A/Prof Gary Rance is the Head of Academic Programs for The University of Melbourne, Department of Otolaryngology where he is coordinator of the Master of Clinical Audiology course. He also holds a Wagstaff Research Fellowship in Otolaryngology.

After completing a Graduate Diploma in Audiology in 1989, Gary undertook a Masters in the field of auditory evoked potentials and then a Doctorate on the diagnosis and management of Auditory Neuropathy in children. He has continued to work in this area with a specialised interest in auditory evoked potential measurement, assessment of paediatric cochlear implant outcomes and the perceptual characterization of hearing impaired children.

Gary regularly undertakes peer-review for a range of national and international journals and also sits on various grant review panels. He is a Board member for the Deafness Foundation and was also a member of the Steering Committee for the Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program.

In February 2008, Gary’s first book “Auditory Steady-State Response Generation, Recording, and Clinical Application” was released internationally. He is also a practicing artist and has been exhibiting his sculptural works for more than 20 years.