Programme Day 1

Day 1, Thursday 13th Nov 2025

Time	Session

08:00 08:45	Plenary Lecture 1 (Advanced Bionics) Implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI) into CI Practices and Outcomes Rapheal Koning Speaker Dianne Rafter Moderator Sabah Room (Basement II)
08:45 09:30	Plenary Lecture 2 (Professor Seung Ha Oh Memorial Oration) Teamwork, Technology and Tenacity - The Story of Cochlear Implant Centres In Asia Pacific Prepageran Narayanan Moderator Lokman Saim Speaker Sabah Room (Basement II)
09:30 10:00	Opening Ceremony
10:00 10:30	Tea Break / Exhibit Visit
10:30 10:30	Sabah Room (Basement II)	Johor Room 2&5 (Lower Lobby)	Johor Room 3&6 (Lower Lobby)	Perak Room (Basement II)	Melaka Room (Basement II)	Penang Room (Lower Lobby)	Kelantan Room (Lower Lobby)	Perlis Room (Basement II)
10:30 11:00	Keynote Lecture 1 Akira Ishiyama Moderator Cochlear Implantation From The Perspective Of The Genetic Background Shin-Ichi Usami Speaker Sabah Room (Basement II)	Keynote Lecture 2 Aanand Acharya Moderator Novel Shape Memory Polymer Cochlear Implant Array Enables Lateral Wall Insertion Then Self-Coils Atraumatically To Become Perimodiolar Kenneth Lee Speaker Johor Room 2&5 (Lower Lobby)	Keynote Lecture 3 Mohan Kameswaran Moderator CI In Inner Ear Malformation Levent Sennaroglu Speaker Johor Room 3&6 (Lower Lobby)	Keynote Lecture 4 Jafri Kuthubutheen Moderator Considerations For And Initial Results Of A Totally Implantable Cochlear Implant Joachim Müller Speaker Perak Room (Basement II)	Keynote Lecture 5 Yetta Abrahams Moderator Active Bone Conduction Devices In Paediatric Patients Sarah Mowry Speaker Melaka Room (Basement II)	Keynote Lecture 6 Aleisha Davis Moderator Remote Programming: Empowering Access, Enhancing Care Cassandra Kerr Speaker Penang Room (Lower Lobby)	Keynote Lecture 7 Shi Rou Tey Moderator Assessing And Maintaining Family Commitments In Rehabilitation Basha Othman Speaker Kelantan Room (Lower Lobby)	Oral Presentation 1 - Cochlear Implant And Tinnitus Erasmo Gonzalo Moderator Abstracts: 83, 170, 295, 307 Perlis Room (Basement II)
11:00 12:00	Symposium 1 - Genetics And Related Makoto Hosoya Moderator Koji Nishimura Moderator Clinical Feasibility And Challenge Of Gene Editing For Progressive Hearing Loss Jinsei Jung Speaker Rincell-1: A Cell-Based Therapy For Neural Hearing Loss Doug Hartley Speaker Advances And Challenges In Gene Therapy For Hereditary Hearing Loss Hidekane Yoshimura Speaker Current Gene Therapy In Mice And Human With Impact On Cochlear Implants Xue Zhong Liu Speaker Sabah Room (Basement II)	Symposium 2 - Imaging And Radiology 1 Byung Yoon Choi Moderator Christopher Raine Moderator Validation Of Clinical Imaging Measures For Cochlear Implant Electrode Position Against Histology And MicroCT Standards Melville Da Cruz Speaker Pre-versus Post-operative Imaging Comparisons For Anatomy-Based Programming Camille Dunn Speaker Optimizing Cochlear Implant Outcomes With Micro-Imaging Of Cochlea Kevin Brown Speaker The Role Of Preoperative Imaging In Predicting Surgical Complexity In CI Mehmet Celik Speaker Johor Room 2&5 (Lower Lobby)	Roundtable 1 - HEARRING: How To Personalise Cochlear Implant Treatments Paul Van De Heyning Moderator Wolf-Dieter Baumgartner Panelist Abdulrahman Hagr Panelist Yongxin Li Panelist Paul Van De Heyning Panelist Dayse Tavora-Vieira Panelist Shin-Ichi Usami Panelist Johor Room 3&6 (Lower Lobby)	Symposium 3 - Vestibular Function And Related (1100-1300hrs) Carren Teh Moderator Rekha Balachandran Moderator Overcoming The Diagnostic Void: Introducing Telenystagmography Gunesh Rajan Speaker The Value Of Electrical Vestibular Stimulation In Vestibular Diagnosis Richard Irving Speaker Breaking The Spin: Latest Advances In BPPV Management Krittanai Teeratamtada Speaker Vestibular And Balance Screening In Infants And Children With Hearing Loss: When And How Nor Haniza Abdul Wahat Speaker Paediatric Vestibular Service – Why You Should Get Started And How To Do It Ching Yee Chan Speaker Sequential Bilateral Transmastoid Superior Semicircular Dehiscence Surgery Is Safe And Effective Katherine Pollaers Speaker Five Vestibular End-Organ Evaluation In Cochlear Implantation Muhammed Dagkiran Speaker The Neural Basis Of Perceptual Overlap In The Peripheral Vestibular System Pengyu Ren Speaker Perak Room (Basement II)	Symposium 4 - Auditory Brainstem Implant(ABI) In Asia Pacific Chunfu Dai Moderator Shakeel Riaz Saeed Moderator Auditory Brainstem Implant In Korea In Seok Moon Speaker Auditory Brainstem Implants In : The Malaysian Experience Ing Ping Tang Speaker ABI In Non-Tumour Patients: Shanghai Experience Hao Wu Speaker CI Or ABI? Decision In Different Inner Ear Anomalies Hakan Tutar Speaker Melaka Room (Basement II)	Symposium 5 - CI Outcomes In Children Artur Lorens Moderator Merlinda W Bernard Moderator Cochlear Implant - Parental Support Cila Umat Speaker Paediatric CI Rehabilitation: Maximizing Speech and Language Development Aleisha Davis Speaker Amplification to Preserve Auditory Cortex of Pediatric Cochlear Implant Candidates Nancy Young Speaker Cortical And Hearing Implants. Dayse Tavora-Vieira Speaker Penang Room (Lower Lobby)	Symposium 6 - Recent Issues In Speech Rehabilitation (1100-1300hrs) Ellen Andries Moderator Foong Yen Chong Moderator Providing Auditory-Verbal Therapy In Malaysia Shi Rou Tey Speaker Multilingual Approaches In Therapy Han Hui Hee Speaker Navigating Family Throughout Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation Basha Othman Speaker Children Implanted Late Donna Sperandio Speaker Holistic Approach For Children With Hearing Impairment (With Additional Challenging, Late Intervention And Inappropriate Hearing Technology) At Yayasan Aurica Sinta Nursimah Speaker Practical Strategies For Developing Tonal Language Skills In Children With Cochlear Implants Jia Chuan Lim Speaker Clinical Application Of Speech Reception Tests In Chinese. Iris H.-Y. Ng Speaker Kelantan Room (Lower Lobby)	Oral Presentation 2 - Electrode Design In Cochlear Implantation Khairunnisak Misron Moderator Wan Nabila Wan Mansor Moderator Abstracts: 9, 28, 29, 153, 165, 378, 452, 560 Perlis Room (Basement II)
12:00 13:00	Sponsored Symposium By MEDEL Sabah Room (Basement II)	Symposium 7 - Implants Technology And Electrode Related Issues. Bee See Goh Moderator Emel Tahir Moderator Exploration Of Different Electrode Types Inserted In A 3D Model Of A Patient With Incomplete Partition Type III Inner Ear Malformation Janez Rebol Speaker Electrode Choice In CI: Rationale And Clinical Cases Enis Alpin Guneri Speaker Rate Of Abnormal Intraoperative Transimpedance In Cochlear Implantation Nozomu Matsumoto Speaker Classification Of Electrode Kinking In Cochlear Implantation Gi Jung Im Speaker Johor Room 2&5 (Lower Lobby)	Symposium 8 - Candidacy And Policy Kevin Brown Moderator