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August 20-21, 2018 at Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal

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The 2nd Music & Cochlear Implants Symposium

August 20-21, 2018 at Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

Thanks to all the presenters and participants for making the symposium a fantastic event!

Participants at 2nd International Symposium on Music and Cochlear Implants

Participants at 2nd International Symposium on Music and Cochlear Implants

CI Users' Discussion panel

Jeremy Marozeau chaired a session with a number of cochlear implant users about their experiences with music. The discussion and their stories made an everlasting impression on all the attendants.
The participants had all recorded a testimonial about their experiences as part of the selection process and have generously allowed the links to be shared here:

  • Bettina Gellinek Turner's testimonial
  • Renee Blue O'Connell's testimonial
  • Alek Mansouri's testimonial

Sympoisum

Cochlear Implants have proven a very effective treatment for severe to profound hearing loss and for congenital or post-lingual deafness. Today more than 450,000 patients use a CI and congenitally deaf children and adults with an acquired deafness or profound hearing loss are implanted routinely in many countries. While the majority of CI patients achieve good speech perception, many experience a very poor music perception – both self-reported levels of music enjoyment as well as measured ability to discriminate fundamental features in music are significantly lower than in normal hearing subjects. Decades of research and product development on CI signal processing, stimulation and rehabilitation has focused mainly on speech sounds and little on music listening and enjoyment.

The poor music “delivery” in current CI devices stands in stark contrast to the general understanding that music is an important part of human wellbeing and Quality of Life. Recent scientific evidence points at music as an important auditory input for development of the human brain – both in terms of cognitive, emotional and auditory processing abilities. Similarly, throughout time and across cultures music has always played an important role in social gatherings – listening to music with friends, singing in the church or going to live music events is something many cochlear implant patients do not find pleasant.

There is no doubt that music is an essential part of social life, health and general wellbeing – and that substantial research is still needed to give hard of hearing people better access to this dimension of life. This is why we again wish to bring together researchers across the globe to join forces on bringing music to Cochlear Implant users.

Symposium chairs:
Professor Charles Limb, Director of Douglas Grant Cochlear Implant Center at UCSF.
Professor Robert Zatorre, James McGill Professor at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital and co-founder of the International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research

General information

Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

Symposium

The symposium will take place at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
3801 University Street (Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre)
H3A 2B4 Montreal (Québec)
Canada.

The symposium has been co-funded by the Oticon Foundation and will be free for attendants. Due to space restrictions a number of seats will be reserved for presenting participants.

Important dates

August 20-21Symposium dates

Cocktail Dinatoire

The complimentary cocktail dinatiore takes place at Galerie Gora, 279 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal H2X 1Y2 Monday, August 20, at 18:30. The evening will be an occasion to mingle with colleagues.

About Montreal

Weather in Montreal

The weather in August is around 25°C and sunny. Visit the website of the Weather Underground for historical information on the weather.


Accomodation

Accommodations are plentiful and varied in the buzzing and beautiful city of Montreal. For your convenience we have negotiated competitive pricing for attendees listed on the Accomodation page

Languages

Oral presentations and posters will be in English.


Currency

The Candian currency unit is the Canadian Dollars (CAD).


Events in Montreal in August

  • First Peoples Festival, August 2-9
  • Osheaga Music and Arts Outdoor Festival, August 3-6
  • Rogers Cup Professional Tennis Tournament, August 3-12
  • Montréal pride, August 9-19
  • ÎleSoniq, August 10-11
  • International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, August 11-19
  • Fashion & Design festival, August 20-25
  • Mutek, August 22-26
  • World Film Festival, August 23-September 3

To find out more

Please visit the Discover Montreal website.

Music and Cochlear Implants

Cochlear Implants have proven a very effective treatment for severe to profound hearing loss and for congenital or post-lingual deafness. Today more than 450,000 patients use a CI and congenitally deaf children and adults with an acquired deafness or profound hearing loss are implanted routinely in many countries. While the majority of CI patients achieve good speech perception, many experience a very poor music perception – both self-reported levels of music enjoyment as well as measured ability to discriminate fundamental features in music are significantly lower than in normal hearing subjects. Decades of research and product development on CI signal processing, stimulation and rehabilitation has focused mainly on speech sounds and little on music listening and enjoyment.

