Tirza van der Straaten
Tirza is a medical doctor who obtained her Bachelor and Master’s degree at the Leiden University Medical Center. Afterwards she has worked at the Department of Surgery of the Bronovo Hospital in The Hague. Currently, Tirza is a PhD student interested in the long term effect of early detection and intervention of hearing loss on the social-emotional development of deaf and hard of hearing children (follow-up DECIBEL-study).