Past Congresses
| Year | City/Country | Congress president | Main topics |
| 1971 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | D. Cvejic |
Foundation Definition of phoniatrics Board election |
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1972 I |
Mainz, Germany (FRG) | P. Biesalski |
Terminology in phoniatrics Definition, position, and developments of logopedics Instruments of the phoniatrician The education of the phoniatrician By-laws of the Union The audiological sphere of action of the phoniatrician |
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1973 II |
Prague, Czechoslovakia | E. Sedlácková |
Terminology in phoniatrics Minimal staff and instrument equipment of a phoniatric department The education of the phoniatrician The parameters of apparatuses used in phoniatrics The historical development of phoniatrics |
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1974 III |
Padova, Italy | L. Croatto |
Definition and present situation of logopedics Terminology of phoniatrics The training of the phoniatrician Definition and characteristics of phoniatrics The phoniatric team and its part in the rehabilitation of deaf children |
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1975 IV |
Wroclaw, Poland | L. Handzel |
Nature of phoniatrics Education of the phoniatrician Parameters of spectral analysis Informatics in phoniatrics Terminology of phoniatrics Acoustics of the perception process Acoustic of the expression process |
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1976 V |
Paris, France | M. Yana |
After five years, results of our association Rehabilitation after accident or surgical treatment concerning the voice Promotion of phoniatrics Relations of the UEP with the societies concerned with audiophonology |
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1977 VI |
Weimar, Germany (GDR) | J. Wendler |
Phoniatrics in medical care The application of instruments in phoniatrics (a critical review) Expert opinions in phoniatrics |
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1978 VII |
Jyväskylä, Finland | A. Sonninen |
Motor coordination of speech Baby cry Expert opinions in phoniatrics Audio-phoniatric centers Training in phoniatrics |
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1979 VIII |
Köszeg, Hungary | J. Hirschberg |
Prevention, prophylaxis in phoniatrics Documentation in practice (endeavor to standardization) Hoarseness (definition, pathomechanism, classification, diagnosis, acoustic parameters) Phoniatric tasks in the complex care of cleft palate patients |
| Year | City/Country | Congress president | Main topics |
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1981 IX |
Amsterdam, The Netherlands | C.I.E. Jansen |
Phoneme discrimination, development and pathology in the child Aerodynamic measures in voice production Acute deterioration of the professional voice: phoniatric aspects Post-graduate Course Phonology |
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1982 X |
Prague, Czechoslovakia | K. Sedlácek |
Speech development and its disorders Compensatory voice mechanism Post-graduate Course Speech development and its disorders |
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1984 XI |
Salamanca, Spain | J. Perelló |
Relation between rehabilitation and phoniatrics Boundaries between psychology and phoniatrics Standardization of documentation of voice examination |
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1985 XII |
Poznan, Poland | A. Pruszewicz |
Phoniatric aspects in neurological and psychiatrc diagnoses Post-graduate Course The present state and developmental prospects of child audiology |
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1986 XIII |
Vienna, Austria | F. Frank |
Current essentials of endocrinology related to phoniatrics Post-graduate Course Optics in phoniatrics |
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1987 XIV |
Dresden, Germany (GDR) | J.-G. Heidelbach |
Mistakes and risks of medical interventions with phoniatric consequences Post-graduate Course Morbidity, epidemiology and systematics in phoniatrics |
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1988 XV |
Erlangen, Germany (FRG) | G. Kittel |
Objective and semiobjective methods of examination Post-graduate Course Vibratory patterns of the vocal folds under pathological conditions Proposals for the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases and Injuries (ICD 10, WHO) |
| Year | City/Country | Congress president | Main topics |
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1990 XVI |
Salsomaggiore, Italy | O. Schindler |
Aging and communication Post-graduate Course Non-verbal communication |
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1991 XVII |
Kiev, Ukrainia | Y. St. Wasilenko |
Present-day aspects of phoniatric therapy Post-graduate Course Cooperation between Singing pedagogics and phoniatricians |
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1993 XVIII |
Prague, Czechia | A. Novák |
Disfluency speech disorders Post-graduate Course Phoniatrics and linguistics |
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1996 IXX |
Kreischa/Dresden, Germany | J.-G. Heidelbach |
Postoperative dysphonia In cooperation with the annual congress of the German Society of Phoniatrics and Pedaudiology |
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1997 XX |
Budapest, Hungary | L. Pataki |
Voice, speech and swallowing after surgery Hearing loss and its management including cochlear implant Singing voice |
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1999 XXI |
Lucerne, Switzerland | L. Giger | Technical aids in phoniatrics |
| Year | City/Country | Congress president | Main topics |
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2001 XXII |
Frankfurt/Main, Germany |
W.Behrendt In cooperation with the annual congress of the German Society of Phoniatrics and Pedaudiology |
Language acquisition Sleep medicine |
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2003 XXIII |
Toulouse, France |
Virginie Woisard In cooperation with the European Study Group for Dysphagia and Globus, organized by the "Société Francaise de Phoniatrie" |
Around dysphagia dysarthria dysphonia |
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2005 XXIV |
Berlin, Germany |
M. Gross In cooperation with the annual congress of the German Society of Phoniatrics and Pedaudiology |
Genetics of communication |
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2008 XXV |
Poznan, Poland |
Prof. Andrzej Obrebowski In cooperation with the 3rd Conference of Phoniatric Section and Audiologic Section of the Polish Society of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and the 7th Conference Acoustics in Audiology and Phoniatrics |
Acoustics in Phoniatrics and Audiology Professional voice and hearing disorders Phonosurgery |
| Year | City/Country | Congress president | Main topics |
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2011 XXVI |
Lund, Sweden |
Lucyna Schalen In cooperation with the annual meeting of the Swedish Phoniatric Society |
Examination and treatment in phoniatrics, today and tomorrow |
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2014 XXVII |
Moscow, Russia |
Ekaterina Osipenko In cooperation with the annual meeting of the Phoniatricians Sections of the Russian Otorhinolaryngological Society |
Phoniatrics - An interdisciplinary speciality |
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2016 XXVIII |
Bilbao, Spain |
Susana Ruiz and Ana Martínez In cooperation with the annual meeting of the Spanish Medical Association of Phoniatrics (SOMEF) |
Phoniatrics and Communication |
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2018 XXIX |
Helsinki, Finland | Ahmed Geneid | Phoniatrics: the medical specialty of communication and swallowing |
| Year | City/Country | Congress president | Main topics |
