Current Director “of the ENT Department of the Santa Maria del Carmine Hospital, Rovereto TN – Italy I had my residency program in Parma under the direction of Prof. Carlo Zini an I followed with two fellowship programs in Piacenza at the gruppo Otologico directed by Prof. Mario Sanna and at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles. Our department is a 3rd regional referral center for Otology and Neurootology with 35 years experience on cochlear implantation and middle ear implants.