09-10, 16:30–17:30 (Europe/Istanbul), Young IFOS 1 (ICC - B3 Floor - 3B/63)
Functional audio-vestibular testing matters because it transforms symptoms into objective, clinically meaningful information. Dizziness, imbalance, hearing complaints, and vestibular disorders are often complex, and no single test can provide the whole picture. A structured combination of audiological and vestibular assessments helps us localize dysfunction, quantify impairment, guide treatment, and monitor outcomes.
For the next generation of otolaryngologists, the challenge is not only to learn how to perform these tests, but also how to interpret them critically and integrate them with the patient’s history and clinical examination. Technology should strengthen clinical reasoning, not replace it.
global collaboration is equally important. Access to vestibular testing, equipment, training, and expertise remains very unequal between countries and centers. By sharing protocols, experience, educational resources, and research data, we can improve standardization, strengthen training, and make high-quality vestibular care more accessible.
I am a pediatric otolaryngologist with specialized expertise in pediatric audiology and vestibular assessment, and extensive clinical experience in the evaluation and management of pediatric vestibular disorders. I have a strong clinical and scientific interest in vestibular function and balance development in children. I am currently completing a PhD focused on multisensory integration in patients with vestibular dysfunction, using virtual reality as an experimental and clinical investigation tool. My work aims to bridge clinical practice and research in order to improve the understanding, assessment, and rehabilitation of vestibular disorders in the pediatric population.
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Josine Widdershoven is a pediatric otorhinolarygologist at Maastricht University Medical Centre (the Netherlands). For the past decade she has run the pediatric outpatient clinic for children with vestibular disorders. She also works as a consultant at Antwerp University Hospital (Belgium).
Gülin Gökçen Kesici, MD, PhD (Audiology) is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at Ankara Medipol University, Türkiye. She graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine and completed her residency in Otorhinolaryngology at Ankara University. Complementing her training as an otolaryngologist, she subsequently obtained both MSc and PhD degrees in Audiology.
Her main clinical and academic interests include neurotology, vestibular disorders, advanced audio-vestibular diagnostics, cochlear implantation, otologic surgery, skull base surgery, and pediatric otolaryngology. Her combined expertise in otolaryngology and audiology provides an integrated clinical perspective on the diagnosis and management of hearing and balance disorders.
Her clinical practice encompasses cochlear implantation and the management of complex otologic and vestibular disorders. She is also actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate education in otolaryngology and audiology.
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Dr. Daniele DE SIATI is an Italian physician based in Brussels, Belgium, with a multidisciplinary background in otology, neurotology, and space medicine. He earned his medical degree from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, followed by a specialisation in Audiology and Phoniatrics at the University of Padua. He then moved to Brussels, where he obtained a second specialisation in Otorhinolaryngology while continuing to work in the fields of cochlear implantation and balance disorders.
Dr. De Siati spent over 15 years at the Academic Hospital Saint-Luc, affiliated with the Catholic University of Louvain, where he focused on cochlear implants and vestibular diagnostics.
Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in Space Medicine at the University of Mons, where his research explores vestibular and postural adaptations to microgravity, particularly in preparation for suborbital missions, with the use of artificial intelligence in data analysis.
He is Director of the recently established Apulian SpaceLab, an academic centre for research and training in aerospace sciences located near the SpacePort of Grottaglie in Southern Italy. The SpaceLab includes both terrestrial and underwater facilities, and aims to support human research, medical training, and prototype testing for space missions.
Dr. De Siati also teaches vestibulometry for Audiologists at the ILMH in Brussels.
In addition to his academic and clinical roles, he serves as Chair of the Networking Committee of YO-IFOS, the Young Section of the International Federation of Otorhinolaryngological Societies, after previously serving as Regional Representative for Europe.
He is also co-founder of the Association of Italian Physicians in Belgium, an organisation that supports professional collaboration and cultural exchange among Italian healthcare professionals living and working abroad.
Jeyasakthy Saniasiaya is an Associate Professor and Consultant in Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology at Universiti Malaya. She completed Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology at Starship Children’s Hospital, New Zealand, and advanced training in Pediatric Audiovestibular Medicine at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool. She has been a Fellow of the European Board of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, since 2022.
Recognized among the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University, she has over 200 publications and serves as Academic Editor for PLOS ONE and ENT Journal. She established pioneering pediatric Aerodigestive, Saliva Control and Vestibular services in Malaysia, her research focus is exploring the role of biomarkers and AI in paediatric aerodigestive and vestibular disorders.
Chief of Audiology & Vestibular Services - ENT Department at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah
Dr. Brodsky is a pediatric otolaryngologist and is the director/co-founder of the Balance and Vestibular Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. He is also Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School. His clinical and academic work focuses on disorders of the middle and inner ear, including the medical and surgical management of vestibular disorders and hearing loss. He has published widely on these topics and routinely presents his work at national and international meetings. He has particular research interests on the effects of migraine and of concussion on the vestibular system. Dr. Brodsky completed his Otolaryngology residency at Upstate Medical University in 2011 and his Pediatric Otolaryngology fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital in 2012.