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THE GRAHAM FRASER MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIPS

A Memorial Fellowship was established in 1997 by the Graham Fraser Foundation in order to promote research to further the understanding, management and alleviation of profound deafness.

A link has been established with Professor W P R Gibson, Professor of Otolaryngology in the University of Sydney. The Trustees of the Graham Fraser Foundation award annually a travelling Fellowship of six months duration, enabling the holder to research with Professor Gibson the field of profound deafness and to gain experience in operative techniques in otology and cochlear implantation. 

The Fellowship is advertised annually in ENT News and The Journal of Laryngology and Otology. Specialist Registrars on a recognised UK or Republic of Ireland training programme are invited to apply.

2008 is the last year in which we shall be able to offer a Fellowship with Professor Gibson

 
FELLOWSHIPS

1997  Mr Timothy E Mitchell FRCS

1998  Mr Brendan J Conlon FRCS

1999  Mr Simon P Hargreaves FRCS

2000  Mr Nicholas J Mansell FRCS

2000  Dr Neeraj N Mathur MBBS MS DNB 
           (Fellowship held at the Royal National 
            Throat Nose and Ear Hospital,  London)

2001  Mr Peter W M Valentine FRCS

2002  Mr Peter A Rea FRCS (report)

2003  Mr Jaydip Ray FRCS (report)

2004  Mr David K Selvadurai FRCS (report)

2005  Mr Henry Pau FRCS (report)  (interview with Bill Gibson)

2006 Ms Susan Douglas FRCS (report)

2007 Mr Simon Freeman FRCS (report)

2008 Mr Neil Donnelly FRCS MSc (report)

Fellows' Reunion with Professor and Alex Gibson and the Trustees (seated)
February 2003

FELLOWSHIP PUBLICATIONS

 Conlon BJ, Gibson WPR (1999) Meniere’s disease: the incidence of hydrops in the contralateral asymptomatic ear. Laryngoscope 109: 1800-1802.

 Conlon BJ, Gibson WPR (2000) Electrocochleography in the diagnosis of Meniere’s disease. Acta Otolaryngologica 120(4): 480-483.

  Donnelly Neil, Gibson William (2009) Objective audiometry in Ballantyne’s Deafness 7th edition (ed. John Graham and David Baguley) 7: 63-73, Wiley Blackwell.

  Douglas SA, Sanli H, WPR Gibson (2008). Meningitis resulting in hearing loss and labyrinthitis ossificans – does the causative organism matter? Cochlear Implants International 9(2): 90-96 

  Freeman SR, Iseli C, Kerr M, Kong J, Gibson WPR (2008) Phenol application for tympanic membrane anaesthesia. Clinical Otolaryngology 33: 166-167.  

  Freeman SRM, Sanli H, Gibson WPR (2009) Intraoperative electrocochleography for monitoring during stapes surgery. Journal of International Advanced Otology 5(2): 229-239.

  Freeman SR, Bray M, Amos C, Gibson WPR (2009) The association of codeine, macrocytosis and bilateral, sudden or rapidly progressive sensorineural hearing loss. Acta Otolaryngologica 129(10): 1061-1066.

  McNeill C, Freeman SR, McMahon C (2009) Short-term hearing fluctuation in Meniere’s disease. International Journal of Audiology 48(8): 594-600.

  Acker T, Mathur NN, Savy L, Graham JM (2001) Is there a functioning vestibulocochlear nerve? Cochlear implantation in a child with contradictory radiological auditory findings. International Journal of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology 57: 171-176.  

Mitchell TE, Gibson WPR (1999) Positioning of the receiver stimulator for the C1-24M cochlear implant in infants. Journal of Laryngology and Otology 113: 212-216.

  Mitchell TE, Psarros C, Pegg P, Rennie M, Gibson WPR (2000) Performance after cochlear implantation: a comparison of children deafened by meningitis and congenitally deaf children. Journal of Laryngology and Otology 114: 33-37.

  O’Leary SJ, Mitchell TE, Gibson WPR, Sanli H (2000) Abnormal positive potentials in round window electrocochleography. American Journal of Otology 21: 813-818.

  Pau H, Parker A, Sanli H, Gibson WPR (2005) Displacement of electrodes of a cochlear implant into the vestibular system: intraoperative and postoperative electrophysiological analyses. Acta Otolaryngologica 125(10): 1116-1118.

  Pau H (2005) An interview with Professor William PR Gibson. ENT News 14(5): 68-69.

  Pau H, Gibson WPR, Sanli H (2006) Transtympanic electric auditory brainstem response (TT-EABR): the importance of the positioning of the stimulating electrode. Cochlear Implants International 7(4): 183-187.

  Pau H, Gibson WPR, Gardner-Berry K, Sanli H (2006) Cochlear implantations in children with Waadenburg’s Syndrome: an electrophysiological and psychophysical review. Cochlear Implants International 7(4): 202-206 .

  Ray J, Gibson WPR, Sanli H, Haddon A (2004) The role of auditory stimulation in the maturation of the auditory pathway. Acta Otolaryngologica 124(6): 695-699.

