Amman - Jordan, January 15, 2004

The Royal Convention Center in Amman's Meridian Hotel was hosting a very special event: a seminar about "new born hearing screening and fitting", organized by S.A.T.'s partner No. 1 in Jordan, the BARA'A Co. for Hearing Instruments & Speech Pathology. Mr. Hans W. Rösler, S.A.T.'s Business Manager for the Middle East had arranged for 2 more important participants as speakers on the topics of Baby Screening and objective diagnostics, Mr. R. Thie (Pilot Blankenfelde)and Mr. P. Zoth (Fischer-Zoth).

Seminar in Meridian's Grand Ballroom

The winning team (l.to r.): Dr. Yasser F. Khaleel, executive Manager BARA'A, Mr. Peter Zoth from Fischer -Zoth Co., Mr. Rainer Thie from Pilot-Blankenfelde, Mr. Hans W. Rösler, SAT Erlangen, Ibrahim Aqel, General Manager BARA'A.

After welcoming the audience with more than 230 attendees by Dr. Moh. Tawalbeh, the chairman of the Royal Jordanian ENT-Committee, it was Ibrahim Aqels proudful presentation of BARA'As mission for the Jordanian Hearing Impaired Community. Along with the World's Hearing Health Care Provider No.1, S.A.T. from Erlangen Germany, the main topics of that "special event" were covered intensively by Mr. Thie and Mr. Zoth, who gained continuous interest for several hours. Together with the newly introduced PRISMA 2K, the methods of early detection, intervention and fitting, seem to have a good chance to be introduced as a regular screening method for newborns in Jordan.