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Announcements

IUTAM/ICA Symposium on Mechanics of Hearing

Delft, The Netherlands 13-15 July 1983

jointly sponsored by the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) and the International Commission on Acoustics (ICA)

Approximately 25 invited papers and 15 contributed papers recent theoretical and experimental work concerning

(i) the mechanical movement of cochlear structures (ii) related physiological questions

(iii) the mechanics of the middle ear and external ear

While all aspects (models, measurements and mechanisms) be covered, the emphasis will be on mathematical modelling.

The members of the scientific committee are Prof. E. de

James Lighthill, Dr. E.A.G. Shaw. Prof. C.R. Steele and

(secretary).

will be presented on

of these subjects will

Boer (chairman), Sir Dr. M.A. Viergever

The Symposium is associated with the 1 lth International Congress on Acoustics

which opens in Paris on 19 July 1983.

Further information may be obtained from:

Dr. M.A. Viergever, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 356, 2600 AJ Delft, The Netherlands

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British Society of Audiology IV British Conference on Audiology

University College London 4-7 September 1983

Scientific Programme

Child audiology Rehabilitation of patients with profound or complete acquired hearing loss

Technical aspects of audiology