Agnete Parving MD, DMSc

Agnete Parving was born in 1943 and graduated in medicine from University of
Copenhagen in 1969. Agnete started her research career and had most of her clinical
training in audiological medicine at the audiological department at Copenhagen University
Hospital Gentofte lead by dr. Gerhard Salomon. Her doctoral thesis from 1985 was on
”Hearing disorders in childhood: some procedures for detection/identification and
diagnostic evaluation”. In 1983 Agnete became head of Department of audiology at
Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg, and she was in 1994 appointed professor in
clinical audiology. In 2003 Agnete chose to leave the clinical work and now holds a position
as senior research associate, which she combines with studies in religious sociology at the
University of Copenhagen.

Agnete’s main research interest has been on paediatric audiology, epidemiology of hearing
impairment and on genetic audiology. Her work has resulted in more than 190 papers in
scientific journals. She has given lectures on numerous international conferences through
the years and is author of several textbook chapters on audiological matters.

Agnete has held honorary positions in national and international audiological associations.
Besides being honorary member of IAPA, Agnete is honorary member of la Società Italiana
di Audiologia e Foniatria and the Polish Audiological and Phoniatric society. In 2008 she
received the Copernikus medal from the University of Ferrara.
Due to Agnete’s extensive contributions to international audiology the department at
Bispebjerg Hospital is designated as WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention of Deafness
and Hearing Impairment.

(Dr. Michael Bille)