Dr Ghizlene Lahlou is Assistant Professor in ENT in the Department of Pitie Salpêtriere Hospital in Paris, France. She is an otologist surgeon specialized in hearing loss and auditory implants, with a main focus on diagnosis and rehabilitation of genetic deafness. Dr Lahlou also has a research activity at Institut de l’Audition (Paris, France), where she works on the development of gene therapy for inner ear disorders.