George Panayiotou
Larnaca, Cyprus
OFFICE PHONE (+357) 77776500, (+357) 24665551 • MOBILE PHONE (+357) 99299091
E-MAIL: [email protected] • FAX (+357) 24102331
WEBSITE: www.drgeorgehearingaids.com
Professional Audiologist and Business Owner. Trained and worked as a Clinical
Audiologist in the USA. Started Larnaca Audiology Center at the end of 2009. Formed a
Limited Company and extended shareholding to expand the business in 2011. Created
a DR GEORGE marketing brand and opened a second DR GEORGE Hearing Center in
Nicosia in 2012.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009 - Present
Managing Director, DR GEORGE Hearing Centers, Cyprus
 Responsible for all day-to-day operations including Sales, Administration, Purchasing
and Clinical Audiology consultations, treatments and dispensing of hearing devices and
accessories
 Work closely with my business partner to develop business growth strategies and
development of employees
2007 - 2009
Diagnostic and Rehabilitative Audiologist, Ear Associates, PC,
Albuquerque, NM, USA
 Full-time Diagnostic and Rehabilitative Audiologist
 Provided clinical audiology services for a private otolaryngology practice
2007- 2008
Audiology Clinician, Ear Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA
 Completed 4th year audiology externship
 Performing audiological clinical responsibilities daily in an ENT setting
 Pediatric and adult audiologic evaluations, vestibular testing, electrophysiological
testing, cochlear implant evaluations
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2006- 2007
Audiology Clinician, Greenville ENT, Greenville, TN, USA
 Audiological Clinician in an otolaryngology (ENT) environment. Provided standard
audiometric testing and vestibular evaluation
2005- 2007
Audiology Clinician, Watauga ENT, Johnson City, TN, USA
 Audiological Clinician for a 4-physician otolaryngology practice. Provided
audiometric testing, hearing aid evaluations, selection, fitting and troubleshooting,
auditory brainstem testing, and vestibular evaluations. Provided clinical services for
otolaryngology clinic, including audiometric testing and hearing aid evaluations
2004- 2007
Doctoral Research Assistant, Department of Wellness and
Therapeutic Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson
City, TN, USA
 Aided in the development and analysis of a database of the content of AuD curricula
 Aided in on-going research activities: Data collection, construction and maintenance of
databases, and analysis of data
 Served as Audiological Clinician providing audiometric evaluations including
pediatric and adult audiometric testing and newborn hearing screenings
2004- 2006
Audiology Clinician, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain
Home, TN, USA
 Served as Audiological Clinician providing audiometric evaluations including
standard audiometric testing, vestibular evaluations, auditory brainstem response
testing
 Provided hearing aid evaluations, selection, fitting, modifications and troubleshooting
 Hearing Assistive Devices, selection, fitting and troubleshooting
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
 Greek Words-In-Noise: A Pilot Study: Initiated and implemented the project justification,
methodology, data collection and analysis, and manuscript preparation
 Intra- and Inter-Session Test, Retest Reliability of the Words-in-Noise (WIN) Test:
Identification, selection and recruitment of test subjects, data collection and analysis
 A Comparison of Recognition Performances in Speech-Spectrum Noise by Listeners
with Normal Hearing on PB-50, CID W-22, NU No. 6, W-1 Spondaic Words, and
Monosyllabic Digits Spoken by the Same Speaker. Identification, selection and
recruitment of subjects, data collection and analysis
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 The Association Between Tinnitus and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Data collection,
construction and maintenance of spreadsheet with patient data, analysis of data,
construction of various plots, graphs and charts depicting patient performance
 Monosyllabic Digits Spoken by the Same Speaker: Identification, selection and
recruitment of test subjects. Identification, selection of test subjects and data analysis
PUBLICATIONS WHERE ASSISTANCE IS RECOGNISED IN ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SECTION
Fagelson M. (2007). The Association Between Tinnitus and Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder.American Journal of Audiology. 16:107-117
PUBLICATIONS
Fagelson, M. A., & Panayiotou, G, N. (2006). The Current content of AuD curricula. Audiology
Today 18, 14-19
ACTIVE RESEARCH
Assessment of Hearing in the Elderly: Aging and Degeneration – Integration through Immediate
Intervention
PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH:
29 August 1978
EDUCATION
Doctor of Audiology:
East Tennessee State University (2008) Johnson City, TN,
USA
B.S. in Communication Disorders:
Murray State University (2003), Murray, KY, USA
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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American Speech and Hearing Association
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American Auditory Society

American Academy of Audiology
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Royal Society of Public Health (UK)
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS ATTAINED
2006
Sonus Scholarship for Academic Achievement
2002
Marilyn T. Condon Scholarship for Academic Achievement
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