Doris- Eva Bamiou MD MSc PhD FRCP is Professor in Neuroaudiology ( UCL Ear Institute), Consultant in Audiovestibular Medicine (UCLH) and Sub Theme Lead of the NIHR UCLH BRC (Deafness and Hearing). She conducts translational research in Neuro-Audiology, i.e. the intersection of Audiology, Vestibular Medicine and Cognitive Neuroscience. She received the Pat Jobson Prize (British Association of Audiological Physicians, 2002), the Edith Whetnall prize ( Royal Society of Medicine, 2012), Thomas Simm Littler Prize (British Society of Audiology, 2017) and George Harris People’s Choice Award (BSA 2024). She directs the Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) advanced masterclass and Master’s module, and the MSc in Audiovestibular Medicine strand of Advanced Audiology at UCL. 

I am a lecturer in the Department of Audiology at Istanbul Medipol University, where I have worked since 2017. I completed my MSc in Audiology in 2021 and am currently pursuing a PhD in the same field. My doctoral thesis aims to improve listening performance in hearing aid users by enhancing cognitive abilities. My master’s thesis investigated auditory working memory and listening effort in musicians, and I co-authored a study on speech-in-noise performance in cochlear implant users. I am also involved in a project on hearing and ADHD screening in school-age children.

Prof. Dr. Esra Özcebe has extensive academic and clinical expertise in voice disorders, with a particular focus on professional voice care, as well as developmental language disorders and speech sound disorders. Her work also encompasses the auditory rehabilitation of children with hearing loss.

In 2013, she served as the founding Head of the Department of Speech and Language Therapy within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Hacettepe University and as a faculty member. She currently serves as Head of the Department of Audiology at the Faculty of Health Sciences, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa.

Prof. Dr. Özcebe has authored numerous national and international research articles, books, and book chapters in her areas of expertise.

Nicholas Reed AuD PhD is a clinical audiologist and public health researcher currently servicing as the Vice President of Audiology Research and Innovation at Amplifon SpA where he supports developing and translating best practice research to over 15000 hearing care clinics across the globe. Prior to his current role, he spent 12 years as faculty in academia and retains adjunct appointments in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health from and in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine. His research focused on surveillance of hearing care and hearing care policy in the United States, as well as the association between hearing loss and aging outcomes, such as cognitive decline and healthcare utilization, and whether intervention ameliorates those associations.

Dr. Birgul Gumus is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Audiology, Faculty of Health Sciences at Ondokuz Mayıs University. She received her M.Sc. from Ondokuz Mayıs University, and her Ph.D. from Marmara University.

Her research focuses on advanced auditory assessment and electrophysiological measurement methods within clinical audiology, with particular emphasis on speech perception, auditory processing, and cochlear implant outcomes. She aims to contribute to the development of objective and comprehensive evaluation approaches in clinical audiology.