RoyalBelgianSocietyofOto-Rhino-Laryngology,HeadandNeckSurgerySteeringCommitteeFrankDeclau,formerpresidentandeditorinchiefwebmasterNaïmaDeggouj,presidentPhilippeEloy,editorinchiefB-ENTMarkJorissen,editorinchiefB-ENTRudiKuhweide,treasurerNeleLemkensPatrickLevieSandrineMachielsThibertRobillard,representativeBelgianProfessionalENTUnionPhilippeRombauxThomasSomersSébastienVanderVorstThibautVanZeleJean-BaptisteWatelet,managingdirectorB-AudioSteeringCommitteeMarkLaureynsRudiKuhweide,treasurerLeenMaes,secretaryThibertRobillardAstridvanWieringen,webmasterPatrickVerheydenJanWouters,president

Programmeoutline

ROOMFoyerRoyal

ROOMLauzelle

ROOMFoyerduLac

ROOMFoyerRoyal

ROOMFoyerduLac

08h30 08h30

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10h30 10h3010h36 10h35

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12h3012h45

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16h1016h15

16h30

17h15

17h4818h00

19h30

HowIdoit:theCaloricTests

UpdateinENTCancerTherapy

Video-sessioninOtology

ControversiesinPhoniatrics

SatelliteSymposium

Lunch

UpdateinOtology

UpdateinSleepMedicine/OSAS

inChildren

Menierediseasediagnosis

Congressdinner

ControversiesinThyroidSurgery

GeneticsinRhinology

Lunch

GeneticsinFacialClefts&

ManagementofFacialClefts

HowIdoit:SalivaryPathology

Management

ControversiesinRhinosinusitis

Surgery

UpdateinRinology:the

TrigeminalSystem

B-Audio:PosterSession

B-Audio:Keynotelecture

B-Audio:SessionIII

Coffeebreak

FuntionalResultsandMorphology

oftheEar

B-Audio:SessionIV

FridayNovember22

GeneticsinENT

GeneticsinOtology

Farewelldrink

B-Audio:SessionI

Coffeebreak

B-Audio:SessionII

UpdateinRinology

HowIdoit:Rhinoseptoplasty

CoffeebreakKeynotelecture

inOtology

SaturdayNovember23

EthicsandEconomy:

INAMI/RIZIVFixedPricing

EthicsandEconomyinCochlear

Implantation

UpdateinPhoniatrics

International&non-ENTFacultyMembersAnnaAlkelai,InstituteforGenomicMedicine,GoldsteinLab,ColumbiaUniversity,NY,USAPaulAvan,NEURO-DOL,UniversitéClermontAuvergne,Clermont-Ferrand,FranceJanCasselman,Radiology,AZSintJanBruggesOostendeAV,Bruges,BelgiumHassanChelly,ENT,Casablanca,MoroccoAnabelleDecottignies,HumanMolecularGenetics(GEHU),deDuveInstitute(DDUV),UCLSaint-Luc,Brussels,BelgiumAzizElAmraoui,Neuroscience,CentreMédicalInstitutePasteur,Paris,FranceOlivierGerain,EDICasbl,Brussels,BelgiumVincentGrégoire,Radiotherapy-ENT,CentreLéonBerard,Lyon,FrancePierreMiniconi,ENTandHeadandNeckSurgery,Carpentras,FranceMichelMourad,TransplantationUnit,UCLSaint-Luc,Brussels,BelgiumElisabethNgonlongEkende,INAMI-RIZIV,BelgiumChristinePetit,LaboratoryofGeneticsandPhysiologyofHearing,CentreMédicalInstitutePasteur,Paris,FranceNicoleRevencu,HumanMolecularGenetics(GEHU),deDuveInstitute(DDUV),CentredeGénétiqueHumaine(CHG),UCLSaint-Luc,Brussels,BelgiumSaaidSafiedinne,LaboratoryofGeneticsandPhysiologyofHearing,CentreMédicalInstitutePasteur,Paris,FrancePierreSaintigny,Oncology-Pneumology,CentreLéonBerard,Lyon,FranceYvesSznajer,CentredeGénétiqueHumaine(CHG),UCLSaint-Luc,Brussels,BelgiumGuyVanCamp,HumanMolecularGenetics,CentreofMedicalGenetics,UZAntwerp,Antwerp,BelgiumMiikaVikkula,HumanMolecularGenetics(GEHU),deDuveInstitute(DDUV),UCLSaint-Luc,Brussels,Belgium

