Jacob Hunter is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, the Division Chief of Otology and Neurotology, and Director of the Cochlear Implant Program at Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is board-certified in Otolaryngology, with sub-specialty certification in Neurotology, having completed his residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York, and fellowship at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. His research focuses on hearing loss, cochlear implants, and vestibular schwannomas. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed manuscripts and contributed to over 10 book chapters, having been invited to present his work at local, national, and international meetings and conferences. He is currently an Associate Editor, Otology and Neurotology for Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, published by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, while serving on the editorial boards for Otology & Neurotology and Otolaryngology Case Reports.