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Announcements

Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Mechanisms Diagnosis and Treatment

Symposium to honor the memory of Scott N. Reger University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

12-14 April 1984

This will be sponsored jointly by the Department of Otolaryngology ~ Head and Neck Surgery and the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology. The program will be directed by Arnold M. Small, Jr., Ph.D., M. Jane Collins, Ph.D., and Lee Harker, M.D., and will include approximately 20 guest speakers. Issues to be addressed include those in both the basic sciences and clinical management.

Further information may be obtained from: M. Jane Collins, Ph.D., Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, U.S.A.

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Audiological Society of Australia Sixth National Conference

Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia 18-20 May 1984

The Conference Programme Committee announces a call for papers for the above conference. Scientific and technical papers on any aspect of audiology or related fields will receive consideration. An offer of a paper should include the following: 1. 2.

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Title of paper Author(s) names(s) and initials Address of author(s) Institution(s) (if any) at which author(s) is (are) employed.

Time required: Authors should estimate the time required for presentation of their paper(s) (excluding discussion time). The standard time allocations will be 15, 20 or 25 minutes but requests for longer time allocations may be considered if the request includes an explanation of why extra time is necessary and justified. Equipment: 35mm slide and overhead projectors will be provided. Authors should indicate any other equipment which is needed. An Abstract of about 200 words. Abstracts will be published for distribution before or at the conference and will be used by the Conference Committee to determine the acceptability of papers. The abstract must indicate the nature of the paper, the main research findings. if any, and the main conclusions.