PreliminaryprogrammeindetailFriday22November2019ROOM:FoyerRoyal08h30-10h30 GeneticsinENT Chairs:ChristinePetit,tba

08h30 Genetogenomeandepigenetics AnnaAlkelai08h45 Thewonderfulstoryofhearinglossgenetics ChristinePetit09h25 Cellularageing:DNAdamageandepigeneticfactorsfortheoccurrenceofdeafness AnabelleDecottignies09h45 Clinicalrelevanceofmolecularportraitsoforalpremalignantlesionsandheadandneck cancer PierreSaintigny10h30-11h00 Coffeebreak11h00-13h00 GeneticsinOtology Chairs:NaïmaDeggouj,tba

11h00 Whengeneticshelpstounderstandhearingphysiologyanddisorders PaulAvan11h20 Genetictreatmentinotology SaaidSafieddineandAzizElAmraoui12h00 GenetictestsforhearinglossinBelgium GuyVanCamp12h30 Geneticsandcochlearimplantresultsinchildren IngeborgDhooge

13h00-14h00 Lunch14h00-15h10 GeneticsinRhinology Chairs:CarolineHuart,tba

14h00 Geneticsinupperairwayinflammation MarkJorissen14h30 Geneticsofhumansmellanditsdisorders AnnaAlkelai15h10-16h00 GeneticsinFacialCleftsandManagementofFacialClefts Chairs:YvesSznajer,tba

15h10 Geneticsofcleftlipandpalate:clinicalperspectives NicoleRevencu15h25 Geneticsofcleftlipandpalate:newingeneticresearch MiikaVikkula15h40 30yearsofthemultidisciplinarycleftpalatemanagement SaraCastelein

16h00-16h30 Coffeebreak16h30-18h00 FunctionalResultsandMorphologyoftheEar Chairs:FrankDeclau,tba

16h30 Embryologyoftheinnerear FrankDeclau16h45 Innerearfindingsinpatientswiththemostfrequentcervico-facialmalformations JanCasselman17h25 Geneticsandvestibulemalformation Jean-PhilippeVanDamme

17h40 Cochlearimplantresultsinnormalandabnormalmorphology SaraCastelein17h40 30yearsofthemultidisciplinarycleftpalatemanagement Anne-LaureMansbach19h30- CongressDinner

ROOM:SalleLauzelle11h00-12h00 UpdateinRhinology Chairs:ValérieHox,tba

11h00 Roundtableontheallergictreatment Panelmembers:PhilippeEloy,CharlesPilette,Anne-SophieVinck12h00-13h00 HowIdoit:Rhinoseptoplasty Chairs:MarkJorissen,tba

12h00 Tutorial:Rhinoseptoplasty PhilippeRombaux

13h00-14h00 Lunch14h00-15h00 ControversiesinThyroidSurgery Chairs:TomVauterin,tba

14h00 Roundtableoncontroversiesinthyroidsurgery Panelmembers:MichelMourad,JeroenMeulemans15h00-15h45 HowIdoit:SalivaryPathologyManagement Chairs:VincentVanderPoorten,tba

15h00 Tutorial:Salivarypathologymanagement VincentVanderPoortenandSébastienVanderVorst

16h00-16h30 Coffeebreak16h30-17h15 ControversiesinRhinosinusitisSurgery Chairs:Jean-BaptisteWatelet,tba

16h30 Roundtableoncontroversiesinrhinosinusitissurgery Panelmembers:ValérieHox,ThibautVanZele17h15-18h00 UpdateinRhinology:theTrigeminalSystem Chairs:AnnaAlkelai,tba

17h15 Roundtableonthetrigeminalsystem Panelmembers:CarolineHuart,LauraVanGerven19h30- CongressDinner

