Brinkman Lecture

Every year a special lecture, named after the founder of the Nijmgen ENT-department is prepared.
In 2025 Prof. dr. Sébastien Schmerber will present the Brinkman Lecture.
Title of his presentation: “The skull vibration induced nystagmus test: state of the art 
The Ear and Hearing Center of the university Hospital of Grenoble, France, directed by Prof. Sébastien Schmerber, MD; PhD is a regional center that provides specialized diagnostic and surgical care to adult and pediatric patients with diseases of the ear. Grenoble University Hospital has a particularly long tradition with implantation for individuals with profound hearing loss as well as middle ear implants for the hearing impaired. He was the first in France to use the Bone conducted active implant Bonebridge and has also a large experience with the Vibrant Soundbridge since 1997. Some of the world’s first cochlear implant surgeries were performed in Grenoble in the early seventies. Prof Schmerber focuses his research on computer assisted surgery in the late 1990s, and later on auditory monitoring using by mean of microelectrodes for direct nerve neuro-monitoring. His current research activities concentrate on intracochlear microsystems using nanotechnology as well a clinical research in the field of cochlear implant. Clinical Vestibular Research has also been a main topic in the Department since more than 15 years. In particular, we have pioneered a new objective tool using vibrations applied to the skull for multi frequency vestibular Assessment (Vibration induced nystagmus), and new imaging techniques in assessing hydrops in the labyrinth.
The presenters of previous Brinkman lectures are listed below:

Brinkman lecturers

 1985  Gordon Smyth  2004  Ulf Mercke
 1986  Michael Paparella  2005  Karl-Bernd Hüttenbrink
 1987  Michel Portmann  2006  Thomas Lenarz
 1988  Jacob Sadé  2007  Patrice Tran Ba Huy
 1989  Dietrich Plester  2008  John Niparko
 1990  Carl-Rudolf Pfaltz  2008  Anders Tjellström
 1991  Adolf Mielhke  2009  Gerard O’Donoghue
 1992  Christian Deguine  2010  Bruce Gantz
 1993  Ugo Fisch  2011  Michael Gleeson
 1994  Malte Wigand  2012  Mario Sanna
 1995  Derald Brackmann  2013  Richard Ramsden
 1996  Jacques Magnan  2014  Thomas Linder
 1997  George Browning  2015  Jef Mulder
 1998  Mirko Tos  2016  Anne Schilder
 1999  Robert A. Jahrsdoerfer  2017  Robert Vincent
 2000  Paul van den Broek  2018  Antje Aschendorff
 2001  Noel Cohen  2019  Erwin Offeciers
 2002  David A. Moffat  2020  Matthew Yung
 2003  Alan G. Kerr  2023  Catherine Birman
 2024  Per Caye-Thomasen