Advanced workshops in Balance, Hearing and Speech – Language Specialties 

After completing the federal higher technical institute in industrial engineering at the HTL Waidhofen/Ybbs, Mr. Danzer studied Medical Technology at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. Jürgen joined MED-EL in 2007 and started as a Clinical engineer at MED-EL headquarters in Innsbruck as a specialist for EAS (electric acoustic stimulation). After 4 years at headquarters he moved to Australia to build MED-EL Australasia and lead the clinical team in his role as Clinical Manager. In 2014 Jürgen started his new position as Clinical Manager for the Middle East. He is committed to improve the quality of the clinical support and to provide the best possible outcome for all MED-EL CI recipients in the area. In his role as Manager of Clinical Audiology and Education for the Middle East he is presenting at different national and international conferences as well as conducting and providing various expert training related to Cochlear Implants.

Marawan got his B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University in 2013. Afterwards, he started his masters studies on the electrical filed ditribution around the Cochlear Implant electrode array and got his M.Sc. degree in 2016. While he was doing his M.Sc. studies he was working at AMICO, the agent of MED-EL in Egypt. Marawan joined MED-EL in 2017 as a Product Specialist & Technical Support engineer. After 1 year he starded a new position as a Clinical Specialist for Education and Training supporting the Middle East. Currently, Marawan is presenting MED-EL at several conferences and workshops in the area. He is looking forward to developing the area aiming at achieving better quality outcomes and providing MED-EL customers with the optimum support.

After completing the federal higher technical institute in industrial engineering at the HTL Waidhofen/Ybbs, Mr. Danzer studied Medical Technology at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. Jürgen joined MED-EL in 2007 and started as a Clinical engineer at MED-EL headquarters in Innsbruck as a specialist for EAS (electric acoustic stimulation). After 4 years at headquarters he moved to Australia to build MED-EL Australasia and lead the clinical team in his role as Clinical Manager. In 2014 Jürgen started his new position as Clinical Manager for the Middle East. He is committed to improve the quality of the clinical support and to provide the best possible outcome for all MED-EL CI recipients in the area. In his role as Manager of Clinical Audiology and Education for the Middle East he is presenting at different national and international conferences as well as conducting and providing various expert training related to Cochlear Implants.

Associate Prof Sharma is an academic and researcher at Macquarie University since 2007. She is currently the Director of the Audiology Program in the Linguistics Department. Her research centers on speech perception in noise, auditory processing, evoked potentials especially cortical auditory evoked potentials and auditory plasticity in children and adults. She has over 40 peer review articles in various Audiological, hearing research and neuroscience related journals, three chapters and over 70 invited talks in the fields of evoked potentials and auditory processing. In addition, she has received over 20 grants over the years from external and internal university funding agencies.

Associate Prof Sharma is an academic and researcher at Macquarie University since 2007. She is currently the Director of the Audiology Program in the Linguistics Department. Her research centers on speech perception in noise, auditory processing, evoked potentials especially cortical auditory evoked potentials and auditory plasticity in children and adults. She has over 40 peer review articles in various Audiological, hearing research and neuroscience related journals, three chapters and over 70 invited talks in the fields of evoked potentials and auditory processing. In addition, she has received over 20 grants over the years from external and internal university funding agencies.

Dr. Al Mubarak is a vestibular rehabilitation therapist received his doctorate of science degree in Physical Therapy from Loma Linda University. Dr. Al Mubarak is a certified orthopedic manual therapist and also certified in the management of cervicogenic dizziness. Dr. Al Mubarak is interested in the following fields: 1. Dizziness 2. Balance Disorders 3. Fall Risk 4. Low back pain

Dr. Habib Abdullah is a US trained and Licensed Pediatric Clinical Psychologist at Al Jalila Children’s Hospital (AJCH). He has completed his undergraduate in Psychology at the State University of New York and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at California School of Professional Psychology. Prior to joining AJCH, Dr. Habib has completed a fellowship in Pediatric Psychology at Arkansas Children Hospital working in various pediatric subspecialties. Currently he is the lead of the Mental Health Consultation and Liaison Service and the Co-director of the behavioral sleep clinic at AJCH. He also runs various outpatient Multidisciplinary Clinics with different pediatric subspecialists at AJCH. He also works with the cochlear implant team and Renal transplant team, doing pre-surgical psychological evaluations.

