Prof. Gaziz Tufatulin, PhD, head of St Petersburg Center of Pediatric Audiology, prof. at North-Western State Medical University named after I.I.Mechnikov and Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, scientific advisor at St Petersburg Scientific ENT Research Institute, vice president of the Russian National Medical Association of Audiology.

Scientific research of Prof.G.Tufatulin focuses on the priority issues of pediatric audiology, electrophysiology, amplification, organization of audiology services, and rehabilitation. He is the author of the method of hydrovibration stimulation for early rehabilitation of children with severe hearing impairments. Under the guidance of Prof.Tufatulin, a protocol for audiological examination of infants in the Russian Federation has been published. He implemented the audit program of the first stage of audiological screening in St Petersburg, optimized approaches to pediatric amplification, electrophysiological diagnostics of hearing. Gaziz Tufatulin us initiator and head of a scientific project on the rehabilitation of balance and coordination disorders in children with hearing impairments. Since 2019, he has been a member of the EFAS (European Federation of Audiological Societies) working group on audiological screening of schoolchildren. Organizer of the annual educational course "Conversations about Hearing in the White Nights"