The Neurootological and Equilibriometric Society is a learned society

Learned society

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 that was founded in 1974 and has its seat in Bad Kissingen

Bad Kissingen

Bad Kissingen is a spa town in the Bavarian region of Lower Franconia and is the seat of the district Bad Kissingen. Situated to the south of the Rhön Mountains on the Franconian Saale river, it is a world-famous health resort.- Town structure :...

 (Germany).

Foundation

The society was founded on May 25, 1974, by an assembly of physician

Physician

A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...

s, medical technologist

Medical technologist

A Medical Laboratory Scientist is a healthcare professional who performs chemical, hematological, immunologic, microscopic, and bacteriological diagnostic analyses on body fluids such as blood, urine, sputum, stool, cerebrospinal fluid , peritoneal fluid, pericardial fluid, and synovial...

s, and engineer

Engineer

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s interested in neurootology

Neurotology

Neurotology or neuro-otology is a branch of clinical medicine which studies and treats neurological disorders of the ear. It is a subspecialty of otolaryngology, and is closely related to otology. Neurotologists are physicians who have specialised in otolaryngology, but who have further...

. Since then, the president has been Claus-Frenz Claussen

Claus-Frenz Claussen

Claus-Frenz Claussen, is a German ENT-Medician and University teacher, author, editor, artist and inventor...

 (University of Wurzburg

University of Würzburg

The University of Würzburg is a university in Würzburg, Germany, founded in 1402. The university is a member of the distinguished Coimbra Group.-Name:...

). From the beginning, multilingual communication was established to facilitate the exchange of views as much as possible. English, French, German, and Spanish were listed in the statutes as official languages.

Aims

The association's aim has been to foster clinical neurootology in terms of practice and research, by means of

• Training in preparing and undertaking neurootological diagnosis
  Diagnosis
  Diagnosis is the identification of the nature and cause of anything. Diagnosis is used in many different disciplines with variations in the use of logics, analytics, and experience to determine the cause and effect relationships...
  
   with special regard to equilibrioception
  Equilibrioception
  Equilibrioception or sense of balance is one of the physiological senses. It helps prevent humans and animals from falling over when walking or standing still. Balance is the result of a number of body systems working together: the eyes , ears and the body's sense of where it is in space ideally...
  
  
• Standardization of clinical methods of diagnosis and technical devices
• The publication of a medical journal
  Medical journal
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Goals

Among the goals of the society are not only the evaluation of basic

Pure research

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 and clinical research

Clinical research

Clinical research is a branch of medical science that determines the safety and effectiveness of medications, devices, diagnostic products and treatment regimens intended for human use...

 but also the promotion of clinical neurootology including its four main fields equilibriometry, audiometry

Audiometry

Audiometry is the testing of hearing ability, involving thresholds and differing frequencies. Typically, audiometric tests determine a subject's hearing levels with the help of an audiometer, but may also measure ability to discriminate between different sound intensities, recognize pitch, or...

, olfactometry, and gustometry as well as the training of interested doctors and medical assistance personnel.

Training

Since its foundation, the society has held annual congresses for further training, alternately in Bad Kissingen and other countries.

Publications

The Neurootology Newsletter as well as the proceedings of the society are used to exchange scientific knowledge within the association. In addition, the society publishes the International Tinnitus Journal

International Tinnitus Journal

The International Tinnitus Journal is a medical journal that was established in 1995. It covers all aspects of tinnitus. Until 2010, the journal was published by the "Martha Entenmann Tinnitus Research Center" in cooperation with the "Neurootologisches Forschungsinstitut der 4-G-Forschung e.V.",...

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Honours

Since 1980, the association has honoured experienced neurootologists who have made an essential contribution to neurootology in research and clinical practice. The scientists who are to be honoured are determined two years in advance by the Members' Assembly during the congresses taking place in Bad Kissingen.