The Fifth International Meeting on Internet & Audiology will be held on May 03-06, 2021.

Organising Committee: Valeriy Shafiro, Jill Preminger, Gabrielle Saunders, Marieke Pronk, Laura Coco, Yan Li (webmaster)

The Fifth International Meeting on Internet & Audiology will provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to share current knowledge and facilitate the development and implementation of evidence-based methods to deliver high quality patient care over the Internet. Particular attention will be paid to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, which has fundamentally disrupted the delivery of audiology services around the world. The pandemic has also brought telemedicine to the forefront of clinical practice and highlighted an urgent need to establish valid and effective ways to deliver audiology services remotely. The 2021 Meeting on Internet & Audiology will enable participants to consider lessons from COVID-19 Pandemic for Internet & Audiology, and emphasize the formidable challenges and unique opportunities that have arisen as the result of the pandemic.

The meeting is being planned so that presenters and attendees can participate completely online. The Fifth International Meeting on Internet and Audiology will be held online on May 3 - 6, 2021. On each of the four meeting dates there will be a 2 to 3 hour session organized around themes of specific relevance to Internet and Audiology. We expect to preload presentations (keynote, podium, poster) for asynchronous viewing prior to the scheduled meeting times which will allow for synchronous discussion. Synchronous session times will be selected to accommodate participants from around the world. We aim to promote participant interaction in order to replicate the intimate atmosphere that we have achieved in previous meetings. Depending on travel and meeting restrictions, the meeting may also include local satellite hubs in several countries for in-person participation. Information about FREE registration and abstract submission coming soon!

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Conference Venue

The meeting will be held at University of Southampton Highfield Campus.

The conference will be held in Building 58 (Murray), Level 1, Room 1067, Highfield Campus, University of Southampton. The Murray building is on the main University campus, and is a few minutes walk from many cafes, coffee shops, the University library, banks, post office, the student union, landscaped gardens, a theatre, a concert hall, and the staff club. You are welcome to use and explore the campus.

Southampton is among the best cities to live and work in the UK. The city has a vibrant arts scene, with a brand new arts space in the centre of town, and is a city of parks, with over 50 parks and green spaces.

Southampton is on the doorstep of the beautiful New Forest, but it is also just 75 miles from London, with excellent transport connections with the rest of the UK.

Find more information about how to get to Southampton by car, train, bus, coach or air here.

Southampton has many accommodation options. For example on booking.com or Expedia.

There are several hotels close to the conference location and attendees are welcome to reserve rooms at the hotel of their choice. If you are interested in sharing a hotel room with another conference attendee, please contact InternetAudiol2019@southampton.ac.uk. We will share contact information for those who express interest in room sharing.

Let us know if you want any help finding childcare while you are here InternetAudiol2019@southampton.ac.uk.

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Accommodation

Hotels close by

The list below shows local hotels, with the hotels closest to our Highfield campus at the top of the list. The hotel’s name links to the hotel’s web site, and its post code links to a map of its location on the Google Maps web site.

Please note that we have no connection with any of these hotels and their inclusion on the list is not a recommendation.