ROOM:FoyerduLac08h30-10h36 B-Audio:SessionI Chairs:LeenMaes,PatrickVerheyden

08h30 MessagefromtheB-Audioboard JanWouters08h40 InvitedLecture/SelectedContribution:Functionalbrainalterationsfollowingmild-to- moderatesensorineuralhearinglossinchildren AxelleCalcus

OralContributions:VestibularFunction

09h00 VestibularInfantScreening-Flanders(VIS-Flanders):vestibularscreeningresultsafterone yearandahalfforhearing-impairedchildreninFlanders SarieMartens09h12 Cognitivefunctioninacquiredbilateralvestibulopathy:across-sectionalstudyoncognition, hearingandvestibularloss BiekeDobbels09h24 2Balance:acognitive-motordual-taskprotocolforpersonswithvestibulardisorders MayaDanneels

OralContributions:VoicesintheHumanBrains

09h36 Fastperiodicauditorystimulationrevealsarobustvoice-selectiveelectrophysiological responseinthehumanbrain FrancescaBarbero09h48 Ultra-fastbrainandbehavioralcategorizationofvoices RobertaCalce

OralContributions:AuditoryImplantIssues

10h00 AudiologicalexperiencewiththeCochlear™Carina®System KatleenDeVoecht10h12 Atotallyimplantablemicrophone:Directionalresponseandin-situsensitivity ChristianeD’hondt10h24 ConsensusstatementonthequalityofboneconductiontreatmentinBelgium AnnesClaes10h36-11h06 Coffeebreak11h06-12h24 B-Audio:SessionII Chairs:AstridvanWieringen,ThibertRobillard

OralContributions:CochlearImplants

11h06 Languageandauditorydataofchildrenwithsingle-sideddeafnessandacochlearimplant TineArras11h12 Automatedassessmentofchildspeechinteractionsusingcochlearimplantdatalogging ObaidQazi11h24 Optimizedstimuliformeasuringauditorysteady-stateresponsesacrosstheelectrode arrayinCIusers WouterDavid11h36 Qualityoflifeoutcomesaftercochlearimplantationinolderadults:Asystematicreview EllenAndries11h48 Influenceofaudio-visualintegrationabilitiesandresidualhearingonperformanceswith cochlearimplantinpost-linguallydeafenedadults NancySeghers12h00 AutomatedscoringalgorithmforCVCWordListviaself-administeredaudiometry application AnkePlasmans12h12 RecordingEEGfromcochlearimplantelectrodes BenSomers

13h30-14h00 Lunch

13h30-14h00 B-Audio:PosterSession

PostersofaudiologybachelorandmasterthesesinBelgium(max3perinstitute)14h00-14h40 B-Audio:KeynoteLecture Chair:JanWouters

14h00 Auditorymodelsinaudiology:fromdiagnosticstosoundperception SarahVerhulst

14h40-16h00 B-Audio:SessionIII Chairs:MarkLaureyns,CécileDucène

14h40 InvitedLecture/SelectedContribution:Hearingscreeningbasedonmaskedrecognitionof ecologicalsoundstoidentifychildhoodhearingimpairment ElienVanDenBorre

OralContributions:MorethanHearing

15h00 Hearingdiagnostics–Hearinghealthmonitoringafternoiseexposure TineVandeMaele15h12 TheevaluationoftheDutchandFrenchDigitTripletTestasanewscreeningtoolfornoise- inducedhearinglosstomonitormilitarypersonnelintheBelgianArmedForces–asensitivity andspecificitystudy SenneGorris15h24 IntersubjectvariabilityoftherealearheadphoneresponseforacommerciallyavailableON- earandINearheadphoneinadults,childrenandHATS TomDeNeve15h36 Binauralcontrast:howtomeasureifsomeoneisusinginterauraldifferencestounderstand speech BenjaminDieudonné15h48 Cognitioninrelationtolisteningeffort:speechunderstandingfromanauditory-cognitive perspective KatrienKestens16h00-16h30 Coffeebreak16h30-17h48 B-Audio:SessionIV Chairs:RudiKuhweide,AxelleCalus

