Friday 09 October 2026 - Pre-Congress Workshops
Workshop 1 – 0900 – 1800
Temporal Bone Lab
Restricted to 6 delegates – e-mail gd@e2.co.za to add your name to the list. Restrictions apply
Dr (Maj) Prasanna Kumar, Professor & Head, ENT, Head & Neck Surgery, SRIHER (DU), Chennai
Dr Somu, Professor, ENT, Head & Neck Surgery, SRIHER (DU), Chennai
Status
Open
6 Participants only – restricted to attendees that have registered and paid for a bundle – e-mail gd@e2.co.za to be included.
Workshop 2 – 0900 – 1300
Conductive hearing loss (atresia)
Dr James Saunders, Professor, Otology & Neurotology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Dr Ranjith, Principal, Professor, MERF-ISH , Chennai, Chief Audiologist, MERF
Status
Open
Restricted to 50 attendees that have registered and paid for a bundle – e-mail gd@e2.co.za to be included.
Workshop 3 – 0900 – 1700
Rehabilitation models focussing on audition, communication, education, literacy & societal inclusion
Dr Paula Pittman
Director of the SKI-HI and Deaf Mentor Outreach and Training Programs
Dr Selvarani Moodley, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, School of Human and Community Development
Status
Open
Restricted to 50 attendees that have registered and paid for a bundle – e-mail gd@e2.co.za to be included.
Workshop 4 –0900 – 1300
Family empowerment – Stigma & safety
Dr Deepa Rao,
Professor, Global Health Associate Vice Provost, University of Washington
Dr Kalyani Mandke,
Director, Mandke Hearing Services, Pune
Status
Open
Restricted to 50 attendees that have registered and paid for a bundle – e-mail gd@e2.co.za to be included.
Workshop 5 – 0900 – 1300
Frequency-specific Auditory Brainstem Response
Dr James Hall,
Professor, Audiology, Osborne College of Audiology, Salus University, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Hawaii
Dr Jayashree S,
Associate Professor & Head- Audiology, SRFASLP, SRIHER (DU)
Status
Open
Restricted to 50 attendees that have registered and paid for a bundle – e-mail gd@e2.co.za to be included.
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