Projects
Co-HIL: Cognition in Hearing Impaired Listeners Ghent University
Hearing-impaired listeners complain of difficulties with speech understanding. First, research unraveling speech understanding in relation to cognitive functioning in hearing-impaired listeners will be performed. Digital signal processing settings of hearing aids will be optimized based on individual auditory-cognitive need, and finally, hearing aid outcome will be investigated after auditory-cognitive training. This will optimize the ...
Hearing augmentation based on environment classification and auditory scene analysis Ghent University
Hearing augmentation is closely related to auditory scene and acoustic environment. This project refers to quantify the background environment, detect abnormal events and identify the nature of room acoustic, and then blend the information for (a) auto-tuning of noise suppression for hearing-assistance devices or augmented hearing devices and (b) enhancement in assisted living scenarios and hearables.
A system for automatic and objective hearing diagnostics in special populations KU Leuven
The Hearing Glass: Synaesthetic Correspondences in The Musical Practice AP Hogeschool Antwerpen
Portable Hearing Diagnostics: Monitoring of Auditory-nerve Integrity after Noise Exposure (EarDiMon) Ghent University
We investigate the effect of noise exposure on individual recovery/damage of auditory-nerve integrity as an early marker for noise-induced hearing loss. We develop a low-power, unobtrusive auditory EEG technology that quantifies and monitors auditory-nerve integrity to study this presently unknown
relationship. Our technology opens up new avenues for auditory EEG based hearing diagnostics, damage prevention and treatment follow up.
ACT now!: Auditory Cognitive Testing to optimize hearing aid benefit Ghent University
The goal of the this research is to optimize hearing aid benefit taking into account the interaction between auditory periphery and more high-order cognitive functioning. It is focused on first, hearing outcome measures leading to insights with regard to speech understanding and listening effort, and second, the fitting and users of hearing aids leading to evidence-based
recommendations.
Closed-loop neuro-controlled hearing prostheses. KU Leuven
This project aims at an interdisciplinary design of a neuro-controlled noise suppression system, in which the measuring of brain activity via electroencephalography (EEG) allows to detect to which speaker a person focuses his attention. This will eventually lead to 'smart' neuro-directed hearing prostheses, in which a desired speaker is automatically amplified with respect to the background noise by simply focusing on this speaker. An ...
Optimal sound transmission of acoustic hearing implants to the inner ear. KU Leuven
Unified, individualised, and self−adapting sound processing for combined cochlear implant and hearing aid Stimulation. KU Leuven
Cochlear implants can restore the hearing of the deaf by electrically stimulating the auditory nerve. They are often combined with a hearing aid in the non−implanted ear. This is called bimodal stimulation. Speech perception in a noisy environment and sound source localisation is still poor with these devices. They are manually fitted to individual patients by an audiologist in a fairly rudimentary and time consuming way. We will improve this ...