**3. Deviations of the term "Audiology"**

From the mid‐1970s, several terms have appeared in print, regarding clinical activities which were deviated from the classical categorization of "Audiology." Typical examples are the following terms: "Hearing Science" [11]; "Clinical Auditory Science" [12]; "Auditory NeuroScience" [12], and so on. It is still difficult to define and discriminate these terms, since the Audiological training is very different around the globe. For example, in most European countries, Audiology is a medical specialization, while the Speech and Hearing Science is associated with communication department curricula. So in an attempt to define all terms, one can assume that activities related to Hearing Science/Auditory Science have a "research inspiration" objective (more research or education oriented) derived from basic Neurosciences, while the terms Audiology or Clinical Audiology refer to a basic clinical activity of assessing the hearing of a human subject.

To summarize, my objective in conjunction with the contributions and collaboration of the participated authors for this "Advances" volume was to collect material from a Hearing Science perspective, which could be applied to the everyday clinical Audiological reality.
