For speakers
Please send info to euro-ciu.symposium@lapci.fi by 20 th February 2017.
- Your name and Affiliations
- BioCV, ca. 250 words.
- Description of your research group, organization etc., if relevant
- Your photograph
Affiliations, BioCv and description, all together max ½ page (Calibri, 11 pt, line spacing 1). We will add Finnish translation of your BioCV and description to the program of the symposium if this is ok for you (please inform if you do not allow translation).
- Abstract
Max one page (Calibri, 11pt, line spacing 1), including references (not compulsatory). We will add Finnish translation of your abstract to the program of the symposium if this is ok for you (please inform Ritva Torppa if you do not allow translation).
The format of your possible references:
Article:
Torppa, R., Faulkner, A., Huotilainen, M., Järvikivi, J., Lipsanen, J., Laasonen, M., & Vainio, M. (2014).
The perception of prosody and associated auditory cues in early-implanted children: The role of auditory working memory and musical activities. International Journal of Audiology, 53, 1821–91.
Book:
Moore, B. C. J. (2003b). An introduction to the psychology of hearing. London, UK: Academic Press.
If your abstract concerns a scientific presentation
please answer in the abstract at least to these questions:
- Which cognitive etc. (like musical) skills/attributes you will talk about in the presentation?
- Why you are talking about them?
- What is the scientific evidence showing that musical activities enhance them?
- If relevant: what kind of musical activities enhance/could enhance them? (unless you do not tell everything in the abstract of your workshop).
If your abstract concerns a workshop
please answer in the abstract at least to these questions:
- What will be done at the workshop? (like: materials, methods, practices).
- What is the target of the materials or methods? (better cognitive, including language, or musical skills, to allow doing music/singing for children/adults with CIs, etc.).
- For whom is the workshop targeted? Examples: For parents of children with CIs, for children or adults with CIs, for all people with hearing impairments, for professionals – speech therapists, music therapists, medical doctors, personnel in nursing homes, for kindergarten teachers, music teachers, music play school teachers, etc.