OralContributions:Tinnitus

16h30 HighDefinitiontranscranialDirectCurrent(HD-tDCS)treatmentforchronictinnitus:a prospectivelongitudinallargecohortstudy LaureJacquemin16h48 Cognitiveperformanceinchronictinnituspatients:across-sectionalstudyusingthe RBANS-H EmilieCardon17h00 Theeffectoftinnitusmaskabilityontheamountoflisteningeffort:apilotstudy SofieDegeest

OralContributions:AuditoryNeuroscience

17h12 Directstructuralconnectionbetweenauditory-temporalandvisual-occipitalmotion selectiveregions AneGurtubay-Antolin17h24 MeasuringspeechunderstandingfromtheEEGusingsemanticfeatures MarliesGillis17h36 Codingauditoryspaceinthesightedandintheblindindividuals CerenBattal

PreliminaryprogrammeindetailSaturday23November2019ROOM:FoyerRoyal08h30-09h30 EthicsandEconomy:INAMI/RIZIVFixedPricing Chairs:ThibertRobillard,tba

08h30 WhatdoyouknowaboutINAMI/RIZIV ClaireBeguin08h45 Impactsonacademicstructures MarkJorissen09h00 Impactsonnon-academicstructures FransIndesteege09h15 Discussion 09h30-10h35 EthicsandEconomyinCochlearImplantation Chairs:MichelGersdorff,ErwinOffeciers

09h30 33yearsofcochlearimplantationinBelgium MichelGersdorffandErwinOffeciers09h45 CIinreallife OlivierGerain09h50 EconomicaspectsofCIinBelgiumforINAMI/RIZIV ElisabethNgonlongEkende10h05 UpdateinCIindicationsandreimbursementinBelgium PaulVandeHeyningandNaïmaDeggouj10h25 CIsurgicaltechnicsefficiency? MoniqueDecat

10h35-11h00 Coffeebreak11h00-11h20 KeynotelectureinOtology Chairs:MoniqueDecat,tba

11h00 IsthereEBMinschwannomamanagement? ThomasSomers11h20-12h30 Video-sessioninOtology Chairs:MoniqueDecat,tba

11h20 Isendoscopemoreefficientthanmicroscopeinsomeearsurgeries? Panelmembers:VedatTopsakal;NicolasMardyla,HassanChelly,MoniqueDecat

Chairs:PhilippeLefebvre,tba

11h45 Controversiesaboutboneconductionimplants• Boneconductionimplants BobLerut• Stopofmorepercutaneousboneconductionimplants? PhilippeLefebvre• TranscutaneousbutnotanchoredBAHA PierreDohlen

12h30-13h15 SatelliteSymposium-SHIRE:MPSIIorHunterSyndrome:Diagnosisand CurativeavailableTreatment PatrickVerloo13h00-14h00 Lunch

14h00-14h45 UpdateinOtology Chairs:PaulAvan,tba

14h00 Rediscoveryofhearingdisorderswithnormalaudiometry NaïmaDeggouj14h10 Braindetectionofspeech OlivierCollignon14h25 Peripheraldisordersofsoundfeatures JanWouters14h45-15h15 MeniereDiseaseDiagnosis Chairs:Jean-PhilippeVanDamme,tba

14h45 PosturaltestsinthediagnosisofMenieredisease PaulAvan15h00 DiagnosisofMenierediseasebyimaging AndrzejZarowski15h15-16h10 HowIdoit:theCaloricTests Chairs:VincentVanRompaey,tba

15h15 Thecalorictestsoftheverticalcanalsandthecervico-vestibulo-oculartestinvestibular disordersassessment PierreMiniconi16h15-16h45 Farewelldrink

ROOM:FoyerduLac09h35-10h30 UpdateinPhoniatrics Chairs:GauthierDesuter,tba

09h35 Keynotelecture:Thepresentandfutureofphoniatricsurgery MarcRemacle10h20 Videosessioninphoniatricsurgery MarcRemacle

10h30-11h00 Coffeebreak11h00-12h00 UpdateinENTCancerTherapy Chairs:PierreSaintigny,tba

11h00 Protontherapyinheadandneck VincentGrégoire11h30 Istherestillaplaceforsurgeryinheadandneckcancer MarcHamoir12h00-12h45 ControversiesinPhoniatrics Chairs:MarcRemacle,tba