Hotel, address and postcode	Distance in miles by road to Highfield campus
Highfield House Hotel, Highfield Lane, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1AQ	0.7
Doubletree by Hilton Southampton, Bracken Place, Chilworth, Southampton, SO16 3RB	2
Elizabeth House Hotel, 43 - 44 The Avenue, Southampton, SO17 1XP	2
Travelodge, Southampton, 144 Lodge Road, Southampton, SO14 6QR	2
Premier Inn (Southampton Airport),  Mitchell Way, Southampton International Airport, Southampton,SO18 2XU	2.5
Premier Inn Southampton, Cumberland Place,  12-13 Cumberland,  SO15 2WY	2.5
Jurys Inn, Charlotte Place, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 0TB	2.5
Premier Inn (Southampton City Centre), Six Dials, New Road, Southampton, SO14 0AB	2.5
Best Western Chilworth Manor Hotel and Conference Centre, Chilworth, Southampton, SO16 7PT	3
Star Hotel, 26 High Street, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 2NA	3
White Star Tavern, 28 Oxford Street, Southampton, SO14 3DJ	3.5
Novotel, 1 West Quay Road, Southampton, SO15 1RA	3.5
Ibis,9 West Quay Road, Southampton, SO15 1RA	3.5
Premier Inn (Southampton West Quay), Harbour Parade, Southampton, SO15 1BA	3.6
Holiday Inn,  Leigh Road, Eastleigh, S050 9PG	4
Premier Inn, (Adjacent to M3, Jct 13) Leigh Road, Eastleigh, SO50 9YX	4
Holiday Inn Southampton, Herbert Walker Avenue, Southampton, S015 1HJ	4
Grand Harbour Hotel, West Quay Road, Southampton, SO15 1AG	4
Potters Heron Hotel, Winchester Road, Ampfield, Romsey, SO51 9ZF

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Get directions

Course location

By car

Please see the Southampton City Council website for information about road closures and diversions.

• Postcode for satnav: SO17 1BJ
• Visitor parking: There is a Pay and Display car park for visitors, accessed from University Road. Please note that it can fill up very quickly during the morning.
• From the M3: Exit at junction 14 (Southampton A33)
• From the M27: Exit at junction 5 (Southampton Airport)

By rail

Fast trains from London and Bournemouth/Weymouth stop at Southampton Central and Southampton Airport Parkway. Trains from Portsmouth and Bristol/South Wales stop at Southampton Central. There are also regular trains from major airports such as Gatwick and Heathrow to Southampton Central. You can find details of routes and timetables on the National Rail website. Highfield Campus is three miles from Southampton Central, and two miles from Southampton Airport Parkway. You can get the Unilink bus: U1 from either of these stations to Highfield Campus.

By bus or coach

Highfield Campus is easily accessible using our Unilink bus service. Unilink buses go from Southampton Airport, Southampton central train station, the city centre, the National Oceanography Centre and Southampton General Hospital to Highfield Campus. You can find timetables and route maps on the Unilink website.

National Express provides regular coach services to Southampton from central London, Heathrow, Birmingham, Bournemouth and the north. Southampton Coach Station is at Western Esplanade, in the city centre. Some coach services also stop at Highfield Campus.

From Southampton Coach Station you will need to walk to the nearby Civic Centre, where can continue your journey to Highfield Campus using our own Unilink bus U1 or taxi. The Unilink bus fare is £2 for a single or £3.50 for an all-day pass. Taxi fares from the city centre are usually £6-10.

By air

Southampton International Airport is a few minutes away from Highfield campus by bus (Unilink bus: U1, £2 single/£3.50 all-day pass) or taxi (usually around £6-12), off junction 5 of the M27. There are flights to Southampton from UK airports, mainland Europe and the Channel Islands.

London Heathrow Airport is just over 60 miles from Southampton. You can catch a National Express coach direct to Southampton from the central bus station, located close to Terminals 1, 2 and 3. Some coaches stop at the University’s Highfield Interchange, others go direct to Southampton Coach Station. You can also travel by train from Heathrow to Paddington in central London. From London, you can take a train to Southampton. For more details see the National Rail website.

London Gatwick Airport is nearly 90 miles from Southampton. You can catch a National Express coach direct to Southampton Coach Station. You can also catch a direct train from Gatwick Airport to Southampton Central. For more details see the National Rail website.

Taxis to/from London airports

The following local companies provide a taxi service between Southampton and the London airports:

• Radio Taxis
• English Rose Collection

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Life in Southampton

Southampton is a vibrant and well-connected, dynamic city. Home to two universities, there is a population of over 30,000 students. Our students benefit from campuses based in and around the city, all connected with award-winning transport links.

