Richard Salvi completed his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology and a Post-Doctoral fellowship in auditory physiology. He received numerous awards including State University of New York Distinguished Professor, Fellow of the Society of Acoustical Society of America, Honorary Member of Italian Society of Audiology, State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Distinguished Professor of Guangxi Medical University in Nanning China, Jim Snow Tinnitus Research Award. Salvi is ranked among the top 500 Neuroscientists in the United States and top 900 Neuroscientists in the World. Salvi has published more than 590 papers and books and has received more than 100 research grants from federal, national and private funding organizations. His research falls into several broad research areas that include: (1) Functional and structural changes that occur in the inner ear and central nervous system resulting from noise-, drug- and age-related hearing loss. (2) Mechanisms of cell death and pharmacologic strategies prevent noise- and drug-induced damage and degeneration to structures in the inner ear and vestibular system, (3) Use of brain imaging and electrophysiological techniques to identity the functional and structural changes in the brain that give rise to the phantom sound of tinnitus and loudness hyperacusis, (4) Development of behavioral models to assess auditory perception in animals with normal and impaired hearing and (5) Cognitive deficits and structural changes in the central nervous system associated with noise- and drug-induced hearing loss.