How many volunteers were present at the Congress? : |
at least 1500 volunteers |
Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? : |
delegates from 45 countries presented in the congress: USA, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Iran and... |
Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? : |
Yes |
If yes, please write the names of the organizations in the box : |
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What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? : |
Our study was unique and interesting because of the first study of speech prosody of Farsi speaking patients after DBS surgery. The chairman of my presentation session" Dr. Martinez" asked me about my work and speech prosody of patients and the best way for assessment. He was convinced that speech pathologist need for better and comprehensive evaluation of speech and language disorders in Parkinson and motor disabilities are different and apart from speech performance. |
If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. : |
Mark Hallett, Senior Investigator of Human Motor Control Section of NINDS
Joseph Jankovic, The Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic (PDCMDC) at Baylor College of Medicine |
Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress : |
I follow up this congress and its scientific program for future plans, but I think that more and closer relationship with main movement disorders clinics and famous scientists of movement disorders such as pr. Hallet and Jankovic need for better researches in Iran. they have very equipped clinics and labs and speech therapists collaborators. |
Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) : |
I went to Milan directly by Mahan airlines and satisfied from the ticket price and hospitality.
I was in a residency (not hotel) for a week and paid 60 euro for every night. |
Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: : |
It was a very interesting experience for me. I saw many authors and famous professors of movement disorders that everyone have many articles and books about motor disorders. Their presentations and studies were very comprehensive. They reported their patients by detailed assessment and used many kind of evaluation tasks and tools such as FMRI, PETSCAN. Genetic, electrophysiological and cognitive evaluations used in their studies. Speech and language disorders of patients with Parkinson’s disease and other motor/ movement disorders are very interesting for them and few studies done in these field |