Program

Opening words: PIRKKO MATTILA, Minister of Social Affairs and Health, LapCI ry and Kuuloliitto ry
Why and how music can help the brain to develop?: MINNA HUOTILAINEN
The Multilingual Turn: Current issues in research on multilingualism: ÅSA PALVIAINEN
Adults Cochlear Implant rehabilitation by The Social Insurance Institution of Finland: TUULA AHLGREN
Early vocabulary growth in children with cochlear implants: early signs and spoken words: TAINA VÄLIMAA
Workshop: Towards better perception of pitch and prosody, language and singing skills!: RITVA TORPPA
Crossing Boundaries in Learning: OLLI VESTERINEN
Simultaneous acquisition of sign language and spoken language forms a special type of bimodal bilingualism: LAURA KANTO
Music groups for hearing impaired children in Finland: ULLA SERGEJEFF
Cochlear Implant manufacturers:Cochlear and MED-EL
How does Sennheiser CinemaConnect support the accessibility at the movie theaters?: JORMA KAARELA
Music play school activities and their theoretical background.: ELISA SEPPÄNEN
Family Intervention in a New Era: ANN-CHARLOTTE GYLLENRAM
Valteri Services in Supporting Learning and School Attendance: KRISTIINA PITKÄNEN
Musical experiences using cochlear implants (CI): RUSS PALMER
Outcomes of cochlear implantation in Finnish adults quality of life: EILA LONKA
Kuuloliitto ry: PEKKA LAPINLEIMU
What’s up with LapCI?: MARIANNE RINTALA
Peer support from hospital point of view (FIN): SARI MYKKÄNEN
Pitch Perception Training for Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients: What have we learnt, and how can we apply it to pediatric recipients?: VALERIE LOOI
Peer support project and study in Kuuloliitto (FIN): ILONA MAULA-TERVO & ANNIINA LAVIKAINEN