September 2017: Master Degree in Biomedical Engineering at University of Padova. OCTOBER 2001- JANUARY 2008 Scientific collaborations at OSPEDALE DI TREVISO on speech analysis innovative algorythms JANUARY 2008-APRIL 2008 Quality Control Manager on ISO 9000-9001, ISO 13485 for QSM and for LABAT S.r.l. in Mestre (VE), Italy. CE mark reference manager for medical equipment certifications. APRIL 2008- JULY 2010 Product Specialist for LABAT S.r.l. in Mogliano V.to, Italy. Skills applied also on Research and Development Department, to release a second order Kalman Filter applied to auditory evoked potentials analysis. JULY 2010-OCTOBER 2013 Speaker and lecturer in national and international congresses on subjects related to Audiology, Neurology, Electrophisiology, Vestibology: Italy, France, India, Iran, Jordan, Brasil, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Turkey OCTOBER 2013 – TODAY Founder, Project manager, CEO of Hedera Biomedics S.r.l., involved in research, development, hardware and software design, and international business development of medical equipments made in Italy. Design, manufacturing and medical certification of advanced diagnostic medical equipment to record auditory evoked potentials and pure tone audiometry. National and International conferences on technique and clinical applications of medical equipments for audiological and vestibular applications in congresses and workshops in Countries like Belgium, France, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Brasil, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Oman, India, Belgium, Turkey. Teaching: University course of: “Theory and Practice in Electrophisiology” at Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Padua, Italy.

September 2017: Master Degree in Biomedical Engineering at University of Padova. OCTOBER 2001- JANUARY 2008 Scientific collaborations at OSPEDALE DI TREVISO on speech analysis innovative algorythms JANUARY 2008-APRIL 2008 Quality Control Manager on ISO 9000-9001, ISO 13485 for QSM and for LABAT S.r.l. in Mestre (VE), Italy. CE mark reference manager for medical equipment certifications. APRIL 2008- JULY 2010 Product Specialist for LABAT S.r.l. in Mogliano V.to, Italy. Skills applied also on Research and Development Department, to release a second order Kalman Filter applied to auditory evoked potentials analysis. JULY 2010-OCTOBER 2013 Speaker and lecturer in national and international congresses on subjects related to Audiology, Neurology, Electrophisiology, Vestibology: Italy, France, India, Iran, Jordan, Brasil, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Turkey OCTOBER 2013 – TODAY Founder, Project manager, CEO of Hedera Biomedics S.r.l., involved in research, development, hardware and software design, and international business development of medical equipments made in Italy. Design, manufacturing and medical certification of advanced diagnostic medical equipment to record auditory evoked potentials and pure tone audiometry. National and International conferences on technique and clinical applications of medical equipments for audiological and vestibular applications in congresses and workshops in Countries like Belgium, France, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Brasil, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Oman, India, Belgium, Turkey. Teaching: University course of: “Theory and Practice in Electrophisiology” at Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Padua, Italy.

Darren Whelan holds an undergraduate degree in Audiology and a master’s degrees in Health Science, Neurophysiology and Clinical Research. His resume counts several senior clinical positions in the National Health Service in the UK. Prior to his current occupation as an International Clinical Trainer, Darren held a clinical and research scientist role, where he investigated patients with auditory and vestibular pathology, and managed a portfolio of UK research studies.

Darren Whelan holds an undergraduate degree in Audiology and a master’s degrees in Health Science, Neurophysiology and Clinical Research. His resume counts several senior clinical positions in the National Health Service in the UK. Prior to his current occupation as an International Clinical Trainer, Darren held a clinical and research scientist role, where he investigated patients with auditory and vestibular pathology, and managed a portfolio of UK research studies.

Darren Whelan holds an undergraduate degree in Audiology and a master’s degrees in Health Science, Neurophysiology and Clinical Research. His resume counts several senior clinical positions in the National Health Service in the UK. Prior to his current occupation as an International Clinical Trainer, Darren held a clinical and research scientist role, where he investigated patients with auditory and vestibular pathology, and managed a portfolio of UK research studies.