BAToD and SSC Webinar - Auditory Processing Disorder

Description

BATOD and SSC are pleased to offer this webinar event on Auditory Processing Disorder (APD).

The event will be of interest to Teachers of Deaf Children, Speech & Language Therapists, Audiologists, Teachers, and Support Staff.

During the session, Dr Chrysa Spyridakou and Professor Doris-Eva Bamiou will provide a definition, clinical presentations and the patient perspective alongside details on the diagnostic approach: tests and multi-disciplinary team input.

The event will also feature a Q&A session. We welcome questions being submitted in advance to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The session will be recorded and available for a 30-day online demand period. BSL interpretation and captioning support will be provided.

Cost: £30
Online Platform: Zoom
Booking Closing date: 6th December 2021
Accessibility: BSL interpreting will be provided

If you wish to book a place on this course please use the link above


About the presenters:

Dr Chrysa Spyridakou FRCP, MRCS, DO-HNS, MSc, MD(res) is a consultant audiovestibular physician at Royal ENT and Eastman Dental Hospital at UCLH. Chrysa was awarded an MSc in Audiovestibular medicine in 2008 from UCL and an MD(res) in 2015 from UCL. Her research topic was ‘ Characterisation of disordered auditory processing in adults who present to audiology with hearing difficulties in presence of normal hearing thresholds: Correlation between auditory tests and symptoms’. She runs general specialty clinics for children with hearing and balance problems. She runs an MDT hearing clinic for children with complex needs and the only national clinic for children with Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). Chrysa is the educational Lead of audiovestibular medicine at UCLH. She is the specialty advisory committee (SAC) lead for the curriculum in audiovestibular medicine in the UK. She is the honorary secretary of the International Association of Physicians in Audiology (IAPA) and the chairman of the British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians (BAAP) national standards and guidelines.

Professor Doris-Eva Bamiou MD MSc PhD FRCP is Professor in Neuroaudiology ( UCL Ear Institute), Consultant in Audiovestibular Medicine (UCLH; Great Ormond Street Hospitals) and Council member of the NIHR UCLH BRC (Deafness and Hearing). She conducts translational research in Neuro-Audiology, i.e. the intersection of Audiology, Vestibular Medicine and Cognitive Neuroscience. She received the Pat Jobson Prize (British Association of Audiological Physicians, 2002), the Edith Whetnall prize ( Royal Society of Medicine, 2012) and the Thomas Simm Littler Prize (British Society of Audiology, 2017) for promoting the field of Auditory Processing Disorders. She is Director of the APD advanced masterclass, and MSc in Audiovestibular Medicine (UCL).