The poor music “delivery” in current CI devices stands in stark contrast to the general understanding that music is an important part of human wellbeing and Quality of Life. Recent scientific evidence points at music as an important auditory input for development of the human brain – both in terms of cognitive, emotional and auditory processing abilities. Similarly, throughout time and across cultures music has always played an important role in social gatherings – listening to music with friends, singing in the church or going to live music events is something many cochlear implant patients do not find pleasant.

There is no doubt that music is an essential part of social life, health and general wellbeing – and that substantial research is still needed to give hard of hearing people better access to this dimension of life. This is why we again wish to bring together researchers across the globe to join forces on bringing music to Cochlear Implant users.

Registration

Abstracts

Thanks to all the contributors. The contributions has been reviewed and the detailed program is being put together. All contributors have received notification of acceptance and rejections.

Registration open

The regristration site is open at www.conferencemanager.dk/musicandcisymposium2018.
An additional number of seats are reserved for researchers with accepted presentations and posters.

CI User Music Experience – Video Testimonials

Thanks to all the CI users who submitted video testimonials. The contributions has been reviewed and all have recieved notifications on the outcome.

Program

Monday Aug. 20th 2018

8:30Registration
9:00Opening Session
9:00Welcome from co-chairsCharles Limb & Robert Zatorre
9:10Welcome from SponsorSøren Kamaric Riis
9:20Music & CI overviewAlexandre Lehmann
9:40Session: Music & Enjoyment in CIs. Chair: Robert Zatorre
9:40Robert ZatorreKeynote: The neurological basis of musical pleasure
10:25Jeremy MarozeauWhy CI users love music
10:45Break
11:10Valerie LooiMusic appreciation of hearing aid users compared to cochlear implant recipients
11:25Waldo NogueiraEvaluation of new music compositions in live concerts and realistic laboratory settings by cochlear implant users and normal hearing listeners
11:40Panel Debate
12:05Lunch
12:45Poster Session (14 posters accepted. See positions below)
14:00Session: Improving music experience for current CI users. Chair: Kate Gfeller
14:00Kate GfellerKeynote: Current limitations: How can CI use be optimized for music?
14:45Charles LimbCan we tune cochlear implants ?
15:00Xin LuoF0-based Vibrotactile Stimulation May Improve Melodic Contour Identification with Cochlear Implants
15:15Michael MarzalekReplicate each basilar membrane traveling wave for better CI music perception, including bass
15:30Panel Debate
15:55Break
16:20CI Users Discussion panel. Chair: Jeremy Marozeau
17:30End of Day 1
19:00Social Night: Cocktail Dinatoire Galerie Gora.
Address: 279 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, QC H2X 1Y2, Canada

Tuesday aug. 21st 2018

8:30Coffee and refreshments
9:00Session: Solving the pitch problem. Chair: Andrew Oxenham
9:00Andrew OxenhamKeynote: Pitch perception with cochlear implants: How much spectral resolution is enough?
9:45Mickael DerochePitch sensitivity by cochlear implant users and its role in processing vocal and musical emotions
10:00David LandsbergerHow can pitch be encoded with a cochlear implant?
10:15Wiebke LampingThe Effect of Stimulation Mode and Pulse Shape on Pitch Perception by Cochlear Implant Listeners
10:30Panel Debate
10:50Break
11:15Sponsor Session: Oticon Medical's take on Music & CI. Chair: Søren Kamaric Riis
11:15Bradford BackusUnderstanding and Improving CI Pitch Perception for Music Using the Oticon Medical Research Platform
11:30Niels Henrik PontopiddanPerception of music and segregation of voices
11:45Manuel Segovia MartinezSFX - Extracting Temporal Information for better music CI coding
12:00Lunch
13:00Session: Growing up with music through a CI. Chair: Karen Gordon
13:00Karen GordonKeynote: Music appreciation and perception in children with cochlear implants reveals developmental plasticity
13:45Ritva TorppaThe role of music in the families of children with cochlear implants compared to those with normal hearing
14:00Chi Yhun LoMusic training for children with hearing loss: music, speech, and psychosocial benefit
14:15John GalvinMusic training can improve music and speech perception in pediatric mandarin-speaking cochlear implant users
14:30Panel Debate
14:50Break
15:15Research Frontier panel. Chair: Charles Limb
16:15Closing remarks by co-chairs
16:30End of Symposium

