Prof. Michele Cavaliere, MD, PhD, is an associate professor at the University Federico II, Naples, Italy. He holds a degree in medicine and surgery (1993), specialization in otorhinolaryngology (1998), PhD in physiopathology of audio–verbal communication (2006) and a second-level master in hearing prosthetic implantology (2012). Professor Cavaliere has performed more than three thousand surgeries, of which more than a third concern the ear. His research fields concern otology and audiology. He is the author of more than 140 scientific papers, many of which have been published in high-impact international scientific journals.