Kuang-Chao Moderator Developing CI Services In The Low Income Country Of Malawi – Sub-Saharan Africa Christopher Raine Speaker Key Pearls In Surgical Decision-Making For CI Candidates Mehmet Celik Speaker Extended Candidacy For Middle Ear Implant Jinsei Jung Speaker Cochlear Implant Program Implementation In A Tertiary Public Hospital: Clinical And Logistical Issues. Erasmo Gonzalo Speaker Johor Room 3&6 (Lower Lobby)	Roundtable 2 - [Case Discussion] CI Or ABI? Shakeel Riaz Saeed Moderator Levent Sennaroglu Moderator Hao Wu Panelist Ing Ping Tang Panelist In Seok Moon Panelist Jafri Kuthubutheen Panelist Mohan Kameswaran Panelist Melaka Room (Basement II)	Symposium 9 - CI Outcomes In Adults Nur Azyani Binti Amri Moderator Pelden Wangchuk Moderator Early Activation of Cochlear Implants: Electrode Impedance and Clinical Outcomes. Yassin Abdelsamad Speaker Prediction of CI Outcomes using Advanced Machine Learning Techniques in Postlingually Deaf Adults Hong Ju Park Speaker Improving Access To CI For Adults Helen Cullington Speaker Early Activation Of CI And Its Implication On Outcomes Abdulrahman Hagr Speaker Penang Room (Lower Lobby)	Oral Presentation 3 - Cochlear Implant And Specific Issues Khim Soon Vong Moderator Mohd Sazafi Mohd Saad Moderator Abstracts: 8, 16, 188, 195, 205, 255, 259, 583 Perlis Room (Basement II)
13:00 14:00	Lunch Symposium: MEDEL
14:00 15:00	Sponsored Symposium By Advanced Bionics Expert Insights Panel: Managing Complex Cases Tim Nauwelaers Moderator Barrie Yau Boon Tan Panelist Shree Cuddapah Panelist Sumit Mrig Panelist Tadao Yoshida Panelist Sabah Room (Basement II)	Symposium 10 - Implants Related Research Hung-Ching Lin Moderator Hyong Ho Cho Moderator Electrical Activity Inside Cochlea With Cochlear Implants Anandhan Dhanasingh Speaker Cochlear Implantation Is Associated With Reduced Incidence Of Dementia In Severe Hearing Loss Jae Ho Chung Speaker Development Of Objective And Quantifiable Hearing Improvement Surgery Using Intraoperative Measurement Device And Surgical Database Of Ossicular Mobility Sho Kanzaki Speaker Image-guided Cochlear Implantation Surgery Using Mobile Cone Beam CT Norio Yamamoto Speaker Johor Room 2&5 (Lower Lobby)	Symposium 11 - Middle Ear Diseases Jeyanthi Kulasegarah Moderator Jia Hui Ng Moderator Endoscopic Cholesteatoma Surgery Ali Ozdek Speaker Postoperative Outcomes Of Patients Undergoing Different Types Of Mastoidectomy Techniques, Focusing On Recurrence Rates, Auditory Outcomes, And Postoperative Quality Of Life In Attico-Antral Cholesteatomas Beldan Polat Speaker CI And Otitis Media Jawwad Ahmad Speaker Management Of Middle Ear Effusion In Syndromic Children - Has Anything Changed? Shamina Sara Moses Speaker Johor Room 3&6 (Lower Lobby)	Symposium 12 - Tinnitus And Related Celeste Ann Chua Moderator Jeyasakthy Saniasiaya Moderator CI- HRQoL, Tinnitus And Psychologic Comorbidities Heidi Olze Speaker Tinnitus Suppression Via Cochlear Implantation Kuang-Chao Speaker Tinnitus and Cochlear Implant Pey-Yu Chen Speaker Tinnitus Brain: Including Effect Of Cochlear Implant Lieber Li Speaker Perak Room (Basement II)	Symposium 13 - BCI & MEI Abha Kumari Moderator Masahiro Takahashi Moderator Long Term Outcomes For Middle Ear Implants - 20 Year Review Katherine Pollaers Speaker Unusual Cases In Bone - Anchored Hearing Devices: Challenges And Solutions Emel Tahir Speaker Comparative Outcomes Of The Cochlear™ Osia® 2 System And Baha® Attract System In Patients With Conductive Or Mixed Hearing Loss Hyong Ho Cho Speaker Innovative Surgical Approaches For The Osia® 2 System Young Joon Seo Speaker Melaka Room (Basement II)	Symposium 14 - Electrically Evoked Potential And Mapping Carrie Nieman Moderator Teresa Ching Moderator Harmonizing the Learning Environment: Predicting Academic Success in Malaysian School Children At Risk for Auditory Processing Problems Using a Novel Test. Mohd Zulkarnain Bin Azali Speaker Cortical Potential As A Measure Of Assessing Outcomes In Bilateral Cochlear Implantation Among Post Lingual Deafness Mohammed Eliyas Speaker A New Electrical ABR Paradigm For Assessing Inner Ear Malformations In Cochlear Implantation Fida Almuhawas Speaker Intraoperative CAP As A Predictor Of Postoperative CAEP In CI Users Dayse Tavora-Vieira Speaker Penang Room (Lower Lobby)	Roundtable 3 - Auditory-Verbal Therapy In The Asia-Pacific Region Donna Sperandio Moderator Jia Chuan Lim Moderator Aleisha Davis Panelist Basha Othman Panelist Olivia Wee Panelist Sinta Nursimah Panelist Son A Chang Panelist Kelantan Room (Lower Lobby)	Oral Presentation 4 - Cochlear Implantation In Abnormal Anatomy Hanzali Bin Jumastpha Moderator Kevin Boon Han Ng Moderator Abstracts: 20, 69, 70, 247, 306 Perlis Room (Basement II)
15:00 16:00	Roundtable 4 - [Debate] Conventional CI Vs Robotic CI Vedat Topsakal Moderator Wolf-Dieter Baumgartner Moderator Camille Dunn Panelist Huan Jia Panelist Joachim Müller Panelist Rajesh Vishwakarma Panelist Richard Irving Panelist Sabah Room (Basement II)	Symposium 15 - CI In Acoustic Neuroma Hong Ju Park Moderator Levent Olgun Moderator Monitoring In CI For AN Naoki Oishi Speaker Results Of CI For AN Imaizumi Mitsuyoshi Speaker Surveillance Of Vestibular Schwannoma Via Magnetic Resonance Imaging Under Cochlear Implantation Conditions In Seok Moon Speaker Simultaneous CI in Intracochlear Schwannoma Yun-Hoon Choung Speaker Johor Room 2&5 (Lower Lobby)	Symposium 16 - CI In SSD And AHL (1500-1630hrs) Nozomu Matsumoto Moderator Ozgur Surmelioglu Moderator Establishing Standardized Conditions For Clinically Available Sound-localization Tests: A Multicenter Approach Tadao Yoshida Speaker Advanced Medical Study For CI In SSD In Japan Masahiro Takahashi Speaker Binaural Hearing In Bimodal Patients With AHL Hiroshi Yamazaki Speaker Cochlear Implantation Outcomes For Paediatric Patients With Asymmetric Hearing Loss Junho Lee Speaker Cochlear Implantation In Patients With SSD Il Joon Moon Speaker Factors Affecting Usage Of CI In SSD Vanessa Tan Speaker Johor Room 3&6 (Lower Lobby)	Instructional Course 1: Auditory Brainstem Implant Mohan Kameswaran Moderator Ranjith Rajeswaran Moderator Radiological, Audiological, Medical Aspects Mohan Kameswaran Speaker Olga Pashchinina Speaker Ranjith Rajeswaran Speaker Surgical Techniques & Complications Khassan Diab Speaker Mohan Kameswaran Speaker Intraoperative Monitoring And Electrode Positioning Ranjith Rajeswaran Speaker Postoperative Programming And Rehabilitation Ranjith Rajeswaran Speaker Jayalakshmi P.B Speaker Asvitha Rajendiran Speaker Perak Room (Basement II)	Roundtable 5 - Residual Hearing. What Now? Thomas Lenarz Moderator Gunesh Rajan Moderator Artur Lorens Panelist Paul Van De Heyning Panelist Piotr Skarzynski Panelist Dayse Tavora-Vieira Panelist Stephen O'Leary Panelist Melaka Room (Basement II)	Roundtable 