In 2010, she obtained her PhD in Social Health Sciences at Ghent University (Belgium) on improved methods for the verification and implementation of personal hearing protectors. This work was a highly interdisciplinary project, supervised by the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, and the Acoustics Research group (Department of Information and Communication Technology). From 2010 to 2016, Annelies Bockstael joined the Acoustics group as a postdoctoral fellow of the Flemish Research Foundation (FWO), where she worked on instantaneous effect of environmental sounds on human hearing and functioning. She now regularly teaches courses in audiology and acoustics, supervises students, and has published over 30 scientific publications.