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## Meet the editors

Dr. Stavros Hatzopoulos has been a faculty member of the Audiology and ENT Clinic, University of Ferrara, Italy, since 1994. His background is in biomedical engineering, audiological engineering, and hearing science. He obtained a BSc from the University of Southern California, an MSc from Texas A&M University, and a Ph.D. from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, USA. He received his habilitation as an associate

professor in 2014. He is the author of more than 225 book chapters, peer-reviewed papers, and congress presentations. He has participated in numerous European Concerted Action projects in otoacoustic emissions, genetics, and nanotechnologies. Dr. Hatzopoulos is the editor of the Otoacoustic Emissions Portal (www. otoemissions.org), the Audiology section editor for the *Journal of Hearing Science*, and the managing editor for *Hearing, Balance and Communication*.

Dr. Andrea Ciorba, MD, has been a member of the Audiology and ENT Clinic, University of Ferrara, Italy, since 2004. He is the author of about 190 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and a member of several journal editorial boards. His clinical field of interest is audiology and vestibology and he is involved in research activities in otoacoustic emissions and inner ear electrophysiology. Dr. Ciorba obtained an MD in 1999,

a diploma in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery in 2003, and a Ph.D. in Audiology in 2008. He has been an Associate Professor of Audiology at the Audiology and ENT Clinic, University of Ferrara, since 2020.

Dr. Piotr Henryk Skarzynski is a specialist in ENT, pediatric ENT, audiology and phoniatrics, and public health. He participated in the 3rd Stakeholders Consultation meeting during which the World Hearing Forum of the World Health Organization (WHO) was announced. He is a member of the WHO's Roster of Experts on Digital Health, president-elect of the International Advisory Board of the American Academy of Otolar-

yngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), board member of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH), and a member of the Implantable Hearing Devices Committee and Otology and Neurotology Education Committee of AAO-HNS. He is the author of more than 1156 national and international publications and 2140 conference presentations.

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Preface

*Latest Advances in Cochlear Implant Technologies and Related Clinical Applications*  reports the latest scientific and clinical research advances in cochlear implants (CIs). The volume includes chapters focusing on the anatomical challenges and surgical aspects of this hearing rehabilitation technology as well as additional areas of interest

This volume was made possible through the substantial contribution of numerous authors. It is intended to complement graduate courses in audiology, speech pathology, hearing science and neurosciences, as well as basic courses in otolaryngology and

The book is organized into two sections: "CI Surgery and Related Technical Issues"

• Chapter 1: "Introductory Chapter: A Short Excursus into the Realm of Cochlear

• Chapter 3: "Congenital Malformations of the Outer, Middle, Inner Ear and

• Chapter 4: "The Assessment of Electrode–Neuron Interface (ENI) in Cochlear

• Chapter 6: "Perceptual Learning of Uncategorized Arabic Phonemes Among

• Chapter 7: "Perspective Chapter: Cochlear Implant Activation in the Immediate

• Chapter 8: "Static Posturography with Nintendo Balance Board in Children after

Electrophysiological Testing for Predicting Rehabilitation Outcomes after

Congenitally Deaf, Non-native Children with Cochlear Implants"

• Chapter 9: "Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder: Genetic and

such as preoperative assessment and prosthesis fitting.

• Chapter 2: "Robot-Assisted Cochlear Implant Surgery"

Cochlear Nerve with Favorable Cochlear Implantation"

and "CI Hearing Rehabilitation Strategies."

Section I includes four chapters:

Implants Today"

Implant Users"

Section II includes five chapters:

Cochlear Implantation"

Cochlear Implantation"

• Chapter 5: "Anatomy-Based Programming"

Postoperative Period at the Operating Room"

audiology.