6 - NHS And CI In Asia Pacific Developing Countries From Audiological Perspectives Cila Umat Moderator Jenny Loo Panelist Nur Azyani Binti Amri Panelist Pelden Wangchuk Panelist Pittayapon Pitathawatchai Panelist Ratna Anggraeni Panelist Sohail Awan Panelist Tran Phan Chung Thuy Panelist Penang Room (Lower Lobby)	Roundtable 7 - Overcoming Challenges In Providing Quality Rehabilitation Following Cochlear Implant In The Asia-Pacific Region Han Hui Hee Moderator Rozila Binti Sumardi Moderator Basha Othman Panelist Eka Hikmat Panelist Jia Chuan Lim Panelist Mandy Phua Panelist Son A Chang Panelist Kelantan Room (Lower Lobby)	Oral Presentation 5 - Cochlear Implantation And Imaging: An Update Davina Hui Ming Teo Moderator Shantini Jagnathan Moderator Abstracts: 43, 47, 48, 112, 146, 211, 213, 254 Perlis Room (Basement II)
16:00 16:30	Tea Break / Exhibit Visit
16:30 18:30	Symposium 17 - Spiral Ganglion Cells : From Cochlear Implantation To Regeneration (1630-1800hrs) Jinsei Jung Moderator Shin-Ichi Usami Moderator Expression Of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor In Human Spiral Ganglia Neurons After Cochlear Implantation Akira Ishiyama Speaker A Primate Model Animal Revealed The Inter-species Differences And Similarities In The Subtype Specifications Of The Spiral Ganglion Neurons Makoto Hosoya Speaker Expressing Exogenous Genes In The Murine Peripheral And Central Auditory Systems Using A Neuron-Specific Adeno-Associated Virus Vector Into The Inner Ear Koji Nishimura Speaker Otic Organoids Containing Spiral Ganglion Neuron-like Cells Derived From Human-induced Pluripotent Stem Cells As A Model Of Drug-induced Neuropathy Yutaka Matsushita Speaker Optmising Outcomes In Cochlear Implants Genetics Catherine Birman Speaker Sabah Room (Basement II)	Symposium 18 - Elderly CI And Cognition (1630-1800hrs) Ja-Won Koo Moderator Jawwad Ahmad Moderator Effects Of Cochlear Implants On Cognitive Function Takashi Sato Speaker Results Of CI In Elderly Erika Ogata Speaker Cognitive Changes Up To 4 Years After Cochlear Implantation In Older Adults: A Prospective Longitudinal Study Using The RBANS-H Ellen Andries Speaker CI And QOL For Elderly Norie Imagawa Speaker Cochlear Implantation In Elderly Hearing Loss Patients Asma Abdullah Speaker Cognitive Function And Speech Outcomes After Cochlear Implantation In Older Adults Tadao Yoshida Speaker Johor Room 2&5 (Lower Lobby)	Instructional Course 2 Asfa Najmi Binti Mohamad Yusof Moderator Riana Kipiani Binti Abdul Halim Moderator Atresia Functional And Aesthetic Rehabilitation Christopher Que Hee Speaker Complications Of Cochlear Implant Mohnish Grover Speaker Closure Of CSF Leak Lateral Skull Base Yves Brand Speaker Why Translabyrinth Approach? Norhaslinda Abdul Gani Speaker Vibrant Sound Bridge Surgeries: Tips And Tricks Farid Alzhrani Speaker Salvaging An Exposed Cochlear Implant Karan Bhatia Speaker Johor Room 3&6 (Lower Lobby)	Instructional Course 3 Krittanai Teeratamtada Moderator Muhammed Dagkiran Moderator MEND Therapy As A Solution For Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness Carren Teh Speaker Precision In Motion: Clinical Excellence In BPPV Repositioning Techniques Rekha Balachandran Speaker Rare BPPV Forms: Diagnosis And Treatment Enis Alpin Guneri Speaker Vestibular Testing In Cochlear Implantation Joyce Tang Speaker Tools For Planning CI In Reimplantation, Inner Ear Anomalies And Fibrosis