<p>Short biography; I was born at Ankara in 1961. I have completed my high school education in Istanbul. In 1979, I have started my medical education in Ankara University School of Medicine. I have married in 1993 and had one daughter and one son. Background; Ankara University, School of Medicine; 1979-1985, Military duty at Gulhane Military Medical Academy; 1985-1986, Residency of Otolaryngology; 1988-1992, Pittsburgh University School of Medicine, Dept of Otolaryngology, Visiting Fellow; 1992-1993, House Ear Institute, Visiting fellow - 1993, Nashville Otology group, Visiting fellow – 1993, Assistant Professor; 1995-1999, Associate Professor; 1999-2005, Clinical Professor since 2005. Specialty in Diseases & Conditions: Chronic otitis media, otosclerosis, vertigo, lateral skull base surgery (acoustic tumor, glomus, surgery for intractable vertigo etc.), facial nerve problems, other all types of otological and neuro-otological disorders. Publications; Around 300 national and international publications, oral and poster presentations. 50 chapters, 2 national books. More than 100 national and international invited speech, panel discussions etc. 250 national and international citations. Awards & Honors: 26th Politzer Society Meeting; 13-16 October 2007; Cleveland-USA, 2nd best scientific paper (An analysis of time dependent changes of neurotropic factors (BDNF, CNTF) in traumatic facial nerve injury of a nerve-cut and nerve-crush model in rats. )</p>

<p>Dr. Gülin Gökçen Kesici graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 2005 and completed her residency in Otorhinolaryngology at Ankara University in 2012. She holds both a Master’s and Ph.D. degree in Audiology, completed in 2022. In 2020, she received the title of Associate Professor. Her clinical and academic interests include otology, neurotology, pediatric otolaryngology, and vestibular and auditory diagnostics. She currently works as a faculty member and department head at Ankara Medipol University.</p>

<p>I received my Master’s degree in Audiology and Speech Disorders from Ege University and completed my PhD in Audiology and Speech Disorders at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University.</p> <p>I have worked as an audiologist in tertiary healthcare settings, including İzmir Military Hospital and Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, where I gained extensive clinical experience in diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology.</p> <p>Since 2023, I have been serving as an Assistant Professor at İzmir Tınaztepe University. My academic and clinical research interests include hearing loss, non-organic hearing loss, auditory brainstem responses (ABR), auditory evoked cortical potentials, the vestibular system and vestibular rehabilitation, and vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMP). I have published articles particularly in the fields of hearing loss, electrophysiological audiology, vestibular system disorders, and VEMPs.</p> <p>Within the scope of the Erasmus Staff Mobility for Teaching Programme, I carried out a teaching activity at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Czech Republic, between 21–25 October 2024. In addition, I participated as an invited speaker in the course entitled “Není BERA jako BERA”, organized by the same department, and delivered a presentation titled “ERA Milestones: Importance in Audiology Worldwide’’</p>