Prof. Dr. med.
born: 6.12.1953
in Halle a.d. Saale / Germany
(formerly German Democratic Republic)
Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg, MD (1972-77);
post-doctorally for one year
Medical Assistent during military service.
Professional training for ENT – Specialist at the ENT-Department of the Hospital at Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg (1980-85).
After obtaining additional special trainings on Audiology, Pedaudiology, Phoniatrics and Allergology, he was certified a specialist of Phoniatrics and Pedaudiology (1988).
Experience
Assistant Medical Director at ENT-Department of the University-Hospital, Cologne (1986-88)
Private ENT- Specialist at Aachen (1988/89)
Assistant Medical Director at the Department of Communication-Disorders at Johannes-Gutenberg-University, Mainz
Research activities
Audiological assessment of tinnitus
Morphology and pathology of the cochlea
Clinical implementation of Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emission (TEOAE) for cochlean monitoring
Epidemiology of infant hearing-impairment
Programmable Hearing-Aids (with digital signal processing) in children
Cochlea-Implant in children
Awards
1980: Forschungspreis des Rektors der Martin-Luther-Universität
1995: Annelie Frohn - Preis der deutschen Gesellschaft für Phoniatrie und Pädaudiologie (DGPP)
Present p osition
Head of the Clinical Department of Hearing-, Voice- and Speech-Disorders at the University-Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria (since 1996)
Medical and Scientific Director of the School of Logopedics at Innsbruck, Austria and at Cologne, Germany