One of Britain’s top five cities for economic growth.

£1.6bn has gone to develop the city, with a Cultural Centre being built and a new £70 million leisure complex. This facility includes new entertainment venues, restaurants, cafes, a luxury cinema and shops. This is part of a £3bn master plan to help develop and improve the city.

Excellent for sailing and water sports.

As part of the Solent, Southampton is a great place to take part in a variety of water and sailing sports. The University’s Water Sports and sailing centre page lists all the available watersports activities and courses.

Escape to the park….or the forest.

Southampton has over 50 parks and green spaces. Our Central Parks have recently been awarded the prestigious Grade II* listed status on the Historic England Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest.

Southampton is just 15 minutes away by train to the heart of the New Forest National Park, known for its heathland, forest trails and native ponies.

Entertainment and culture

Southampton is home to four venues where you can see plays, performances and musicians: The Mayflower, The Guildhall, The Point and the Nuffield Theatre which is supported by the University of Southampton and located at Highfield Campus. The O2 and The Joiners have hosted some of Britain’s popular bands and are popular student venues.

There are four cinemas in the city centre and one on Highfield Campus, all connected by Unilink bus network.

Visit Discover Southampton to find out more about events in the city.

Food, drink and nightlife

During the day, you might want to visit Portswood High street and other locations in the city which have a range of cafes and restaurants.

Southampton has a very active nightlife. There is a great student atmosphere due to the number of nightclubs and pubs across the city. The student union run Stags Head pub on Highfield Campus hosts karaoke nights and sports screenings. The Bridge also runs evenings of alternative music and stand-up comedies.

Central hub for travelling

From Southampton, you can travel to cities across the south by train or ferry. You can visit popular cities such as Bournemouth, Brighton, London and Portsmouth from Southampton Central train station. Southampton Airport and Red Funnel ferries give access to international locations.

Registration

Registration is now closed.

If after you have registered you find that you will be unable to attend please let us know by email at InternetAudiol2019@southampton.ac.uk. We can then open the space to someone on the waiting list.

There are several hotels close to the conference location and attendees are welcome to reserve rooms at the hotel of their choice. If you are interested in sharing a hotel room with another conference attendee, please contact InternetAudiol2019@southampton.ac.uk. We will share contact information for those who express interest in room sharing.

We are pleased to announce that up to five travel scholarships will be awarded. Five scholarships of up £1000 will be awarded to cover the cost of travel and attendance at the conference. Recipients will be reimbursed after the conference for expenses accompanied by a receipt. We will provide further guidance of eligible expenses to the successful applicants. Applications need to be submitted by 1 February 2019; decisions will be emailed to you by 1 March, 2019. The conference organizers will be responsible for selecting the winners. Their decisions are final.

Eligibility

• Be engaged in research, clinical care or other area directly related to e-health and audiology
• Be available to attend the whole conference
• Be willing to give a podium presentation or present a poster

To apply for a scholarship, please submit your application during the main registration process from the Registration page.

• Submit an essay of up to 800 words explaining what you hope to gain from attending this meeting. If you have experience with ehealth or teleaudiology, we would like to hear about it in your essay, however a lack of experience will not preclude you from receiving a scholarship.
• Submit a 300-word abstract for a podium or poster for presentation

Selection Criteria

We will look to select individuals whose essay demonstrates a good rationale for attending the meeting, a potential to contribute to the field and financial need.

Apply for a travel award

Accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of England for up to 9.5 CPD points.

Here is the final program here. You may also download it as a PDF file on this link.