12h00 Roundtableoncontroversiesinvoicedisordersmanagementtoday Panelmembers:MiekeMoerman,GauthierDesuter,AlejandraRodriguez,CamilleFink13h00-14h00 Lunch14h00-16h00 UpdateinSleepMedicine/OSASinChildren Chairs:PhilippeRombaux,tba

Polygraphyinchildren:aquickguideforbeginners Anne-LisePoirier Rapidmaxillaryexpansioninchildren PierreMahy Wheredowestand AnBoudewyns16h15-16h45 Farewelldrink

GeneralInformationVenueTheannualcongressoftheRoyalBelgianSocietyofOto-rhino-laryngology,HeadandNecksurgerywilltakeplaceon22and23November2019intheAulaMagnainLouvain-la-Neuve.Address:PlaceRaymondLemaire1,1348Louvain-la-NeuveGPSlocation:BoulevardAndreOLEFFEItineraryBycar

• FromBrusselstakehighwayE411(directionofNamur-Luxembourg).Exitn°8a(Louvain-la-NeuveCentre).AttheroundaboutlocatedontheroadN4,followthesigns‘AulaMagna’.

• FromNamurtakehighwayE411.Exit9(Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve).DirectionNivellesN25.ExitOttignies-Louvain-la-NeuvefollowdirectionCentreandthesigns‘AulaMagna’.

Wheretopark?

6.000parkingspotsareavailableunderthepedestriancenter,butyouwillhavetopayforthem(approx.15€/day).

Freeparkingisavailableatparking'AulaMagna'(120places)and24/7intheperiphery.The nearestpayingparkingisParkingGrandPlaceorParkingGrandRue,whichyoucanaccessfrom theundergroundring.OnceontheGrandPlace(mainsquare),facetheclocktowerandtakethe streetontheleftoftheclocktowerandcontinueon200meterstillyouarriveatthecongress venue.

Kaartjeinsteken

Bytrain

Thestationiscalled‘Louvain-la-NeuveUniversity’whichislinkedtoOttiginesstation.OttigniesstationislocatedonthelineBrussels-Namur(2trainsperhour).Louvain-la-Neuveis30minawayfromBrussels.You’llneedtochangetraininOttigniestotakeanothertrainto‘Louvain-la-Neuve’(8min.).TherearedirecttrainstoLouvain-la-NeuvefromBrussels,butthesetakemoretime.

AlltrainstoOttigniesgotroughthestationsBrusselsNorthstationandBrusselsMidistation.Schedulesareavailableatwww.belgianrail.be.Onceatthe“Louvain-la-NeuveUniversity”trainstation:CrossthePlacedel'Université(mainsquare)diagonallytothemainstreetRueCharlemagneontherighthandsideofthesquare.WalkdownthemainstreettotheGrandPlace.CrosstheGrandPlacediagonallyheadingtotheleftandcontinueon200meterstillyouarriveatthecongressvenue.Bybus

FromBrussels,therearespecialbuslines.SchedulesareavailableontheTECwebsite(https://www.infotec.be/Medeplacer/Rechercheditinéraire.aspx).

• StartingfromMetrostation‘Roodebeek’passingviatheMetroStationCrainhem/Kraainem.(LineiscalledCbisorConfortoBis).

• StartingfromEtterbeektrainstationpassingviaMetrostationDelta.(LineiscalledCorConforto).

SocialProgrammeOnFridayevening22November2019,welookforwardtowelcomingyouatthecongressdinnerintheHergéMuseum.Thedinnerstartsat19h30.TheHergéMuseumisanastoundingbuildingthathousesthelifeandworkofoneofthegreatestartistsofthetwentiethcentury,themasteroftheLigneClaire,theClearLine,andthefatherofTintinandSnowy.ArchitectChristiandePortzamparcimaginedthisexceptionalbuilding,worthyofwhatitholds.Thisoutoftheordinarystructurecontainsanastoundingheritageoforiginalplates,photographs,documentsandobjectsassembledtogetherinoneenchantingplace.Address:RueduLabrador26,1348Louvain-la-Neuve(4-minuteswalkfromAulaMagna).