On 27th-30th November, 2019 delegation of the Federal Scientific-Clinical Center of Otorhinolaryngology including Prof. Hassan Diab, MD Alexander Kuznetsov and PhD Anton Machalov took part in the XII Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants (APSCI) and Related Sciences which was hed in Tokyu, Japan. This meeting features the latest clinical research finding, to academic debates between experts on hearing, speech and balance disorders while offering access to hand-on-technology samples that have never been seen before.