Preliminary Program

Friday, May 9, 2025

11:00 Experience reports on research stays in Japan with opportunity for networking (without registration)
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12:00 Registration @ A180 (“Speerträger” area)
13:00Welcome Remarks
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Menkhaus (Chairman of the JSPS Club)
Representative from Consulate General of Japan in Munich [TBC]
Representative from LMU [TBC]
Dr. Oliver Schön (German Japanese Association Bayern)
13:45Developing Meiji Japan - The Edmund Naumann Contribution
Dr. Andreas Küppers (formerly Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources)

Part 1: Hearing loss and cochlea implant
Convener: Dr. Saskia Schimmel (JSPS Club Board Member)
14:30What is hearing? CI provision for deaf children of deaf parents

Prof. Dr. Annette Leonhardt (Munich University)
15:00Evidence-based intervention for people with auditory processing disorder/listening difficulties

Prof. Dr. Chie Obuchi (University of Tsukuba)
15:30Q&A session
15:45Group Picture in front of the building & Coffee Break @ Senatssaal

Part 2: Counteracting the effects of hearing loss
Convener: Dr. Daniela Winkler (JSPS Club Member)
16:30Cochlear implants - when hearing aids don’t help
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Gernot Rupprecht (Med El Deutschland)
17:00Early detection and early intervention for children with hearing impairment in Japan
Prof. Dr. Inho Chung (University of Tsukuba)
17:30Q&A session
17:45Introduction of JSPS Programs
Chisato Isohara (JSPS Bonn Office)
Transport: Public Transport or walk
19:00Dinner at Restaurant NN
JSPS Alumni Club Award Ceremony
Awardee: Dr. Jan Mikuni (University of Vienna)


Saturday, May 10, 2025

Part 3: Hearing-impaired children in Japan
Convener: Dr. Jörg Wennmann (JSPS Club Member)
09:00Development of literacy in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing children in Japan - From the aspects of a Japanese traditional teaching method for diary writing –
Assist.-Prof. Dr. Masatomo Motegi (Tohoku Fukushi University, currently Munich University)
09:30Real-world Listening Challenges in Children with Hearing Impairment in Japan
Associate Prof. Dr. Kei Tabaru (Ibaraki University)
10:00Q&A session
10:15Coffee Break @ Senatssaal

Part 4: Hearing and quality of life
Convener: Dr. Aiko Julia Möhwald (JSPS Club Board Member)
11:00Hearing impairment in old age. Challenges and opportunities for rehabilitation and support.
Prof. Dr. Thomas Kaul (Cologne University)
11:30Hearing Loss and Quality of Life
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hoppe (Erlangen University)
12:00Q&A session
12:15Closing Remarks
Prof. Dr. Masahiko Hayashi (JSPS Bonn Office)
12:30Lunch

For participants of General assembly of JSPS Club:
14:00
16:45
General Assembly of JSPS Club @ room M105
Guided tour (in German)

For others:
14:30Guided tour (in English)



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