. / Barnstaple, Devon, United Kingdom, Seabra J.C. / Oporto, Portugal, Claussen C.-F. / Bad Kissingen, Germany, Nagy E. / Budapest, Hungary, Kersebaum M. / Bad Kissingen, Germany, Bencsik B. / Budapest, Hungary, Bencze G. / Budapest, Hungary, Heid L. / Budapest, Hungary
Indexes of subjective complaints evaluated from Patients suffering from endogenous versus exogenous Tinnitus.

Coffee break

Müller J. / Würzburg, Germany
Cochlear Implants – comprehensive view on current indications and a glimpse into the future

Closing remarks
Claussen C.-F. / Bad Kissingen, Germany, Schneider D. / Würzburg, Germany

Lunch