Today there was an important double ceremony at the VU University. Professor Houtgast gave his final lecture as professor of Experimental Audiology followed immediately by the inaugural address of Joost Festen as professor of Audiology.
The audiology research is part of the Care & prevention research track of the EMGO Institute (see www.emgo.nl).
Professor Houtgast’s lecture gave a very nice overview of how his field of research emerged and has grown over the thirteen years since he was appointed. The title of his lecture was ‘hearing loss and the beta researcher’ (Slechthorendheid en de Beta-onderzoeker), and during his speech he argued that his field of research involves more than ‘just’ beta expertise. Professor Festen’s lecture was entitled ‘the challenge of understanding’ (Verstaan als Uitdaging) and he gave further evidence that the study of hearing loss is a multidisciplinary research field, involving technical, medical and behavioural expertise. This multidisciplinary environment is exactly what the EMGO institute aims for.
I congratulate professors Houtgast and Festen with their interesting lectures.
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