Detailed Programme

The final programme of the UEP 2025 Congress is available for download as a PDF file here.

 

 
08:30–09:15
Cubex A1

WORKSHOP
WS 12: Injection laryngoplasty

Yakubu Karagama (UK)

08:30–09:15
Cubex A2

WORKSHOP
WS 13: New methods in audiology

Oliver Profant (Czech Republic), Josef Syka (Czech Republic), Zbynek Bureš (Czech Republic)

08:30–09:15
Cubex A3

WORKSHOP
WS 14: Extended approach for artistic voice

Austeja Peceliuniene (Lithuania), Reinaldo Yazaki (Brazil)

08:30–09:15
Cubex B1 + B2

WORKSHOP
WS 15: Comprehensive care for the development of communication skills in preterm children

Miroslava Hrbková (Czech Republic)

08:30–09:15
Cubex C1 + C2

WORKSHOP
WS 16: Vestibular screening in children with hearing impairment: why and how to start it

Vít Kruntorád (Czech Republic)

 
09:15–09:30

Break

 
09:30–10:00
Cubex A1

KEYNOTE LECTURE
KL 25: Harnessing Stem Cells for Advances in Voice Research and Clinical Applications

Chair: Mathias Leonhard (Austria)

Vlasta Lungova (USA / Czech Republic)

09:30–10:00
Cubex A2

KEYNOTE LECTURE
KL 26: Cough assessment in swallowing disorders

Chair: Michal Jurovčík (Czech Republic)

Aude Lagier (France)

09:30–10:00
Cubex A3

KEYNOTE LECTURE
KL 27: Fascinating results of the world's first low-threshold hearing screening program for people with intellectual disabilities (N=1050)

Chair: Katarína Obtulovičová (Slovakia)

Philipp Mathmann (Germany)

09:30–10:00
Cubex B1 + B2

KEYNOTE LECTURE
KL 28: Development of the auditory system, its disorders and gene therapy

Chair: Jan Plzák (Czech Republic)

Josef Syka (Czech Republic)

 
10:00–10:30
Cubex A1

KEYNOTE LECTURE
KL 29: Biophysics of voice onset

Chair: Philipp Caffier (Germany)

Philippe DeJonckere (Belgium)

10:00–10:30
Cubex A2

KEYNOTE LECTURE
KL 30: Complex Reorganizations in the Auditory System after Bilateral and Unilateral Deafness – Clinical Implications

Chair: Petra Kalitová (Czech Republic)

Peter Hubka (Slovakia)

10:00–10:30
Cubex A3

KEYNOTE LECTURE
KL 31: Mucosal waves on the vocal folds: Insights and Updates

Chair: Chadwan Al-Yaghchi (UK)

Jan Švec (Czech Republic)

10:00–10:30
Cubex B1 + B2

KEYNOTE LECTURE
KL 32: Chronic cough

Chair: Jan Vodička (Czech Republic)

Sabine Crestani (France)

 
10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

 
11:00–12:30
Cubex A1

ROUND TABLE
RT 17: Occupational and environmental factors and voice

Chair: Yakubu Karagama (UK)

Moderator: Lise Crevier-Buchman (France)

Panellists:
Ana Đanić Hadžibegović (Croatia): Chronic allergic laryngitis
Devora Kiagiadaki (Greece): Voice disorders in teachers, a survey in Crete (Grece)
Kursat Yelken (Türkiye): Educational and behavioral differences between Muslim prayers ’imam’ and Christian prayer ‘priests’
Barbara Maciejewska (Poland): Interdisciplinary aspects of phoniatry and dentistry

11:00–12:30
Cubex A2

ROUND TABLE
RT 18: Pedoaudiology

Chair: Antoinette am Zehnhoff Dinnesen (Germany)

Moderator: Philipp Mathmann (Germany)

Panellists:
Jakub Dršata (Czech Republic): Early Hearing Detection and Intervention in the Czech Republic – from its inception to the future
Katarzyna Resler (Poland): The Deaf Child's Journey from Diagnosis to Integration-The Experience of the Wroclaw Center-Poland
Peter Kummer (Germany): Broadening our horizons: what the search for a virus gives us and our children's hearing
Samira Ira Zabaneh (Germany): The German Registry for Hearing Loss in Children: Current Research Data
Antti Perttula (Finland): Spoken Language Processing: A New Lens for Auditory Processing in PedoAudiology

11:00–12:30
Cubex A3

ROUND TABLE
RT 19: Voice

Chair: Ramil Hashimli (Azerbaijan)

