Assoc. Prof. Elżbieta Włodarczyk, MD, PhD Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, World Hearing Center, Kajetany/Warsaw, Poland Elżbieta Włodarczyk is a physician specializing in audiology and phoniatrics, and a certified surdologopedist. She graduated in medicine from Semmelweis University in Budapest (1993) and completed postgraduate studies in speech therapy at the Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw (2004). She received her PhD in 2013 and her habilitation (DSc) in medical and health sciences in 2023. For many years, she headed a ward in the Department of Audiology and Phoniatrics. She is currently Head of the Department of Rehabilitation and Associate Professor at the Institute. Since 2023, she has served as the National Consultant in Surdologopedics in Poland. Her clinical and research interests include hearing disorders, particularly diagnostics related to implantable hearing devices and central auditory processing disorders, as well as speech and language development disorders and voice disorders. She is involved in the diagnosis of children and adults with hearing loss, candidacy assessment for hearing implants, and the organization of post-implantation rehabilitation programs. She also coordinates a multidisciplinary team that provides speech therapy, psychological, and educational support for patients with complex communication needs. She is a certified Tomatis® Method therapist and has co-organized training courses for Tomatis therapists in Polan