Rabea Al Sabilah Speaker Vestibular Brainstem And Cortical Responses And Multi-Canal Interactions Stan Van Boxel Speaker Perak Room (Basement II)	Instructional Course 4 Nor Haniza Abdul Wahat Moderator Tejasvi Vemuru Moderator CIM In Endoscopic Ear Surgery Hua Liao Speaker Vibratory Middle Ear Implants Mario Zernotti Speaker The Role Of Video Head Impulse Testing In The Evaluation Of Paediatric Vestibular Disorders Jeyasakthy Saniasiaya Speaker Implantable Hearing Devices For The Patients With Congenital Aural Atresia Yang-Sun Cho Speaker Bone Conduction: The Driving Force Javier Gavilan Speaker Vestibular Assessment In Inner Ear Malformations For CI Candidacy Gorkem Ertugrul Speaker Melaka Room (Basement II)	Instructional Course 5 Ashyqqeen Binti Azhar Moderator Yeo Hui Hui Moderator Using ECAP, EABR, And Cortical Potentials In Cochlear Implants: A Step-by-Step Clinical Approach Mohd Normani Zakaria Speaker Developing And Validating Speech Perception Test In Your Own Language: Key Steps Foong Yen Chong Speaker Effective Dynamic Range As A Basis For The Selection Of Active Middle Ear Implants And BC Devices Torsten Rahne Speaker Cortical Auditory Evoked Potential(CAEP) In Paediatric Cochlear Implant (CI) Users: Case Reports And Clinical Implications Rosninda Binti Abdullah Speaker Transtympanic EABR For CI Candidacy Apurva Kumar Speaker The Green Cochlear Abdulrahman Hagr Speaker Ilona Anderson Speaker Penang Room (Lower Lobby)	Instructional Course 6 Bong Siaw Ching Moderator Sinta Nursimah Moderator ReDi As A Support For Environments With Limited Resources Donna Sperandio Speaker Clinician And Recipient Perspectives On AI-Customised Rehab For SSD/CI Users Nicole Lim Speaker Overcoming Inconsistent Auditory Skills 1-2 Years After CI Jia Chuan Lim Speaker Paediatric Late Cochlear Implantation: Experience, Challenges, And Future Directions Siti Hufaidah Konting Speaker Phonological Awareness And Literacy Outcomes In Pediatric CI Users: Implications For Educational Planning (or) Predictive Validity Of Speech Perception Measures For Scholastic Outcomes Banumathy Nagamani Speaker Decision Making In Cochlear Implantation For ANSD Filiz Aslan Speaker Kelantan Room (Lower Lobby)	Oral Presentation 6 - New Technology In Cochlear Implantation Mohd Hazim Mohd Yusof Senusi Moderator Shamina Sara Moses Moderator Abstracts: 149, 210, 220, 225, 232, 236, 243, 249, 253,395, 421,521,557 Perlis Room (Basement II)

Day 1, Thursday 13th Nov 2025 - Live Cadaveric Dissection

Time	Session

11:00 12:00	Cochlear Implant Stephen O'Leary Moderator Yongxin Li Dissector Sarawak Room (Basement II)
12:00 12:30	OSIA Claire Iseli Moderator Tanja Jeličić Dissector Sarawak Room (Basement II)
12:30 13:00	BAHA Claire Iseli Moderator Hyong Ho Cho Dissector Sarawak Room (Basement II)
13:00 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 15:00	Vibrant Soundbridge And Middle Ear Passive Implants Tawfiq Khurayzi Moderator Gunesh Rajan Dissector Sarawak Room (Basement II)
15:00 16:00	BoneBridge Isra Aljazeeri Moderator Aanand Acharya Dissector Sarawak Room (Basement II)
16:30 17:30	Cochlear Implant (MEDEL) Sunil Narayan Dutt Moderator Mohan Kameswaran Dissector Sarawak Room (Basement II)
17:30 18:30	Sponsored Symposium (Demed) - Exploring The New Era Of Endoscopic Ear Surgery : Introduction To The Continuous Irrigation Mode Ing Ping Tang Moderator Hua Liao Speaker Sarawak Room (Basement II)