It is with great delight to introduce you the Journal of Phonetics & Audiology, the journal aiming to publish works of great distinction in the area of phonetics and audiology and provide open access to articles using this platform.

Audiology studies hearing, balance, and related disorders, while phonetics mainly studies the sounds of human speech. They are both branches of science, and research on audiology and phonetics as well as their interconnection can have profound impact on human life. It is the intention of this journal to bring broader information to the readers in a convenient way, to meet the expectation of academicians, researchers, medical practitioners, students, and manufacturers for the latest advance in the field.

There’s been thriving ongoing research on hearing dysfunction and perception, balance dysfunction, impairment in hearing, causes of delayed language development and its management, as well as their genetic and environmental factors. The journal welcomes papers with fundamental or practical research, as well as interesting case studies and frontier investigation with new technologies. Fundamental research can provide foundation for clinical application, specific cases can shred insight into our fields, and new technology may lead the way to move us forward. Whether it’s prestigious, popular or limited application, this journal provides an ideal platform for exchange of ideas. Therefore, there will be various formats of papers including full length, letter length, case studies, or even introduction of new technology applications.

A distinguish feature of the journal is its open access articles to the public. Free online literature access can facilitates full-text searching, indexing, data mining, and other forms of processing and analysis. Everyone can copy, distribute, and adapt the findings provided the original work and source is appropriately cited. We believe that in this way researchers can have better understanding of the development in the field, and the collision of ideas can bring sparks to advance the researches. It will promote the visibility and impact of researches.

The journal provides a swift and time bound review and publication process that spreads research findings relating to Phonetics and Audiology. We will provide good submission experience for the authors and we will respond to any authors’ concern in a timely manner.

We warmly welcome submissions from the scientific community and industry practitioners. It’s a privilege to have your work published in this journal and your contribution will ensure the success of the journal. We always appreciate reviewers and guest editors for their hard work, and welcome any comments and suggestions to improve the quality of the journal.