PROF. GEORGE A. TAVARTKILADZE, M.D., PHD.

Director and founder of the National Research Centre for Audiology and Hearing Rehabilitation till 2022,

Head of the Department of Clinical Audiology of the Russian Medical Academy for Continuing Professional Education, Moscow, Russia.

Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Georgia, Honorary member of the International Society of AudiologyHonorary Member of the Italian and German Societies of Otorhinolaryngologists, Honorary Doctor of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Honorary Member of the Ukrainian Association of Otiatricians, Otoneurosurgeons and Otoneurologists.

 MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS: experimental and clinical audiology, electrophysiology of hearing, cochlear micromechanics, early detection, diagnosis and rehabilitation of hearing disorders, cochlear implantation (more than 500 publications).

 MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES, EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES:

President of the International Academy of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Past Secretary General of the International Society of Audiology; Member of the Expert Advisory Panel, World Health Organization; Member of the Lancet Commission on Hearing; President of the Russian Society of Audiology, Representative of Russian Federation in European Federation of Audiological Societies, Council member of the IERASG

 MEMBERSHIP IN THE EDITORIAL BOARDS

Acta Otolaryngology; International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology; Journal of Hearing Science; Audiology Research; Journal of International Advanced Otology; European Arch Otolaryngology; Vestnik Otorhinolaringol (Rus); Honorary Editor-in-Chief of Folia Otorhingologiae et Patologiae Respiratoria; Hearing, Balance & Communication; Italian J of Audiology and Phoniatrics.

Ayca Ciprut (PhD) is a professor of audiology at Marmara University Medical School, Department of Audiology. Currently, she is the head of Audiology Department in Marmara University. She received  MSc and PhD degrees in audiology from Marmara University, Istanbul. Her clinical focus is on pediatric audiology and cochlear implants. Her research interests include cochlear implants, auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder and cortical auditory evoked potentials.

Professor Teresa Y.C. Ching is Professorial Fellow at NextSense Institute and conjointly Professor of Education and Disability Studies at Macquarie University.  She is also an Honorary Professor at University of Queensland in Australia. Teresa’s research is dedicated to improving the lives and outcomes of children with hearing loss. Teresa is particularly interested in seeing the results of her research used by policy makers and service providers and manufacturers in hearing rehabilitation to reduce the impact of hearing loss on language, literacy, educational attainment, mental health, and quality of life. Teresa is the lead author or co-author of more than 150 peer-reviewed articles.