Welcome to the Hearing Valley workshop
The first Hearing Valley workshop is held on May 21, 2025, from 12:00 to 17:00 at the University of Eastern Finland Kuopio Campus and on Microsoft Teams. The event is organized in collaboration with the University of Eastern Finland Brain Research Unit.
The workshop will feature a series of concise lectures introducing the Hearing Valley project and its stakeholders. Additionally, the keynote presentation will be delivered by Professor Frank Lin, Director of the Cochlear Center for Hearing & Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. The workshop is held in English.
Program
- 12:00-12:10 Welcome
- 12:10-12:30 Hearing Valley
- 12:30-12:45 University of Eastern Finland Department of Technical Physics
- 12:45-13:00 Kuopio University Hospital
- 13:00-13:15 University of Eastern Finland Brain Research Unit
- 13:15-13:30 Break
- 13:30-13:40 Cochlear
- 13:40-13:50 Med-El
- 13:50-14:10 Genelec
- 14:10-14:20 Kuopio Health
- 14:20-14:30 Neurocenter Finland
- 14:30-15:00 Break
- 15:00-15:45 Keynote presentation by Frank Lin: Hearing intervention and cognition: ACHIEVE trial results and methodologies
- 15:45-16:00 Break
- 16:00-16:45 Keynote presentation by Frank Lin: Transforming Hearing through Evidence, Policy, and Awareness
- 16:45-17:00 Closing
Participation
The workshop is be organized as a hybrid event, allowing participation either in person at MS300 Medistudia, UEF Kuopio Campus, Yliopistonrinne 3, 70210 Kuopio, or virtually via Microsoft Teams.
The registration for the workshop is open until 9.5.2025.
Welcome to the workshop to learn about the project and hear fascinating lectures from various stakeholders of the Hearing Valley!