EAP Training Course

in Preparation for the Future

European Board Examination of Phoniatrics

The European Academy of Phoniatrics is proud

to welcome you to the EAP Training Course
at Medical University Vienna
in Vienna on February 20th-22nd 2025.

Organized by

European Academy of Phoniatrics in cooperation with the Medical

University of Vienna, Austria

EAP Board

[Link]. Dr. Berit Schneider-Stickler

Dr. Barbara Arnold
lzv. Prof. Dr. Ana Đanić Hadzibegovic
Prof. Dr. Sanja Krejović
Prof. Tamer Abou-Elsaad, MD, PhD
PD Dr. Matthias Leonhard
Barbara Maciejewska, MD, PhD
 WE L COME RE MARKS P R OGRAM
Thursday, February 20th 2025

8:00 Registra�on
8:30 Welcome
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Introduc�on
The European Academy of Phoniatrics (EAP) invites you to the 8:40 History of Phoniatrics Oguz
comprehensive training course on “Phoniatrics” in Vienna in 2025! 8:50 European Board Examina�on of Phoniatrics Arnold
9:00 Biomechanics of verbal communica�on from phona�on to Denizoglu
The EAP was founded to build up organiza�onal structures and European hearing
quality standards on medical training and prac�ce to endeavour the best Fluency Disorders
phoniatric pa�ent care. The EAP offers a basic training program for
candidates who are interested in the future European Board Examina�on of 9:20 Classifica�on and e�ology of fluency disorders Paulus
Phoniatrics (EBE Phoniatrics). The course follows the UEMS-accredited 9:40 Qualita�ve and quan�ta�ve assessment of fluency Arnold
phoniatric logbook with didac�c lectures and hands-on workshops. It disorders
provides a comprehensive program of all main topics of the fields of 10:00 Evalua�on of verbal and non-verbal communica�on Rohlfs
Phoniatrics: voice speech, language, pediatric audiology and swallowing. All 10:20 Discussion
topics will be presented by an esteemed faculty with speakers from all over 10:30 Coffee Break
the world.
Speech/Ar�cula�on Disorders
Join us in an exci�ng adventure of knowledge explora�on, experience 10:50 E�ology and classifica�on of dysarthria Abou-Elsaad
exchange and friendship building. 11:10 Diagnos�cs and therapy of dysarthria Leonhard
11.30 Classifica�on of cle� palate Kurz
11:50 Diagnos�cs and therapy of cle� palate Kranebi�er
Berit Schneider-S�ckler, 12:10 Dysglossia and velopharyngeal insufficiency Paulus
President of the European Academy of Phoniatrics (EAP) 12:30 Orofacial myofunc�onal disorders Denk-Linnert
12:50 Discussion
13:00 Lunch
Swallowing Disorders
14:00 Basics of the physiology and terminology of swallowing Abou-Elsaad
14:15 Pediatric dysphagia and feeding disorders Kranebi�er
14:30 Neurogenic/psychogenic dysphagia Denk-Linnert
14:45 Swallowing in tracheostomized pa�ents Leonhard
15:00 Mechanical dysphagia a�er head and neck tumor therapy Danic-Hadzibegovic
15:15 Treatment, rehabilita�on and preven�on of dysphagia Abou-Elsaad
15:30 Discussion
15:40 Coffee Break
16:15- Hands-on-course: Swallowing
17:45 Flexible laryngoscopy, fibreop�c evalua�on of swallowing
18:30 Come together

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 P ROGRAM P R OGRAM
Friday, February 21st 2025 Saturday, February 22nd 2025

