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The German Society of
Phoniatrics & Pedaudiology
(founded in 1984)
http://w.w.w.dgpp.de
Executive Board
President
Prof. Dr. med. Eberhard Kruse, Goettingen
Administration
Mrs. Prof. Dr. med. Ute Pröschel, Heidelberg
Associate Members
Prof. Dr. med. Martin Ptok, Hannover
Prof. Dr. med. Manfred Gross, Berlin (FU)
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrich Eysholdt, Erlangen
Secretary
Dept. Phoniatrics & Pedaudiology
ENT-Clinic
Georg-August-University Goettingen
Robert-Koch-Str. 40
D-37070 Goettingen
Tel. +49-511-39-2811
Fax +49-511-39-2809
ekruse@med.uni-goettingen.de
History and Mission Statement
Though the DGPP was founded in 1984, the Phoniatrics & Pedaudiology as a medical subspeciality reviews decades of fruitful scientific and clinical work in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It can be roughly compared to "Medical Speech-Language-Hearing Pathology" including voice and swallowing disorders in other countries, having it’s roots in Otorhinolaryngology. In 1992, Phoniatrics & Pedaudiology became a new self-standing medical discipline in Germany.
The scientific and clinical work of Phoniatrics & Pedaudiology concentrates on diagnostics and treatement of voice disorders, hearing disorders including infant hearing screening, speech-language disorders, central auditory perception deficits, aquired speech-language disorders (e.g., aphasia, dysarthria), and swollowing disorders. Phoniatrics & Pedaudiology cooperates with otorhinolaryngology, pediatrics, neurology, craniofacial surgery, psychology, pedagogics, logopedics, acoustics, and other disciplines.
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