Prof. Dr. Andrea Ciorba earned his degree in Medicine in 1999 and a Diploma in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery in October 2003. He obtained a Ph.D. in Audiology in March 2008. He received his habilitation as an associate professor in 2014 and has been a Clinical Researcher of the Audiology & ENT Clinic, at the University of Ferrara, Italy, since 2004. He is the author of over 200 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and is a member of the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals. His clinical fields of interest are audiology and victimology and he is involved in research activities in otoacoustic emissions and inner ear electrophysiology.