Calendar

Lecture

Auditory Perception: development and plasticity

Thursdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. 

First lecture: December 15

Last lecture: January 26

No lecture on January 5

December 15
Lecture: Innate and acquired features of the development of the mammalian auditory system

January 12
Lecture: Perinatal vocalization, the first acoustic signals of communication between individuals of the same species

January 19
Lecture: Plasticity of the auditory system, the key to restoring a functional hearing capacity in subjects with severe hearing impairment.

January 26
Lecture: Genetic foundation and animal models in sound-triggered epilepsy and epilepsy with an auditory component.

Seminar

Linked to the tipics covered in the lectures

Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

First seminar: December 15

Last seminar: January 26.

No seminar on January 5

December 15
Seminar: Development of mammalian cochlear hair cells: sensory-independent electrical activity vs genetic programme, Walter MARCOTTI, Dept of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield (UK)

January 12
Seminar: Music and brain plasticity, Danièle SCHÖN, Mediterranean Institute for Cognitive Neurosciences, CNRS (Marseille)

January 19
Seminar: Adventures in Bionic Hearing, Robert SHANNON, Dept Communication & Auditory Neuroscience, House Ear Institute & USC Biomedical Engineering, Los Angeles (USA)

January 26
Seminar: Auditory illusions and auditory hallucinations in epilepsy, Patrick CHAUVEL, Inserm & Hôpital de la Timone, Aix-Marseille University (Marseille)

Abroad lectures

CHINA
The Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing
Professor Christine PETIT (Holder of the Chair in Genetics and Cellular Physiology) will give in November-December 2011, three lectures on: Hereditary Deafness: from Genes to Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Hearing.