SHORT CV

     Fevzi Sefa DEREKÖY, (MD) (MS of History), Professor of Otolaryngology was born in 1963. He completed his primary and secondary school education in Ankara and İstanbul. In 1987, he graduated from  Ankara Gülhane School of Medicine. In 1993, after education at Gülhane School of Medicine in Ankara, he became a Specialist of ENT Diseases. After some public hospital works, in 1999 he  was appointed as a founder member and assistant professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Department of Afyon Kocatepe University. During that period  he served as Vice Dean of Medicine Faculty and Director of Health Science Institute.   He became Associate Professor in 2002 and then in 2008  he was appointed to the founder professor of Otolaryngology Department at Schhol of Medicine of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University.  He founded the Otolaryngology Department of the Faculty.  At the same time he has been founder chief physician of the Education and Research Hospital of Medicine School.  He served as the Chairman of ENT Department, Chairman of Surgical Science Section, Director of Health School and eventually as  the Dean of the Faculty. Since August of 2019, he has been an academic person at İstanbul Medipol University International School of Medicine. He served as the Chief of  Afyon Kocatepe Academician Society, as the chief of Afyon TED School Family Society, as the chief of Trakya Otolaryngology  Head and Neck Surgery Society, and as the Secretary of Afyon Rotary Club. He is a member of the Confederation of ORL-HNS. He is an International Member of American Otolaryngology Academy.  He ha been a member of Ethical Commitee of Turkish Otolaryngology Society.  He has Master Science Degree of History. His historical interest is Medieval Period and  History of Science.

I am an Associate Professor in Audiology at the School of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal and a researcher in the Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal in Canada. I completed my Ph.D. at the University of Hong Kong where I investigated the effects of organic solvents on the human auditory system with a special emphasis on the central auditory nervous system. Then, I moved to Australia where I was a postdoctoral research fellow and later an NHMRC senior research officer, at the University of Queensland. At this University, I investigated the peripheral and central auditory effects of jet fuel exposure. My research interests include the effects of co-exposure to chemicals and noise on the human auditory system, the auditory signs of solvent-induced auditory dysfunction and the early detection of hearing loss induced by chemical exposure. I have an extensive and sustained publication record spanning more than two decades, with over 65 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and clinical tools published in leading international journals and academic volumes in audiology, hearing science, occupational and environmental health, and communication disorders. My work has appeared in high-impact journals such as International Journal of Audiology, Ear and Hearing, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, BMC Public Health, PLoS One, Frontiers in Neuroscience, and Alzheimer’s & Dementia, and includes systematic reviews, clinical trials, epidemiological studies, methodological papers, and translational research. I have authored and co-authored influential book chapters and developed validated clinical assessment tools, including a widely used auditory processing test battery for Spanish-speaking adults. My publications reflect strong international collaboration, leadership as senior and corresponding author, and a coherent research programme addressing central auditory processing, ototoxicity, age-related hearing loss, cognition, hearing rehabilitation, and health equity across diverse populations. In addition, I have a long-standing and international track record as an invited and keynote speaker, with over 40 invited presentations at major audiology, otolaryngology, and occupational health conferences across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Australia, reflecting sustained recognition of my expertise in auditory processing, ototoxicity, age-related hearing loss, and hearing rehabilitation.