Rate My Professor (JP) Faundez-Astudillo

Juan-Pablo (JP) Faundez-Astudillo is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University, part of the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences. His research centers on human auditory physiology, employing techniques such as EEG and fNIRS to investigate binaural processing, hidden hearing loss, emotions in speech perception, vestibular physiology and pathology, clinical applications, and hearing public health. Faundez-Astudillo completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, Audiology, and Hearing Sciences at Macquarie University in 2022, with a doctoral thesis titled "Developing a clinical objective measurement of binaural processing." He previously earned a Master of Science in Neurosciences from the University of Chile in 2018, focusing on the association between vestibulo-collic reflex activity and neuropsychological performance in the elderly; a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Audiology from the same institution in 2015; an Applied Bachelor in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology in 2013; and a Bachelor in Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences in 2012.

Faundez-Astudillo began his professional career in 2013 as a Diagnostic and Rehabilitation Audiologist in public hospitals in Santiago de Chile, followed by positions as Clinical Educator and Lecturer in Audiology and Speech Pathology at Universidad de Chile. Relocating to Australia in 2018, he has served over the past five years as a lecturer, tutor, and clinical educator in Macquarie University's Master of Clinical Audiology, while collaborating in the Bachelor of Speech and Hearing Sciences. His research contributions include projects such as "Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) as a tool for predicting and optimising outcomes in cochlear implantation" (2022–2026, Research Assistant), "MQRAS 21 R2: Development of a reliable objective measure of tinnitus" (2022, Associate Investigator), and "ACT1403: From Presbycusis to Dementia: A Basic and Clinical Approach" (2016–2018, Student). Notable publications comprise "Potential objective measures to assess the presence of hidden hearing loss in young adults with long-term exposure to loud music" (2023, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, with Hampton, Shetty, Naidoo, Monaghan, Mikiel-Hunter, McAlpine), "Asociaciones entre función vestibular y habilidades cognitivas: un enfoque básico-clínico" (2019, Revista de Otorrinolaringología y Cirugía de cabeza y cuello, with Delano), "An abbreviated diagnostic maneuver for posterior benign positional paroxysmal vertigo" (2016, Frontiers in Neurology, with Michael, Oliva, Nunez, Barraza, Breinbauer), and "Hacia un nuevo VIII par: alternativas de baja complejidad" (2014, Revista de Otorrinolaringología y Cirugía de cabeza y cuello, with Contreras, Toro, Oberreuter, Barraza, Nunez, Kuroiwa, Breinbauer).