Biography

ENT specialist

Professional specialization in ENT

• neurootology, audiology
• rinology
• cofosurgery

Work experience

• since 2023   ENT specialist, FortMedica s.r.o.
• 2015-2023  Secondary doctor – Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 1. LF UK and FN in Motol

Education

• holder of the Diploma of Lifelong Medical Education
  since 10/2015 Department of Neurophysiology of Hearing, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, postgraduate studies, specialty: experimental surgery
• 11/2020 Attestation in otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery
• 2009-2015 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, field of study: general medicine

Foreign internships

• 05/2022 Department of Otorhinolaryngology with a focus on Otology, Vrije University Hospital, Amsterdam
• 10/2019 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid
• 08-09/2014 Surgical Practice, Klinikum Neumarkt, Germany
• 07/2014 Surgical Practice (IFMSA), Hospital General Zacatecas, Mexico

Membership in professional associations

Member of the Czech Medical Chamber

Languages

Czech, English, German, Spanish

Selected courses

• Application of botulinum toxin and hyaluronic acid in corrective dermatology, IPVZ, 6 October 2022
• Training in ultrasonography of the head and neck, Institute of Endocrinology, Národní 8, Prague 1, IPVZ, 3-7 April 2017 and 16-20 April 2018

Active participation in selected professional conferences

• 61. Otology Day, Hradec Králové, lecture Tinnitus – current recommendations for diagnosis and treatment, 1 December 2022
• 6th Congress of European ENT-Head & Neck Surgery, Milan, Italy, lecture Effect of aging, hearing loss and tinnitus on white matter in the human auditory system using fixel-based analysis, 29 October – 2 November 2022
• 60. Otology Day, Prague, lecture Changes in the auditory system in unilateral hearing loss, 7. 4. 2022
• 13th Conference of the Czech Neuroscience Society, Praha, lecture Changes in the auditory system accompanying unilateral hearing loss a e-poster The benefit of high-frequency audiometry at the ENT Clinic of the University Hospital Motol – a retrospective study, 24 – 25 November 2021
• 82nd Congress of the Czech Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery ČLS JEP, Prague, e-poster The benefit of high-frequency tone audiometry at the ENT Clinic of the University Hospital Motol – a retrospective study, 22 – 24 October 2021
• EAONO WEEK 2021, London, UK, remote, e-poster Changes in the auditory system accompanying unilateral hearing loss – first results, 6 – 10 September 2021
• 5th Congress of European ENT-Head&Neck Surgery, Brussels, Belgium, e-poster Plastic Changes in the Auditory Pathway Accompanying SingleSided Deafness, 29. 6. – 3. 7. 2019
• The 31st Politzer Society Meeting & the 2nd Global Otology Research Forum, Las Palmas, Spain, e-poster Specialized Auditory Tests for Improved Classification of Presbycusis, 21 – 24 Feb 2018 – 57. Otology Day, Pardubice, lecture More Accurate Diagnosis of Perceptual Hearing Disorders, December 7, 2017
• The Eleventh Conference of the Czech Neuroscience Society, Prague, poster Experimental Auditory Tests for Diagnostics of Different Types of Presbyacusis, 28 – 29 November 2017

Selected publications

• Svobodová, V., Brennerová, S., Balatková, Z., Kalitová, P., Černý, M., Valenta, T., Čada, Z.: Tinnitus, handbook for the practice of the Czech Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery ČLS JEP (forthcoming)
• Co-author of the validation of the Czech translation of the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11): chapter 12, Diseases of the respiratory system (in press)
• Fuksa J., Profant O., Tintěra J., Svobodová V., Tóthová D., Škoch A. and Syka J. (2022): Functional changes in the auditory cortex and associated regions caused by different acoustic stimuli in patients with presbycusis and tinnitus. Front. Neurosci. 16:921873. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.921873
• Svobodová V., Profant O., Plzák J., Syka J.: The contribution of high-frequency tonal audiometry – a retrospective study. Otorhinolaryng. and Phoniat. /Prague/, 71, 2022, 3, pp. 119-130. doi: 10.48095/ccorl2022119
• Fík Z., Vlasák A., Čada Z., Schuler R., Lazák J., Svobodová V., Vokřál J., Zvěřina E., Betka J. The first experience with the use of direct monitoring of the auditory nerve in vestibular schwannoma surgery in the Czech Republic [The first experience with the use of direct monitoring of the auditory nerve in vestibular schwannoma surgery in the Czech Republic]. Cesk Slov Neurol N 2021; 84(5): 477-480S.
• Brennerová*; Z. Balatková*; R. Černý, V. Koucky; V. Bandurová; V. Svobodová; M. Bonaventurová; M. Komarc; J. Plzák; Z. Čada. Surgical treatment options in pharmacoresistant Ménière’s disease. Cesk Slov Neurol N 2021; 84/117(3): 263-268.
• Profant O., Škoch A., Tintěra J., Svobodová V., Kuchárová D., Svobodová Burianová J. and Syka J. (2020) The Influence of Aging, Hearing, and Tinnitus on the Morphology of Cortical Gray Matter, Amygdala, and Hippocampus. Front. Aging Neurosci. 12:553461. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.553461
• Profant O, Jilek M, Bures Z, Vencovsky V, Kucharova D, Svobodova V, Korynta J, Syka J: Functional Age-Related Changes Within the Human Auditory System Studied by Audiometric Examination. Front Aging Neurosci. 11, 2019;26. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2019.00026. eCollection 2019.
• Bureš Z., Profant O., Svobodová V., Tóthová D., Vencovský V., Syka J.: Speech Comprehension and Its Relation to Other Auditory Parameters in Elderly Patients With Tinnitus. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 11, 219, 2019.
• Svobodová V., Profant O., Plzák J., Syka J.: Asymmetric hearing loss. Otorhinolaryngol Phoniatr, 68, 2019, 1, pp. 53-59.