Bio.Ne.C. Department, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Istituto Euro-Mediterraneo della Scienza e Tecnologia (I.E.ME.S.T.), Palermo, Italy.

I was born in Palermo in 1975. I attended the University of Palermo where I graduated magna cum laude in Medicine in 1999 . I did my residency in Otolaryngology and a PhD in “Pathophysiology of the labyrinth” at the same University. Currently I am working as a consultant in Paediatric Audiology at the Policlinico “P.Giaccone” of Palermo.