Poster session, Monday 12:45-14:00

Poster area open during the whole symposium
Position 1Yue ZhangAssessing Cognitive Load in Cochlear Implant Users Using a Short Term Memory Task and Pupillometry
Position 2Marie-Anne Prud'HommeBeat Perception and Production in CI Users
Position 3Anne Sofie AndersenMusical Listening in Electric Hearing – Two Novel EEG Paradigms for Studying Music Discrimination in Cochlear Implant Users
Position 4Nille KeppOverview of objective assessments of music perception in pediatric hearing impaired population with hearing technology
Position 5Agathe PralusTraining pitch perception in cochlear implant users via audiovisual integration: a pilot study in normal hearing controls
Position 6Molly EricksonMultidimensional Timbre Spaces of Cochlear Implant Vocoded and Non-vocoded Synthetic Female Singing Voices
Position 7Barbara KaczynskaMusic in rehabilitation and development of pediatric patients after cochlear implantation – study on active and passive music therapy
Position 8Barbara KaczynskaDevelopment of music skills after cochlear implantation – case report
Position 9Martin Böckmann-BarthelChord Consonance: Intra-subject comparison of electrical and acoustical hearing
Position 10Amineh KoravandHow musical training affects cortical auditory responses in children with and without hearing loss
Position 11Valerie LooiThe Role of Music in Families of Children with Hearing Loss
Position 12Shaikat HossainPerceptual differences between analog and pulsatile stimulation in a single-sided deafened patient
Position 13Katelyn BergSpeech recognition and music sound quality as a function of the number of channels in modern cochlear implant users
Position 14Kristen D'OnofrioMusical Emotion Perception in Bimodal Patients: relationship between bimodal benefit and both psychophysical spectral resolution and neural representation of temporal fine structure
Poster size 4 ft by 4 ft (SQUARE)

Invited speakers

  • Mickael Deroche
  • Kate Gfeller
  • Karen Gordon
  • Charles Limb
  • Jeremy Marozeau
  • Andrew Oxenham
  • Robert Zatorre

Accomodation

Accommodations are plentiful and varied in the buzzing and beautiful city of Montreal. For your convenience we have negotiated competitive pricing for attendees at three excellent and well situated hotels. Please refer to the information below to choose a hotel that suits you as you participate in the Symposium on Music and CI.

Delta Hotels by Marriott
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Address: 475 Avenue President Kennedy, H3A 1J7

Hotel Information: With fresh and modern design, this hotel is a comfortable and convenient option for a stay in Montreal. Located within the Quartier des Spectacles, Delta Hotels is just a quick walk away from stylish shopping and nearby restaurants at the heart of downtown Montreal.

Reservation: To book at Delta Hotels, please call 1-844-860-3753 to make your reservation and mention that you are part of the “Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital” group. A credit card will be required to guarantee your reservation. You are reminded to book by July 19, 2018; any requests made after this date are dependent upon the availability of the rooms. The competitive rate is for August 19 -20, 2018. The hotel may extend this rate before and after these dates.

Room information: The nightly rate for a room is $210.00 (taxes not included). Check in is at 3:00 PM, and check out at 12:00 PM. The rooms include free Wi-Fi, bottled water, and a sleek workspace. The hotel also features a 24/7 fitness center, a restaurant and bistro bar, and a full service spa. Pets are also welcome (for an extra fee).

Hotel Zero 1
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Address: 1 Boulevard René-Lévesque E., H2X 3Z5

Hotel Information: Discover a stylish urban oasis at Hotel ZERO1, an independent hotel in downtown Montréal’s vibrant Quartier des Spectacles neighborhood. Located next to Chinatown and the business district, Hotel ZERO1 is a short walk from the Montréal Convention Centre, charming Old Montréal and hip bars and restaurants on Saint-Laurent Boulevard.

Reservation: To book at Hotel Zero 1, please call 514-871-9696, or 1-855-301-0001 to make your reservation and mention “McGill University Event”. A credit card will be required to guarantee your reservation. You are reminded to book by July 5, 2018; any requests made after this date are dependent upon the availability of the rooms. The competitive rate is for August 19-20, 2018. The hotel may extend this rate before and after these dates.