  Ray J, Gibson WPR, Sanli H (2004) Surgical complications of 844 consecutive cochlear implantations and observations on large versus small incisions. Cochlear Implants International 5(3): 87-95.

  Ray J, Gibson WPR, Sanli H (2004) Auditory neuropathy, hair cell desynchrony and cochlear implantation. Clinical Otology 29(4): 413.

  Ray J (2005) Cochlear implants – surgical, audiological and electrophysiological issues. PhD Thesis, University of Nijmegen , The Netherlands .

  Ray J (2005) Cochleair Implantatie - Chirurgische, Audiologische en Electrophysiologische resultaten. Ned.Tijdschr  KNO-HEELK 11(1): 37.

  Rea P, Gibson WPR (2003) Evidence for surviving outer hair cell function in congenitally deaf ears. Laryngoscope 113(11): 2030-2034.

  PRESENTATIONS

  Birman C, Rea P, Sanli H, Gibson WPR. The use of intra-operative EABR prior to insertion of a cochlear implant. 7th International Cochlear   Implant Conference, Manchester , September 2002.

  Conlon BJ, Gibson WPR. Electrocochleography in the diagnosis of Memiere’s disease. George Portman International Conference, 1999.

  Conlon BJ, Gibson WPR. The incidence of hydrops in the contralateral asymptomatic ear. George Portman International Conference, 1999.

  Conlon BJ, Gibson WPR. Electrocochleography in the diagnosis of Meniere’s disease. Irish Otological Society, 2000.

  Conlon BJ, Gibson WPR. The incidence of hydrops in the contralateral asymptomatic ear. Irish Otological Society, 2000.  

  Gibson WPR, Sanli H, Psarros C, Donnelly N. The use of intraoperative electric auditory brainstem responses to predict the speech perception outcomes after cochlear implantation in children. Thirteenth British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology,   Liverpool , July 2009.

   Freeman SR, McNeill C, McMahon C. Short-term hearing fluctuation in Meniere’s disease. North of England Otolaryngology Society, September 2007.

  Freeman SR, Bray M, Amos C, Gibson WPR. The association of codeine, macrocytosis and bilateral, sudden or rapidly progressive sensorineural hearing loss. The Royal Society of Medicine, Section of Otology, London , March 2008 and 10th International Cochlear Implant Conference, San Diego , April 2008.

Iseli C, Freeman SR, Gibson WPR. Clinical electrocochleography in Meniere’s disease: the value of low frequency stimulus biasing. Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth , April 2008.

  Mitchell TE, Everingham C, Pegg P, Rennie M, Gibson WPR. Cochlear implantation in congenitally deaf and meningitic children. Bedfordshire, Buckingham and Hertfordshire ENT Meeting, Luton , September 1997.  

  Mitchell TE, O’Leary SJ, Gibson WPR. Abnormal positive potentials in transtympanic electrocochleography. 7th International Congress in Paediatric Otolaryngology, Helsinki , June 1998.

  Pau H, Parker A, Sanli H, Gibson WPR. Displacement of electrodes of a cochlear implant into the vestibular system: intraoperative and postoperative electrophysiological analyses. 5th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants and Related Science, Hong Kong , November 2005.

  Pau H, Gibson WPR, Gardner-Berry K, Sanli H. Cochlear implantations in children with Waadenburg’s Syndrome: an electrophysiological and psychophysical review. 5th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants and Related Science, Hong Kong , November 2005.

  Ray J. Revision surgery in cochlear implantation. Australasian Cochlear Implant Group, Sydney, April 2003.

  Ray J, Gibson WPR, Sanli H. Auditory neuropathy, hair cell desynchrony and cochlear implantation. Otolaryngological Research Society, London , September 2003.

  Ray J, Gibson WPR, Sanli H. Role of auditory stimulation in the maturation of the auditory pathway. Royal Society of Medicine, London , March 2004.

  Ray J, Gibson WPR, Sanli H. Role of auditory stimulation in the maturation of the auditory pathway. European Symposium on Paediatric Cochlear Implantation, Geneva , May 2004.

  Ray J, Gibson WPR, Sanli H. Auditory neuropathy, hair cell desynchrony and cochlear implantation. British Cochlear Implant Group, Birmingham , April 2005.

  Rea P, Abrahams Y, Sanli H, Gibson WPR. Severe otosclerosis: the pitfalls and outcomes of cochlear implantation. 7th International Cochlear Implant Conference, Manchester , September 2002.

  Rea P, Gibson WPR. Otoacoustic emissions are not a suitable test to screening for deafness in premature neonates. European Society of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology 2002, 8th International Congress, Oxford , September 2002.

  Valentine P. Endoscopic-assisted endolymphatic sac surgery. 23rd Politzer  Society Congress, February 2002.

  Young JP, O’Sullivan B, Gibson WPR, Mitchell TE, Sefton AE, Sanli H, Withall A. Clinical assessment of auditory cortical function in cochlear implant patients using 15-0 PET. Australian Neurology Society Meeting, Brisbane , September 1997.

February 2009