WORDS FROM THE CHAIR

As Chair of IERASG, it is my pleasure to welcome you the International Evoked Response Audiometry Study Group (IERASG).
Our Study Group is for anyone with an interest in evoked response audiometry – we especially welcome young researchers in the field who are keen to discuss their ideas.
Previous IERASG Chairs, Professors Hal Davis, Terry Picton, Roger Thornton, and John Durrant, have had distinguished research careers and have made significant contributions to this field. I share their passion for research and translation of research findings into evidence-based clinical practice in evoked response audiometry.

IERASG is inclusive and international. Our goal is to advance global understanding and practice in the field of auditory evoked responses. We are multi-disciplinary with members who are scientists, clinicians and students. The diversity of the IERASG Council represents our global membership. It is easy to join IERASG – just attend the next Symposium! IERASG Symposia are held in different parts of the world. The symposia provide opportunities for people with an interest in auditory evoked responses to come together for a free exchange of ideas between senior and newer researchers in a supportive and welcoming environment.

Our last very successful in-person IERASG meeting was held in Sydney, Australia in 2019. In 2021 our in-person XXVII biennial IERASG Symposium was disrupted by COVID but we were very pleased to have a very successful online Symposium over a period of four weeks. We welcomed many new IERASG colleagues around the world to this event, with the unhappy circumstances of COVID making it possible for more people and more countries than ever before to participate in the Symposium workshops, oral and poster presentation sessions, and discussions. You can find links to these previous Symposia programmes and abstracts here. We hope that many of you will join us in person in Cologne in September 2023 to celebrate our topic and new research, discuss new directions for our field, meet new and old colleagues, and, most importantly, make new friends.