ACI Alliance to Hold CI2023 Conference in Dallas on June 7-10

Published 10 January 2023

The American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACI Alliance) has announced that registration is now open for its annual clinical research conference, "CI2023: Cochlear Implants in Children and Adults," slated for June 7-10 in Dallas. The conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency Dallas Hotel, and registration discounts and early bird rates are available through April 7th.

ACI Alliance is a not-for-profit membership organization created with the purpose of eliminating barriers to cochlear implantation by sponsoring research, driving heightened awareness, and advocating for improved access to cochlear implants for patients of all ages across the US. Registration discounts are offered for ACI Alliance members and early bird rates are available through April 7th.

CI2023 Dallas will feature keynote lectures, panel sessions, podium and poster sessions complete with live discussion allowing attendees to pursue a wide array of cochlear implant and related content. Attendees and presenters include audiologists, physicians, speech pathologists, psychologists, scientists, engineers, educators, students, advocates and others involved in cochlear implantation sharing multi-disciplinary scientific information. Attendees can expect a diverse exhibit hall with opportunities to interact with a variety of industry, government and non-profit institutions.

The Dr. John K. Niparko Lecture at the Opening Session of CI2023 will be presented by Carolyn J. Brown, PhD, on Thursday morning, June 8th. Dr. Brown's lecture, “Cochlear Implants at IOWA: 1983-2023” will look at the evolution of CI research and development at the University of Iowa over the last four decades.

Ferenc Bunta, PhD, will be a keynote speaker with his presentation “Speech and Language Production of Bilingual Children with Cochlear Implants: Highlights and Clinical Implications,” addressing the conference theme of Considerations for Non-English-Speaking Patients.

The keynote of Pablo J. Sanchez, MD, “Congenital CMV Infection and Hearing Loss: It's Time to Screen!” will address the theme of CMV (Cytomegalovirus) and cochlear implantation, particularly in children.

The full conference program will be available in the spring and CEUs will be offered.

For more information, visit the CI2023 website.