8:00 Welcome 8:00 Welcome

Hearing Disorders in Pediatrics Developmental Language Disorders
8:05 Development of hearing and auditory processing in Arnold 8:05 Development of language Neumann
children 8:20 Neurolinguis�cs and neuropsychology Rohlfs
8:20 Hearing disorders in children Honeder 8:35 Gene�c counselling in children with suspected language Hirschfelder
8:35 Audiological diagnos�cs in pediatrics Maciejewska and hearing impairment
8:50 Classifica�on of hearing loss Hirschfelder 8:50 A�en�on-deficit/Hyperac�vity disorder Hirschfelder
9:05 Types, fi�ng and selec�on of hearing aids in children Maciejewska 9:05 Au�sm spectrum and pervasive developmental disorders Rohlfs
9:20 Technology, surgery and rehabilita�on of cochlear implant Mürbe 9:20 Developmental language delay/late talker Neumann
9:35 Electric-acous�c s�mula�on Neumann 9:35 Diagnos�cs and treatment of language developmental Neumann
9:50 Bone-anchored and implantable hearing aids Büyükatalay disorders
10.05 Adenoidectomy/tonsillotomy/tonsillectomy/paracentesis Paulus 9:50 Treatment and therapy of language developmental Neumann
10:20 Discussion disorders
10:05 Discussion
10:30 Coffee Break 10:15 Coffee Break
Acquired Language Disorders Voice Disorders
11:00 Overview of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology related to Rohlfs 10:45 Principles of anatomy, physiology and biomechanics of Malki
acquired language disorders voice
11:15 Assessment and service delivery in acquired language Danic-Hadzibegovic 11:15 Acous�cs of voice and ar�cula�on Mürbe
disorders 11.30 Voice Diagnos�cs Schneider-S�ckler
11.30 Classifica�on of aphasia Abou-Elsaad
11:45 Treatment programs and approaches Neumann 11:45 Organic voice disorders Oguz
12:00 Discussion 12.00 Malregula�ve/non-organic voice disorders Hacki
12.15 Phonosurgery Mürbe
12:15 Lunch 12.30 Conserva�ve treatment of voice disorders Krejovic
12:45 Discussion
Dyslexia and Dysgraphia
13:30 Symptoms of dyslexia and dysgraphia Kurz 13:00 Lunch
13:45 Diagnos�cs and tests of dyslexia and dysgraphia Maciejewska
14:00 Management and treatment of dyslexia and dysgraphia Maciejewska 14:00 Vocal health Büyükatalay
14:15 Discussion 14.15 Voice rehabilita�on a�er laryngectomy Cobanogli

14:30 Coffee Break Tracheostomy

14:30 Tracheostomy Schneider-S�ckler
15:00- Hands-on-course: Pediatric Audiology 14:45 Tracheal tubes and tracheal care Leonhard
17:00 Case presenta�ons with videos 15:00 Discussion
Tympanometry, audiometry, transient evoked otoacous�c
emmision, brainstem audiometry 15:15 Coffee Break
15:45- Hands-on-course: Voice Diagnos�cs
17:30 Flexible/rigid laryngoscopy, high speed imaging, narrow
band imaging, voice range profile measurement, voice
acous�cs
 F ACU L T Y F ACU L T Y

Prof. Tamer Abou-Elsaad, MD, PhD

President-elect of the Interna�onal Associa�on of Communica�on Sciences and Dr. Veronika Kranebi�er
Disorders (IALP) Department of Phoniatrics and Speech Language Therapy
Chair of the Commi�ee of European Board Examina�on of Phoniatrics of the EAP Medical University of Vienna, Austria
ORL Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
Prof. Dr. Sanja Krejović
Dr. Barbara Arnold Treasurer of the European Academy of Phoniatrics (EAP)
Vice President of the European Academy of Phoniatrics (EAP) Clinic for ENT and MFS, Clinical centre of Serbia
President of the German Professional Associa�on of Phoniatric Specialists Faculty of Medicine
Private office in Munich (Office for ENT/Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology University of Belgrade, Serbia
Munich, Germany

