27.11, Calls: Language Acquisition/Netherlands

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LINGUIST List: Vol-27-11. Mon Jan 04 2016. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 27.11, Calls: Language Acquisition/Netherlands

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Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2016 12:24:19
From: Eline van Knijff [lhcaworkshop2016 at gmail.com]
Subject: Opening Language and Hearing Center Amsterdam

 
Full Title: Opening Language and Hearing Center Amsterdam 

Date: 03-Mar-2016 - 03-Mar-2016
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Contact Person: Eline van Knijff
Meeting Email: lhcaworkshop2016 at gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.lhca.nl 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition 

Call Deadline: 22-Jan-2016 

Meeting Description:

March 3, 2016 – 13:30-18:30u. – Amstelzaal VUmc in Amsterdam

Topics and speakers:
Language outcomes of children with mild-to-severe hearing loss: results of longitudinal multidisciplinary project ‘Outcomes of Children With Hearing Loss’ - prof. J. Bruce Tomblin (Iowa University)

Followed by a panel discussion with G.A. van Zanten, PhD (UMCU), Prof. A. van Wieringen (KU Leuven), Prof. A.F.M. Snik (Radboud UMC), Prof. I.Dhooge (UZ Gent) and Prof. J. Oosterlaan (VUmc/AMC).

The influence of deafness and language on executive function development - prof. Gary Morgan (City University London)

Followed by a panel discussion with a.o. Prof. H. Knoors (RU Nijmegen/Kentalis), Prof. B. van den Bogaerde (UVA/HU), Dr. D. Hermans (Kentalis) and Prof. J. Leybaert (UL Brussel).
(talks and discussion in English)

Registration: 

The workshop is free of charge. Please register by sending an e-mail to lhcaworkshop2016 at gmail.com.

The Language and Hearing Center Amsterdam (LHCA) organizes this workshop around the theme Child, Language and Hearing to honor the center’s official opening. The workshop aims to combine the expertise and insights of researchers and professionals in the areas of linguistics and audiology.

The Language and Hearing Center Amsterdam (LHCA) is an interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers from different faculties and departments at the VU University Amsterdam (VU) and the VU Medical Center Amsterdam (VUmc). The research focusses on the language and hearing in child development. The LHCA was founded aiming to form a multidisciplinary platform that combines education and research around language and hearing at VU and VUmc Amsterdam, creating a local center of excellence and a national and international reference for groundbreaking research, education and expertise.

Call for Papers: 

There is room for posters on the topic: (child) language and hearing. Submit your abstract (max. 250 words) for poster presentation by sending an e-mail before 22 January 2016 to lhcaworkshop2016 at gmail.com. Notification of abstract acceptance will be sent out before 31 January 2016.




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