Room information:The nightly rate for a single room is $175.00 (taxes not included). The nightly rate for a loft suite is $189.00 (taxes not included). Check in is at 3:00 PM, and check out at 12:00 PM. The rooms include free Wi-Fi, free local calls, queen size beds, a shower, a microwave, and a mini-fridge. Please note that breakfast is not included in the rate, but is available at the hotel restaurant for a small fee. Valet service is $28.00/day plus applicable taxes.

Sofitel Montreal Golden Mile
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Address: 1155 Sherbrooke St. W

Hotel Information:This state-of-the art hotel is ideally situated in Montreal’s historic Golden Square Mile. Sofitel’s close proximity to all of downtown Montreal’s main attractions, including art galleries, museums, restaurants and boutiques, makes it a perfect stay for guests looking to experience Montreal’s cultural attractions.

Reservation: : To book at Sofitel Montreal Golden Mile, please call 514-788-3042 or toll free 877-285-9001 or send an email to h3646-op@sofitel.com to make your reservation and mention that you are booking as a member of the “McGill Montreal Neurological Institute”. A credit card will be required to guarantee your reservation. You are reminded to book by July 16, 2018; any requests made after this date are dependent upon the availability of the rooms. Please note that the Sofitel’s rooms are limited. The competitive rate is for August 19-20, 2018. The hotel may extend this rate before and after these dates.

Room information: Combining French elegance with the very best of local culture, Sofitel offers sophisticated and comfortable rooms. The nightly rate for a single room is $209.00 (taxes not included). For double occupancy, there is an additional $30.00 charge per room, per night. Check in is at 3:00 PM, and check out at 12:00 PM. The rooms feature floor-to-ceiling windows, free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TVs, plus desks and minibars. Other amenities in the hotel include a fitness centre, and a sauna.

Guidelines for authors

Oral presentations


The duration of most talks is 15 minutes; about 12 minutes for the presentation and not less than 3 minutes for questions.
For the 30 minutes talks, presenters should plan 25 minutes for the presentation and 5 minutes for questions and answers.
The oral presentations should be based on Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 or later versions.

HOW

It is not possible to connect your own laptop to the projector. Please bring your presentation in one of the following formats:

  • USB Flash drive or mobile hard disk
  • CD-Rom or DVD
WHEN
  • Presenters on Monday (August 20th): please upload your presentation by the organizers at the registration desk before 10.00.
  • Presenters on Tuesday (August 21st): please upload your presentation by the organizers at the registration desk before 9.00.

If you have movies/audio files in your presentation, please check that it runs smoothly. Note that movie and audio files are typically not embedded in your PowerPoint file, therefore make sure you have the original movie/audio files (.mpeg, .avi, .mpg, .wav, etc.).


Poster presentations

The posters boards are SQUARE and 4 ft by 4 ft.

All posters have been assigned a number (see below) which indicates which posterboard to use

PositionPresenterTitle
01Yue ZhangAssessing Cognitive Load in Cochlear Implant Users Using a Short Term Memory Task and Pupillometry
02Marie-Anne Prud'HommeBeat Perception and Production in CI Users
03Anne Sofie AndersenMusical Listening in Electric Hearing – Two Novel EEG Paradigms for Studying Music Discrimination in Cochlear Implant Users
04Nille KeppOverview of objective assessments of music perception in pediatric hearing impaired population with hearing technology
05Agathe PralusTraining pitch perception in cochlear implant users via audiovisual integration: a pilot study in normal hearing controls
06Molly EricksonMultidimensional Timbre Spaces of Cochlear Implant Vocoded and Non-vocoded Synthetic Female Singing Voices
07Barbara KaczynskaMusic in rehabilitation and development of pediatric patients after cochlear implantation – study on active and passive music therapy
08Barbara KaczynskaDevelopment of music skills after cochlear implantation – case report
09Martin Böckmann-BarthelChord Consonance: Intra-subject comparison of electrical and acoustical hearing
10Amineh KoravandHow musical training affects cortical auditory responses in children with and without hearing loss
11Valerie LooiThe Role of Music in Families of Children with Hearing Loss
12Shaikat HossainPerceptual differences between analog and pulsatile stimulation in a single-sided deafened patient
WHEN

The posters will be placed in the conference hall during both days (August 20-21) for informal viewing. Poster presenters are required to be by their posters during the Poster Session (Monday, August 20th: 12:45-14:00 ).

The posters have to be removed before the end of the symposium.

Poster boards and pins/tape will be provided by the organizers.


 
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