Moderator: Philipp Caffier (Germany)

Panellists:
Philipp Caffier (Germany): The Vocal Extent Measure in Phoniatric Voice Diagnostics and Therapy Control
Tudor Ionescu (Romania): All the Sites where a Laryngologist Can Inject Botulinum Toxin
Sevtap Akbulut (Türkiye): EMG guided Botulinum Toxin Applications
Chadwan Al-Yaghchi (UK): Recent Updates on Pitch Changing Laryngoplasty for Voice Feminization
Hakan Birkent (Türkiye): Recent Updates on Procedures for Voice Deepening

11:00–12:30
Cubex B1 + B2

ROUND TABLE
RT 20: Pediatric Dysphagia

Chair: Tamer Abou-Elsaad (Egypt)

Moderator: Doris-Maria Denk Linnert (Austria)

Panellists:
Ana María León Espitia (Spain): Whom and how to diagnose appropriately?
Hana Nestávalová (Czech Republic): Therapeutic approaches to pediatric dysphagia
Michal Jurovčík (Czech Republic): Cleft Palate management and swallowing
Veronika Kranebitter (Austria): The aerodigestive team approach to pediatric dysphagic patients

 
12:30–14:00

Lunch / Industry Symposium

 
14:00–15:30
Cubex A1

ROUND TABLE
RT 21: Collaborative management of swallowing disorders in ICU patients

Chair: Aude Lagier (France)

Moderator: Rania Mustafa (Egypt)

Panellists:
Rania Mustafa (Egypt): Dysphagia in the ICU: An Introduction to A Hidden Epidemic
Carlos Manzano (Mexico): Swallowing Dysfunction in Mechanically Ventilated and Tracheostomized Patients
Paola Diaz Borrego (Spain): Early Detection and Assessment of Swallowing Disorders in ICU Patients
Małgorzata Leszczyńska (Poland): Spotlights on Collaborative Management of Dysphagia in ICU
Tamer Abou-Elsaad (Egypt): Management of Dysphagia in tracheostomized patients

14:00–15:30
Cubex A2

ROUND TABLE
RT 22: Phonosurgery

Chair: Camille Finck (Belgium)

Moderator: Haldun Oguz (Türkiye)

Panellists:
Reham Ibrahim (Egypt): Approaches to Mid-membranous Vocal Fold Lesions
Yakubu Karagama (UK): Thyroplasty type 3 pitch lowering Karagama’s short bread technique
Dinara Toguzbayeva (Kazakhstan): Bioreplacement Materials in Vocal Fold Surgery: The Use of Injectable Implants in Phonosurgery
Burak Asık (Türkiye): Type I thyroplasty
Francesco Bussu (Italy): Primary TEPs after pharyngolaryngectomies
Petr Lukeš (Czech Republic): Management of vocal fold leukoplakias

14:00–15:30
Cubex A3

ROUND TABLE
RT 23: Vocal fold immobility

Chair: Jan Plzák (Czech Republic)

Moderator: Matthias Leonhard (Austria)

Panellists:
Jayakumar Menon (India): Anatomy of recurrent laryngeal nerve – the intra-laryngeal course
Osama Hamarneh (Jordan): Continuous intraoperative nerve monitoring in thyroid surgery and voice outcomes
Annabella Kurz (Austria): Differential diagnoses of vocal fold immobility
Taner Yilmaz (Türkiye): Endoscopic partial and total arytenoidectomy and revision surgery techniques

14:00–15:30
Cubex B1 + B2

ROUND TABLE
RT 24: Speech development

Chair: Libor Černý (Czech Republic)

Moderator: Jakub Dršata (Czech Republic)

Panellists:
Jakub Dršata (Czech Republic): Human speech development – basic premises and current knowledge
Lenka Pospíšilová (Czech Republic): The relationship between dysphasia and autism
Barbara Maciejewska (Poland): Speech development and virtual autism
Antti Perttula (Finland): Auditory and Language Interventions in Auditory Processing Disorder
Karel Neubauer (Czech Republic): Neurogenic communication disorders in adults

 
15:30–15:45

Break

 
15:45–16:45
Cubex A1

RESEARCH FORUM
Voice and laryngology 4

Chairs: Valeria Caragli (Italy), Ilayda Gunduz (Türkiye)