Programme

Monday June 17th

REGISTRATION
08:30 - 09:10 Registration, Tea & Coffee, Poster set-up

WELCOME
09:15 - 09:30 Helen Cullington

SESSION A - SELF-MANAGEMENT Chair: Helen Cullington

KEYNOTE
09:30 - 10:30 Elizabeth Murray - Digital health to support patient self-management: Challenges and successes

PODIUM SESSION
10:30 - 10:50 A1 - Ena Nielsen - Ida Telecare: Evidence-Based Telehealth Tools to Empower Patients and Support Professionals

BREAK
10:50 - 11:15 Tea & Coffee

SESSION B - SOCIAL MEDIA/INTERNET Chair: Eldre Beukes

PODIUM SESSION

11:20 - 11:40 B1 - Moumita Choudhury - Internet use by individuals who are deaf/hard of hearing: A qualitative study

11:40 - 12:00 B2 - Helen Cullington - The role of social media peer support in cochlear implant care

12:00 - 12:40 DISCUSSION OF MORNING PRESENTATIONS

LUNCH
12:40 - 13:35 Lunch
13:40 - 13:55 Visit from the Vice Chancellor Mark Spearing

SESSION C - METHODS Chair: David Maidment

PODIUM SESSION

13:55 - 14:15 C1 - Vidya Ramkumar - Tele-audiology diagnostics in a public sector multi-centre Newborn hearing screening program in South India: the model (remote)

14:15 - 14:35 C2 - Valeriy Shafiro - Online assessment of auditory abilities in cochlear implant users: Development and validation of a test battery

14:35 - 14:55 C3 - Alessia Paglialonga - An automated language-independent speech-in-noise test for remote hearing testing

14:55 - 15:15 C4 - Ariane Laplante-Levesque - Quantifying real-life listening effort in cochlear implant users with ecologicalmomentary assessment and laboratory data: How we do it

15:15 - 15:45 DISCUSSION OF AFTERNOON PRESENTATIONS

BREAK & POSTER SET UP
15:45 - 16:00 Tea & Coffee and poster set up
16:00 Optional tour of Auditory Implant Service (limited numbers, please email us to sign up)

POSTER SESSION
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session
17:00 - 18:00 Drinks and social

Tuesday June 18th

08:30 - 08:55 Tea & Coffee

SESSION D - HEARING AIDS and eHEALTH Chair: Jill Preminger

KEYNOTE
09:00 - 10:00 Elizabeth Convery - Human-technology interaction considerations for self-fitting hearing aids (remote)

PODIUM SESSION
10:00 - 10:20: D1 - Melanie Ferguson - Smartphone prototype application provides multiple benefits in users of smartphone connected hearing aids (remote)

BREAK
10:20 - 10:35: Tea & Coffee

SESSION E - DATABASES AND PERSON-CENTRED CARE Chair: Moumita Choudhury

PODIUM SESSION

10:40 - 11:00 E1 - Gabrielle Saunders - Conducting research with clinical databases: Insights and lessons learned

11:00 - 11:20 E2 - Helen Cullington - CHOICE - cochlear implant home care

11:20 - 11:40 E3 - Harvey B. Abrams - Making Hearing Aids Accessible, Affordable and Audiologist Supported

11:40 - 12:30 DISCUSSION OF MORNING PRESENTATIONS

LUNCH

12:30 - 13:25 Lunch

12:45 Optional tour of Auditory Implant Service (limited numbers, please email us to sign up)

SESSION F Chair: Gabrielle Saunders

PODIUM SESSION

13:30 - 13:50 F1 - Jill Preminger - The Development of an Internet-Based Decision Coaching Guide to Encourage Audiology Care: The Results of a Participatory Design Approach

13:50 - 14:10 F2 - Janine Meijerink - A cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of an online Support PRogramme (SUPR) for older hearing aid users

14:10 - 14:30 F3 - Evelyn Davies-Venn - A comparison of practitioner and patient’s attitudes towards remote adjustment ofself-fit hearing aid fittings

SESSION G - DEBATE AND DISCUSSION Chairs: Jill Preminger and Gabrielle Saunders

14:30 - 15:10 DISCUSSION OF AFTERNOON PRESENTATIONS

BREAK
15:10 - 15:25 Break
15:30 - 16:30 Debate
16:30 Close (Helen Cullington)

Keynote Speakers

Conference venue

The conference will be held in Building 58 (Murray), Level 1, Room 1067, Highfield Campus, University of Southampton. The Murray building is on the main University campus, and is a few minutes walk from many cafes, coffee shops, the University library, banks, post office, the student union, landscaped gardens, a theatre, a concert hall, and the staff club. You are welcome to use and explore the campus. The building does not have its own dedicated parking. We will provide a pdf of the conference booklet ahead of time; there will be no printed conference materials.