Z. Çiler Büyükatalay, MD, MSc Dr. Annabella Kurz

Associate Professor Department of Phoniatrics and Speech Language Therapy
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Türkiye Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department, Ankara, Türkiye
PD Dr. Ma�hias Leonhard
Assoc Prof Dr. Bengu Cobanoglu Chair of the Commi�ee of Phoniatrics of the IALP
MD, MSc (in audiology and speech disorders) Representa�ve of the Commi�ee for Development of Digital Teaching Material
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department of Phoniatrics and Speech Language Therapy
Medical Faculty, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Türkiye Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Assoc. Prof. Ana Danic Hadzibegovic, MD, PhD Barbara Maciejewska, MD, PhD
General Secretary of the European Academy of Phoniatrics (EAP) Chair of the Commi�ee for Development of Digital Teaching Material
Clinical Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery Department and Clinic of Phoniatrics and Audiology,
University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croa�a Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ilter Denizoglu MD, PhD, MSc Prof. Khalid H Al Malki, MD, PhD
Founder of Vocology Centre, Izmir, Türkiye Chair of the Educa�on Commi�ee for Phoniatrics (ECP) of the Union of European
University Lecturer of Pedagogical Vocology (Dokuz Eylul University Conservatory, Phoniatricians (UEP)
Opera Division), University Lecturer of Clinical Vocology (Tinaztepe University Faculty Supervisor, Research Chair of Voice, Swallowing and Communica�on Disorders
of Health Sciences Speech Language Pathology) College of Medicine, King Saud University
ORL Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[Link]. Doris-Maria Denk-Linnert
Chair of the Sec�on of Phoniatrics of the Austrian Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Prof. Dr. Dirk Mürbe
Head and Neck Surgery Vice-President of the Union of European Phoniatricians
Head of the Department of Phoniatrics and Speech Language Therapy Past-President of the German Society of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology
Medical University of Vienna, Austria Head of the Department of Audiology and Phoniatrics
Charité University Hospital Berlin, Germany
[Link].h.c. Tamás Hacki
External member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Professor (re�red) University Regensburg, Germany [Link]. Dr. Katrin Neumann
Honorary Professor of the Semmelweis University for Medicine Budapest and of the Director of the Clinic for Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology
Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences Budapest, Hungary University Hospital Münster, Germany

Dr. Anke Hirschfelder Dr. Emre Ocak, MD MSc FEBORL-HNS

Head of the Division Hearing, Speech and Language Associate Professor
Department of Audiology and Phoniatrics Otorhinolaryngology Department
Charité University Hospital Berlin, Germany Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Türkiye
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Clemens Honeder, PhD
Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Chris�an Doppler Laboratory for Inner Ear Research
 F ACU L T Y OR GAN I Z AT I ON AL
[Link]. Haldun Oguz, MD
I N F ORMAT I ON
President of the Union of European Phoniatricians
President of the Turkish Professional Voice Society Course venue:
Chair of the IFOS2026 Phoniatrics Commi�ee
Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Lokman Hekim University,
Ankara, Turkiye Lectures:
Director, Fonomer, Phoniatrics & Audiology Clinic, Ankara, Turkiye
Medical University of Vienna
Dr. Roland Paulus
Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna
Department of Phoniatrics and Speech Language Therapy Lecture Hall “Jugends�lhörsaal”
Medical University of Vienna, Austria Hands-on-courses:
Medical University of Vienna
Prof. Dr. med. Anna-Katharina Rohlfs Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Head of Sec�on of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, Department of Control center at level 8, base 8J
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Ulm, Germany Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
State physician for the hearing impaired, Hamburg, Germany
Head of the newborn hearing screening and tracking center, Hamburg, Germany
Child protec�on officer of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and
Neck Surgery and the German Society of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology Program: h�ps://[Link]/upcoming-events-of-the-eap/
[Link]. Dr. Berit Schneider-S�ckler
President of the European Academy of Phoniatrics (EAP) Registra�on: h�ps://[Link]/7Ne5WDaY6Nia7SoX6
President of the Austrian Society of Logopedics, Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology
Deputy chair of the Department of Phoniatrics and Speech Language Therapy Registra�on fee:
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
UEP members 450,00€ Scan me!
non-UEP-member 550,00 €
T HA N KS T O OU R S P ON S ORS : Bank transfer data:
Account holder: Medical University of Vienna
Bank: ERSTE BANK
Adress: Am Belvedere 1, 1100 Vienna
Intended use: KO744D0002
IBAN-Code: AT362011140410070700
BIC-Code: GIBAATWW

The registra�on fee covers the catering during coffee and lunch breaks
Come-together-event:
Price per person: 50,00€

Organiza�onal responsibility
[Link]. Dr. Berit Schneider-S�ckler
PD Dr. Ma�hias Leonhard