
Notes From IFOS 2026: Hearing Science at the World ENT Congress
Fifty-two parallel rooms, more than two thousand sessions, and a hearing block that took up a third of the programme. Notes from the world congress in Istanbul, from the audiology side.
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Betül Çiçek Çınar, faculty member at the Department of Audiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, has been appointed Full Professor as of 30 July 2026. Her work focuses on inner ear malformations, auditory brainstem implants and cochlear implants.

Fifty-two parallel rooms, more than two thousand sessions, and a hearing block that took up a third of the programme. Notes from the world congress in Istanbul, from the audiology side.

Ayşenur Küçük Ceyhan, faculty member at the Department of Audiology, University of Health Sciences, has been awarded the title of Associate Professor in the July 2026 review period.

Audiologist Ahsen Kartal Özcan earned the title of 'Doctor' by defending her thesis on memory, listening effort and multisensory integration in cochlear implant users.

Project IMBAS — set to bring fresh momentum to academic work in Türkiye in hearing sciences and architectural acoustics — has been launched together with the new Acoustics Laboratory established at the TOBB ETÜ Technology Center.

Audiologist Yeter Saçlı graduated from the Marmara University Doctoral Program in Audiology and Speech Disorders.

Audiologist Sema Satıcı graduated from the Marmara University Doctoral Program in Audiology and Speech Disorders.

Audiologist Niyazi Arslan graduated from the Arizona State University Doctoral Program in Speech and Hearing Science.

We have learned with great sadness of the passing of Prof. Dr. Jack Katz, one of the pioneering figures of audiology, a mentor and inspiration to countless specialists.

Audiologist Betül İçöz graduated from the Hacettepe University Master's Program in Audiology.

The 36th World Congress of Audiology took place this year in Paris on 19–22 September. Experts from all over the world came together.

Medeniyet Audiology Days, held for the third time by the Audiology Department of İstanbul Medeniyet University, took place on 31 May 2024.

We took part in the online Marmara Audiology Days 2023, presenting talks in 2 panels and 2 oral papers.