Fiona Stritt (Germany): Comparison and quantification of vocal tract efficiency strategies across different voice qualities in four professional singers
Katrin Neumann (Germany): Are there other registers in the falsetto of countertenors?
Ilayda Gunduz (Türkiye): Effectiveness of vocal warm-up and cool-down exercises on voice after a vocal loading task: a randomized controlled trial study
Valeria Caragli (Italy): Echoes of a Legend: Luciano Pavarotti, the Unimitable Maestro of Do di Petto. Physiological and Phonetic Perspectives

15:45–16:45
Cubex A2

RESEARCH FORUM
Speech and language 2

Chairs: Julian McGlashan (UK), Shabnam Shahpasand (Germany)

Natalija Snovak (Ireland): Vocal tract discomfort awareness among otolaryngologists and speech and language therapists
Julian McGlashan (UK): A pilot study of using the Complete Vocal Technique-voice therapy (CVT-VT), a pedagogic method to improve voice and vocal function in singers and actors, in the treatment of patients with primary muscle tension dysphonia (pMTD)
Shabnam Shahpasand (Germany): Effectiveness of therapy for developmental language disorders in different settings – a randomized controlled trial
Pravesh Arya (India): Stuttering anticipation in persons with stuttering: A preliminary study
Barbara Maciejewska (Poland): Verification of the causes of speech development disorders in children

15:45–16:45
Cubex A3

RESEARCH FORUM
Audiology and hearing 3

Chairs: Antoinette am Zehnhoff-Dinnesen (Germany), Zdeněk Čada (Czech Republic)

Libor Černý (Czech Republic): Results of hearing screening program for intellectually disabled people in Special Olympics events (Healthy Hearing program) in the Czech Republic
Zdeněk Čada (Czech Republic): Auditory brain stem implant – first experiences in the Czech Republic
Antoinette am Zehnhoff-Dinnesen (Germany): Experiences with sodium-thiosulfate as otoprotectant in pediatric oncology – a review
Ramón Hernández-Villoria (Venezuela): A rationale for hearing screening programs in elderly
Zbyněk Bureš (Czech Republic): Interrelationships Between Audiometric Parameters Across the Lifespan

15:45–16:45
Cubex B1 + B2

RESEARCH FORUM
Swallowing & Voice and laryngology

Chairs: András Burián (Hungary), Yakubu Karagama (UK)

Jurjaan Snelleman (the Netherlands): R-CPD (Retrograde Cricopharyngeus Dysfunction), where do we stand in 2025
Vishnu Vinayakumar (India): Spectrum of dysphagia in lateral medullary syndrome and its management
Yakubu Karagama (UK): Swallowing Outcomes After Surgical Treatment for Unilateral Vocal Cord Immobility: A Comparative Analysis of Injection Laryngoplasty, Medialisation Thyroplasty, and Unilateral Non-Selective Laryngeal Reinnervation
András Burián (Hungary): Does ipsilateral false vocal fold removal influence swallowing after transoral laser cordectomy? – a FEES study
Tamer Abou-Elsaad (Egypt): Management of Post-Stroke Dysphagia: Current Practice and Emerging Innovations
Jerome Lechien (Belgium): Expanding the Capacity of General Practitioners in Sub-Saharan Africa with Artificial Intelligence: A Humanitarian Outreach Experience

15:45–16:45
Cubex C1 + C2

E-POSTER SESSION
Voice and laryngology 2

Chairs: Omar Alshdaifat (Jordan), Andrea Bianchino (Italy)

Na Zhang (China): Analysis of difficulty in exposure during micro laryngoscopy surgery caused by curled epiglottis
Adriána Kumorová (Slovakia): Comparison of voice quality before and after endoscopic vocal cord augmentation using cartilage
Tetiana Shydlovska (Ukraine): The use of rhythmic electrical stimulation in the treatment of movement disorders of the vocal folds
Gulnur Nukusbekova (Kazakhstan): Voice Rehabilitation After Thyroidectomy: Clinical Approaches and Outcomes
Avinash Mohan (India): Mapping the intralaryngeal course of recurrent laryngeal nerve – A case series
Wasan Aldalabeeh (Jordan): Injection laryngoplasty using polydimethylsiloxane for the treatment of unilateral vocal fold paralysis: Efficacy and safety
Omar Alshdaifat (Jordan): Voice outcomes post total thyroidectomy with continuous intraoperative nerve monitoring

 
16:45–17:00

Break

 
17:00–18:00
Cubex A1 + A2 + A3

CLOSING CEREMONY

 
Audiology and hearing
 
General
 
Speech and language​
 
Swallowing
 
Voice and laryngology​
 

 

Last update on 2 June 2025.

The programme might be subject to necessary changes.

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