2012 Marion Downs Lecture Features Linda Luxon, CBE, BSc, FRCP
Professor Luxon has served as the Chair of Audiovestibular Medicine at the University of London, based at University College of London (UCL), since 1991. Her presentation will discuss the causes of dizziness in childhood as well as a diagnostic strategy for and management of dizziness in children. Additionally, she will address why balance disorders in children are frequently misdiagnosed or overlooked, both by parents and professionals, and the high index of clinical suspicion required if an accurate diagnosis and appropriate management is to be put in place. The lecture will include a discussion of risk factors for vestibular pathology and common pathologies giving rise to imbalance in children, and a simple clinical schema for detailed investigation of pediatric vestibular dysfunction will be outlined and appropriate management briefly reviewed. Richard Danielson, PhD, chair of the Foundation Board, expressed his enthusiasm about Professor Luxon’s featured session at the Boston conference. “Dr. Luxon is uniquely qualified to provide a comprehensive coalescence of research and clinical approaches to pediatric audiology and vestibular disorders, ” stated Dr. Danielson. “It is an honor to make available to audiologists such an esteemed lecturer and researcher. We thank the Oticon Foundation for funding this program that supports Professor Luxon’s travel to the States, as well as the availability of technology that enables others to have access to her lecture via the worldwide web." Professor Luxon’s clinical, research and teaching experiences encompass a broad range of areas, including vestibular disorders; noise-induced, genetic, and autoimmune hearing loss; and central auditory processing disorders. She was trained in General Internal Medicine and Neurology at St Thomas’ Hospital and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London. She was also trained in neuro-otology both at Queen Square (with Dr. Derrick Hood and Dr. Margaret Dix) and at University of California at Los Angeles (with Dr. R.W. Baloh and Dr. V. Honrubia). In 1980, she was appointed as a Consultant in Neuro-otology at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, the United Kingdom’s largest dedicated neurological and neurosurgical hospital. |
Additionally, Luxon has served as the President of numerous professional organizations, including the British Society of Audiology; the Clinical Neuroscience Section of the Royal Society of Medicine; the International Association of Physicians in Audiology; and the European Federation of Audiological Societies. She also currently serves as the Department of Health National Clinical Advisor in Audiology and Vestibular Disorders and Officer at the Royal College of Physicians London. Professor Luxon has authored more than 120 peer reviewed research papers, 70 chapters in textbooks, and is an editor of the Textbook of Audiological Medicine and a Co-Editor of Scott Brown’s Otolaryngology, a Handbook of Vestibular Rehabilitation and Noise and its Effects - both of which won the George Davey Howells Prize of the University of London for “the most distinguished published contribution to the advancement of Otolaryngology during the preceding five years.” As a result of her distinguished career and achievements, she was awarded the Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2010 for her services to medicine. As an international expert in audiology, neuro-otology and vestibular disorders, Professor Luxon has given invited lectures throughout Europe, the Unite States, China, Thailand, Korea, New Zealand, and India. The AAA Foundation is honored to feature her presentation at AudiologyNOW!, and is pleased that she will join a growing list of distinguished Marion Downs speakers. To date, seven presentations have been featured on subjects in pediatric audiology that have included genetics, implantation, speech optimization, and treatment of children in developing nations. Click here to register for the live or on-demand Web seminar. |
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The American Academy of Audiology Foundation is pleased to announce that Linda Luxon, CBE, BSc, FRCP, will present the 2012 Marion Downs Lecture in Pediatric Audiology. Professor Luxon’s presentation, The Dilemma of Dizziness in Children, will be offered on Friday, March 30 at