Society for Neurootology and Equilibriometry
| Society for Neurootology and Equilibriometry (GNA) |
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| purpose | Medical Society for Neurootology |
| Chair: | Claus-Frenz Claussen |
| Establishment date: | May 25, 1974 |
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The building in which the GNA is located shares it with the Society for Research on Smell, Taste, Hearing and Balance Disorders
Kurhausstrasse 12, Bad Kissingen |
| Website: | Web presence |
The international society for neurootology and equilibriometry (GNA) based in Bad Kissingen has existed since 1974 in the legal form of a registered association .
founding
The society was founded on May 25, 1974 during a meeting of doctors, medical-technical assistants and engineers interested in neurootology in the head clinic of the University of Würzburg in the neurootological department there. Claus-Frenz Claussen (Bad Kissingen) has been president since then .
program
The aim of the society was and is to promote clinical neurootology in practice and research. For this purpose, interested doctors and medical assistants are to be trained in the preparation and implementation of neuro-otological diagnostics with special consideration of balance tests.
The standardization of clinical examination procedures and examination equipment is to be promoted. For the diagnosis it is necessary that functional anthropometric standards for the recognition of normal and disturbed sensory head behavior are developed. The company also deals with the assessment of neurootological dysfunctions.
Another area of activities extends to the selection of job applicants for jobs with special functional loads in the field of neurootologically detectable sensory functions. Finally, the company is also continuously working on bridging the gap to new technologies with a view to avoiding the burden of disorientation for people.
At the suggestion of Juan Manuel Tato (1902–2004) and Claus Claussen, efforts were made to ensure that this society should be an open society in which those interested in the field of neurootology from all over the world can present and discuss their findings, questions and hypotheses . Today the GNA has members from all over the world. In order to keep the exchange of opinions as open as possible, it was decided from the start to negotiate in multiple languages. German, English, French and Spanish have been approved as official negotiating languages for the company in accordance with the statutes.
The new association wanted to pursue its goals not only through scientific conferences, but also through advanced training courses and its own publication organ (see below).
aims
In addition to evaluating basic research and clinical research, the goals of the GNA also include the promotion of clinical neurootology, including its four main directions, equilibriometry , audiometry , olfactometry and gustometry, as well as the training of interested doctors and medical assistants. The GNA attaches particular importance to the dissemination of modern knowledge in the field of the treatment of neurootological diseases.
Advanced training
Annual advanced training conferences have taken place since it was founded, alternately in Bad Kissingen and - every other year - in another country. Since 1976 there have been meetings in Cádiz (Spain), Turku (Finland), Bombay (India), Leuven (Belgium), New Orleans (USA), São Paulo (Brazil), Heraklion (Crete, Greece), Budapest (Hungary) , Linköping (Sweden), Saitama (Japan), Haifa (Israel), Anaheim (USA), Alghero (Sardinia, Italy), Porto (Portugal), Melbourne (Australia), Kiev (Ukraine), Guadalajara (Mexico), Nancy ( France), Bydgoszcz (Poland) and Prague (Czech Republic).
Publications
The Neurootology newsletter is intended to support the GNA conference proceedings and promote scientific exchange within society.
Honors
Since 1980, the Society has honored experienced neurootologists who, through their work and their example, have significantly stimulated and advanced neurootology in research or in the clinic. Those to be honored are determined two years beforehand during the general meeting in Bad Kissingen.