Conference booklet

A conference booklet that also includes the meeting programme is now available for download:

Conference booklet

We will not be providing printed copies of the conference booklet (and the programme schedule), so please print it out and bring if you need a paper copy. You may want to keep the electronic copy on your computer or mobile device and save the paper! The information at the start may be useful to read before you come.

Staying healthy

Remember to let us know any dietary or other requirements. We will not provide bottled water but there are plenty of drinking fountains close by - please bring a water bottle you can refill. The conference room is about 5 minutes’ walk away from the University sports centre. You are welcome to swim, use the gym, or rent a court for a small fee.     

VoxVote app for the debate

We will have a debate on Tuesday afternoon. Please download the free app VoxVote so you can take part in the debate.

Poster presenters

The posters will be placed at the Lower Foyer of the Conference Venue during both days for informal viewing. All poster boards will be numbered and set up ready for you to hang your poster on arrival. Poster presenters will be required to be by their posters during the Poster Session, which takes place on Monday 17^th June 16:00 - 18:00: odd-numbered posters from 16:00 to 17:00, even-numbered posters from 17:00-18:00.

Posters must be attached to the poster boards using Velcro. They must not be attached with anything else (i.e. blue tack or Sellotape etc.). We will provide Velcro to hang your posters.

The posters should be removed at the end of the conference.

Poster Sizing:
The poster boards are in landscape format, with a panel area of 2m wide x 1m high.
Your poster does not need to take up the entire space, and can be presented as a single, large format  document, or as a collection of small pieces.

Oral presenters

The oral presentations should be in Microsoft PowerPoint, Prezi or any presentation system that will run on a Windows computer. Each presentation in Podium Sessions is 20 minutes. If you finish before 20 minutes, the session chair may invite questions. However there is a Discussion time at the end of each session. We will be keeping strictly to time. Keynote presentations are 60 minutes.

It is not possible to connect your own laptop to the projector.  We will ask you to send your final presentations to us the week before the conference.

If you have movies/audio files in your presentation, please check that they run smoothly. There will be people around to help with AV. Note that movie and audio files are typically not embedded in your PowerPoint file, therefore make sure you have the original movie/audio files (.mpeg, .avi, .mpg, .wav, etc.).

Remote attendees

We will be using Zoom.us to host the meeting. Please have a look and ensure your computer/mobile device works with Zoom by following this link.

We will ask you to virtually ‘raise your hand’ with questions, and they will be done via text within Zoom. We will mute your microphone to avoid interference.

If you are attending remotely, we have two different webinars set up – one for Monday and one for Tuesday.

Monday webinar:

Tuesday webinar:

We will schedule a practice session for remote presenters the week before the conference; please ensure you use exactly the same equipment as you will use on the day. You will need a robust internet connection. Consider where you will present from and the lighting. A neutral plain background behind you is less distracting. Try not to have a light source behind you.

Continuing Professional Development

Accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of England for up to 9.5 CPD points.

Here is a list of photos, presentations and posters from the conference:

• The conference photos
• Publicly available presentations
• Publicly available posters
• Password-protected presentations and posters

We are so sorry we had some issues with our link to Chennai. It was great that we were able to hear Vidya Ramkumar for “Tele-audiology diagnostics in a public sector multi-centre Newborn hearing screening program in South India: the model”, although we missed out on her slides unfortunately.