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Contents of this section: Year 2001

December 26th 2001	The last entry of this year is a FREE software package for PC computers which performs Time-Frequency analysis of TEOAE responses (sampled with the ILO-xx family of equipment). The package was developed by the equipe of Antoni Grzanka Ph.D. from the Technical University of Warsaw.
December 24th 2001	The section on the Impact Factors of journals in the Acoustics, Audiology, and ENT fields, was updated with data from year 2000.
December 22th 2001	If you are interested in participating in the second international conference on Newborn Hearing Screening (NHS-2002) in Como Italy, you should know that the abstract submission deadline has been extended to January 14, 2002.
December 17th 2001	The sections on OAE-books and Neonatal Screening - Around the World Programs - have been updated
December 15th 2001	We have added a FACTs-sheet page (mainly for our sponsors) where you might find interesting information about the web performance of the Portal in terms of hits, search engines, origin of visitors etc.
December 12th 2001	A new software package for TEOAE signal analysis (within the MATLAB environment) has been added to the software section. This package (all m-files are zipped) was developed as a BSc thesis and includes all the GUI code and a small sample of TEOAE data.
December 9th 2001	Dr. Tognola from the CNR section of Milano, has notified us that the standard ILO software ver. 4x - 5.x does not work under Windows XP. Similar problems have been encountered with Windows 2000 as well. Until Otodynamics issues a definite fix / solution for this problem, you might access the ILO-data in these new Windows environments by using the Windows-version of the ILO software called EZ-screen. For more information contact Mr. John Morgan,Software Liaison TeamOtodynamics Ltd
December 5th 2001	A new white paper by Stephane F. Maison Ph.D. and M. Charles Liberman Ph.D., titled "Olivocochlear Reflex Strength and Resistance to Acoustic Injury" was added in the Biophysics section of White Papers.
December 3rd 2001	The OAE-Links section has been updated.
November 27th 2001	The European Concerted Action AHEAD is organizing a series of workshops in Europe. The next Workshop is scheduled in Athens Greece on December 8th, 2001. The detailed program of the meeting is now on line.
November 21th 2001	We are introducing a new voice titled "Hardware Reviews" in the OAE Hardware section
November 20th 2001	We are very pleased to present the screening activities of three of the oldest models of Italian hearing screening, the UHNS programs of the Mangiagalli clinic in Milan, the Audiology Dept. of Ferrara University and the ENT section of Perugia University.
November 19th 2001	As a result of numerous email requests we putting on line two lectures on issues which the users of the Portal have considered important: The first lecture by Jon Shallop Ph.D. and his colleagues of the Mayo Clinic, presents interesting data on the emerging issue of auditory neuropathy. The lecture was presented as a poster during the 2001 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses,Asilomar Conference GroundsPacific Grove, CA in August 19-24, 2001. The second lecture by Stavros Hatzopoulos, Ph.D. presents data in the area of preterm neonatal hearing screening, according the experiences we have accumulated through the Universal screening program at Ferrara University. This on-line lecture is a synopsis of material presented in a number of South-American meetings in 2001.
November 16th 2001	Thanks to the software-design group of our assistant web-editor Dr. Grzanka, we are now able to offer you a revised edition of the popular ILO-viewer. The program is particularly interesting because offers an expanded frequency representation of the TEOAE recordings.
November 15th 2001	The pages on the Italian contribution to OAEs have been updated.
November 12th 2001	The pages on spontaneous otoacoustic emissions from the OAE Basics section were updated . Editor's Note:The pages on the OAE definitions seem to be one of the most popular in the OAE Portal. For this reason, we have planned updates of the TEOAE and DPOAE pages until the end year.
November 6th 2001	The section on the OAE Articles was updated with the 1999 impact factors.
October 24th 2001	The section on the Screening News was updated with new links.
October 22th 2001	The section on the MEDLINE-articles was updated with a revised link on the impact factor of ENT journals .
October 18th 2001	The section on the OAE Links was updated with several new links. Among these we have inserted a link to the web sites of the current Audiology / ENT journals.
October 11th 2001	The section on the OAE Hardware was updated with descriptions for a number of recent devices.
October 09th 2001	The section on recent MEDLINE articles (volume 2) was updated.
October 2nd 2001	Editor's note: We are very proud to present in these pages Dr. Werner's recent book, in Spanish, which covers very well a large number of important OAE topics. Dr. Werner is well known in Argentina and South America for his contributions in the area of acoustics and he has contributed in the OAE Portal an excellent synopsis on the adult OAE clinical applications. The book is organized in a very clear and precise manner. There are chapters in cochlear physiology, and the history of the cochlear processing / cochlear amplifier, chapters dedicated to each of the types of emissions, a very well -presented chapter on neonatal screening with a good exposure of the auditory neuropathy topic. The chapter dedicated to the OAE applications for adults and children presents data from ototoxicity monitoring to studies of genetics and it is the most complete compilation of data published in a book so far. Though-out the book Dr. Werner presents a lot of practical examples using screen-shots of Madsen's Capella system. Although this might be conceived as a limitation, the ergonomics of the Capella's software compensate for such a drawback. In the Appendix the book contains national and international documents on neonatal screening. The book can securely serve as an text for undergraduate or first year-graduate courses in Audiology.
September 14th 2001	The neonatal screening section on screening practices around the world, was updated with a report from Lyon France.
September 11th 2001	The white-papers section on signal-processing , was updated with a presentation by Dr. Armin Giebel titled "Applying signal statistical Analysis to TEOAE Measurements". This article explains the theoretical foundations behind the operation of the new ECho-Screen device.
September 6th 2001	The lectures section on clinical applications, was updated with a presentation by Dr. Antonio Werner titled "Otoacoustic Emissions: Clinical Applications in Adults" . This lecture is a very useful synopsis of all the clinical areas where OAEs have a potential use.
September 5th 2001	The lectures section on biophysics , was updated with a presentation by Dr. Stavros Hatzopoulos relating anesthesia effects and otoacoustic emissions.
September 1rst 2001	We are welcoming to the editorial board of the OAE Portal Dr. Graciela Brik of the Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dr. Brik has worked extensively with otoacoustic emissions and cochlear implants in children. Her report on the hearing screening practices in Argentina will appear in October 2001.

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