MUSIC IN HUMAN AUDIT DEVELOPMENT
This year’s scientific conference focuses on various applications of art in the therapy and rehabilitation of patients with hearing disorders and the potential and effectiveness of the functioning of children with hearing implants. Complementing this topic will be the presentation of the procedure of a cochlear implant system fitting with a discussion of the early auditory development of implant users. These lectures have been prepared by specialists from the Department of Implants and Auditory Perception of the World Hearing Center.
Lectures on medical topics will intertwine with those prepared by qualified music therapy, art therapy, and rhythmics specialists. They will share their experience from their many years of work with patients from different age groups and show the positive effect of different kinds of art on the auditory and overall development of patients with hearing impairments. Parents with teenagers will find especially interesting information about experiencing trauma and its manifestations and the role of art therapy in crisis situations. There will also be lectures on lighter subjects, such as rhythmics, therapy through movement expression, and the beneficial influence of music on the senses. Get acquainted with social music therapy and its positive effects resulting from spending time together and making music. The Music Therapy Team of the World Hearing Center will also present exercises for children developed for the Home Music Therapy Clinic and their latest project – music therapy lullabies PodUSZKA.
The special attention at this year’s festival conference will receive the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the second in Europe Diagnostic-Treatment-Rehabilitation Center for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired “Cochlear Center” in Warsaw in 1993. The lecture presented by Prof. Henryk Skarżyński on the ceremonial opening of the conference and workshops will be devoted to this event.
Conference programme
11:00-11:30 – Cochlear implant system fitting procedure
Adam Walkowiak, Artur Lorens, Anita Obrycka, Henryk Skarżyński
11:30 – 12:00 – Early auditory development of cochlear implant users
Anita Obrycka, Artur Lorens, Adam Walkowiak, Henryk Skarżyński
12:00 – 12:30 – Functioning of children with cochlear implants
Artur Lorens, Ewelina Grabowska, Anita Obrycka, Henryk Skarżyński
12:30 – 13:00 – Opening of the Conference
prof. Henryk Skarżyński, director of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing
13:00 – 14:00 – Break
14:00 – 14:30 – Expression of gestures – everyday and formal
Magdalena Owczarek
14:30 – 14:50 – Music therapy activities at school for children with hearing deficits
Anna Konopacka
14:50 – 15:10 – Understand what I won’t say. Trauma and music therapy
Ludwika Konieczna-Nowak
15:10 – 15:30 – I’m here too – the perspective of a parent/guardian of a child with disabilities, including hearing loss
Aleksandra Bykowska
15:30 – 15:45 – Home Clinic of Music Therapy” and “PodUSZKA”. Music therapy lullabies
Barbara Kaczyńska
15:45 – 16:05 – Wspólnuta – an introduction to the community music therapy
Dominika Dopierała
16:05 – 16:25 – AutoART therapy in crisis situations
Wiesław Karolak