Jesper Hvass Schmidt is a Clinical Professor at SDU in audiology, the field of ear–nose–throat diseases that deal with hearing. He earned his medical degree from the University of Southern Denmark in 2002 and later became a specialist in ear–nose–throat diseases in 2013. Since his specialist recognition in 2013, he has been employed at the Ear-Nose-Throat/Hearing Clinic at Odense University Hospital, and from 2016 as a senior physician in the same place. Concurrently with his role as chief consultant, he has been affiliated with the University of Southern Denmark as a clinical associate professor, where he teaches about hearing and balance diseases in the master's programs in Medicine and Audiology. He has a PhD from the University of Southern Denmark, which he defended in 2011. The topic of his PhD thesis was hearing loss and hearing problems among classical symphony orchestra musicians in Denmark. The work on hearing damage in musicians led him, after specialist medical training, to work on hearing impairments and the implementation of research results in clinical work, where he was instrumental in starting the Clinic for Musician's Health, an clinic at Odense University Hospital for professional musicians.