Prof. Piotr H. Skarzynski, MD, PhD, MSc realises scientific work in the World Hearing Center of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing and Institute of Sensory Organs.

Specialist in ENT, pediatric ENT, audiology and phoniatrics, and public health. Participated in the 3rd Stakeholders Consultation meeting during which the World Hearing Forum of WHO was announced. A member of the Roster of Experts on Digital Health of WHO, Board Member and Institutional Representative of the International Society for Telemedicine and e-Health (ISfTeH), President of International Advisory Board of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), member of Congress and Meeting Department of European Academy of Otology and Neuro-Otology (EAONO), Regional Representative of Europe of International Society of Audiology (ISA), Vice-President of Hearring Group, Auditor of European Federation of Audiology Societies (EFAS), member of the Facial Nerve Stimulation Steering Committee, and Board Secretary of the Polish Society of Otorhinolaryngologists, Phoniatrists and Audiologists (TOFAP). Member of Hearing Committee (2018–2019), Goodwill Ambassador representing Poland at the AAO-HNSF 2021 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience, and since 2021 a member of the Implantable Hearing Devices Committee and Otology & Neurotology Education Committee of AAO-HNS. Consultant Committee of International Experts of CPAM-VBMS (for special invitation), honorary member of ORL Danube Society, and Société Française d’Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie. Member of the Council of National Science Center (NCN). Expert and member of numerous national organisations. Moreover, expert and reviewer of national and international projects, and a reviewer of national and international scientific journals, mostly with Impact Factor value.

Prof. Piotr H. Skarzynski, MD, PhD, MSc executes numerous national and international projects connected with hearing screening programs, implantable hearing devices, telemedicine, and e-health in numerous European, Asian, and African countries. 

Research interests: ENT surgery, otology, rhinology, ear reconstruction, hearing implantable devices and hearing aids, telemedicine and e-Health, robotics, tinnitus, and hearing screening in Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America.Prof. Piotr H. Skarzynski, MD, PhD, MSc realises scientific work in the World Hearing Center of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing and Institute of Sensory Organs.

I completed my graduate training in Audiology and Speech and Language Disorders at Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, where I obtained both my Master’s and PhD degrees. I continue to pursue academic and clinical work in the field of hearing sciences.

My primary areas of expertise include cochlear implant applications, preoperative candidate assessment, intraoperative monitoring, postoperative audiological follow-up, and long-term outcome evaluation. My work also encompasses advanced electrophysiological assessments, including auditory brainstem response (ABR), electrically evoked auditory brainstem response (eABR), and electrically evoked cortical auditory evoked potentials (eCAEP). I further focus on integrating comprehensive objective test batteries into evidence-based clinical decision-making processes.

My research addresses the diagnosis of hearing loss in both pediatric and adult populations, as well as the systematic evaluation of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative cochlear implant processes and outcomes. I have presented scientific papers at national and international conferences and continue to integrate research activities with clinical practice.

Nazlı Akkaya Kurt, PhD, is an audiologist specialising in vestibular assessment and inner ear physiology. She completed her PhD in Audiology at Başkent University, where her doctoral research examined the relationship between vitamin D status and vestibular function.

Her clinical and research work centres on advanced vestibular testing, including cVEMP, oVEMP, video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) and functional Head Impulse Test (fHIT), with particular interest in the functional assessment of the vestibulo-ocular reflex. Her published work covers vestibular involvement in sudden sensorineural hearing loss, and she continues to work on the clinical application of multimodal vestibular test batteries.

Assoc. Prof. Sıdıka Cesur Coşkun is a faculty member at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medeniyet University, where she serves as the Head of the Department of Audiology. Her academic, research, and clinical expertise primarily focuses on pediatric audiology, cochlear implant assessment and rehabilitation, electrophysiological evaluation methods, and the assessment and management of vestibular and balance disorders.

She has contributed to the field through numerous original research articles published in national and international indexed journals, as well as book chapters and scientific research projects. In addition to her research activities, she is actively engaged in undergraduate education, clinical training, student supervision, and academic mentoring in audiology.