Meet the editors

Dr. Stavros Hatzopoulos has been a faculty member of the Audiology & ENT Clinic, University of Ferrara, Italy, since 1994. His background is in biomedical, engineering, audiological engineering, and hearing science (BSc degree from University of Southern California, MSc from Texas A&M, PhD from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts). He received his habilitation as an associate professor in 2014. He is the author of more than 195

book chapters, peer review papers, and congress presentations. He has participated in numerous European Concerted Action projects in the areas of otoacoustic emissions, genetics, and nanotechnologies. He currently serves as the editor of the Portal on Otoacoustic Emissions (www.otoemissions.org) and as the audiology section editor in the Journal of Hearing Science.

Andrea Ciorba, MD, PhD, has been a member of the Audiology & ENT Clinic, University of Ferrara, Italy, since 2004. After earning his degree in Medicine in 1999 and a specialization in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery in October 2003, he obtained a PhD in Audiology in March 2008. He received his habilitation as an associate professor in 2014 and he is presently a member of the Audiology & ENT Clinic, University of Ferrara, Faculty

Board. He is the author of approximately 130 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and serves as a member of the editorial board or as a reviewer for a number of scientific journals. His clinical field of interest is audiology and vestibology, and he is also involved in research activities in the field of otoacoustic emissions and inner ear electrophysiology.

Prof. Piotr H. Skarzynski, MD, PhD, MS is occupied with the implementation of scientific, clinical and surgical work at the World Hearing Center, Medical University of Warsaw and Institute of Sensory Organs in Warsaw, Poland. He is a member of 29 scientific societies. He has been a Representative Board Member (until 2019) and Vice-President and Institutional Representative (since 2019) of ISfTeH; Vice-President of the Hearing Group; Member

of Hearing Committee of AAO–HNS; an auditor of EFAS; a member of the Consultant Committee of International Experts of CPAM-VBMS (by special invitation); an Honorary Member of ORL Danube Society; and a member of the Roster of Experts on Digital Health of WHO. He also participated in the 3rd Stakeholders Consultation meeting during which the World Hearing Forum of WHO was announced. He has been an author and co-author of over 1767 documents (invited speaker presentations – 115, round table presentations – 118, as an instructor – 118 courses) and 843 publications (IF – 166,554, IC – 44450,31). He is a reviewer of 30 national and international scientific journals. He is currently involved with numerous international projects, connected with hearing screening and telemedicine in European, Asian, and African countries.

Contents

**Section 1**

and ASW in Room *by Chiung Yao Chen*

Rehabilitation

*by Patrick J. Boyle*

**Section 2**

**Preface III**

Anatomical and Pathophysiological Features of the Auditory Pathways **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 35**

**Chapter 3 51**

**Chapter 4 65**

Updates on Audiological Diagnosis and Therapy **83**

**Chapter 5 85**

**Chapter 6 111**

**Chapter 7 135**

The Frequency Following Response: Evaluations in Different Age Groups *by Milaine Dominici Sanfins, Michele Vargas Garcia, Eliara Pinto Vieira Biaggio* 

The Influence on Cortical Brainwaves in Relation to Word Intelligibility

*by Caroline Donadon, Milaine Dominici Sanfins, Piotr Henry Skarzynski,* 

Otitis Media, Behavioral and Electrophysiological Tests, and Auditory

Attention and Working Memory in Human Auditory Cortex

*Maria Francisca Colella dos Santos and Stavros Hatzopoulos*

*by Milaine Dominici Sanfins, Piotr Henryk Skarzynski* 

Electrical Stimulation of the Auditory System

*by Luca Oscar Redaelli de Zinis and Nader Nassif*

*by Brian Barton and Alyssa A. Brewer*

Neuroplasticity and the Auditory System

*and Maria Francisca Colella-Santos*

Endoscopic Ear Surgery in Children

*and Piotr Henryk Skarzynski*
