David B. Pisoni is currently Distinguished Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Chancellor’s Professor of Cognitive Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA. He has made significant contributions in basic, applied, and clinical research in areas of speech perception, production, synthesis, and spoken language  He has also carried out seminal research on cognition and cochlear implants in deaf children and adults.