Proud to announce that our new project Audiolistic in partnerships with NSDSK and Pento is funded by ZonMw Programma Expertisefunctie Zintuiglijk Gehandicapten.
The official title our project is “Insight in the conditions to participate in daily life for young children with moderate hearing loss: Towards an acoustic friendly and high-quality linguistic environment”, and more details can be found at ZonMw project website.
Fulbright Visiting Student Researcher Grant for our Hacettepe student Pınar Ertürk
Pınar Ertürk has been awarded Fulbright Visiting Student Researcher Grant. She was invited by Emerging Auditory Research Lab led by Dr. Julie Arenberg at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, for one academic year research visit starting from 8th Feb 2021.
Dr. Arenberg’s research focuses on improving speech perception abilities and listening experience of hearing impaired pediatrics and adults by using a translational approach. Pınar will be working as a visiting researcher of Dr. Arenberg’s Lab on the purpose of conducting her Phd thesis research about speech on speech perception of hearing impaired individuals.
New consortium project CoSySpeech funded by ERA-NET NEURON
Luke Meyer received GSMS Kolff Institute PhD Fellowship!
Our BME master’s student, Luke Meyer, has received a a PhD Fellowship from GSMS Kolffs Insitute. He will continue his work with Sam the Robot as a PhD, supervised by Deniz and Laura.
Congratulations Luke!
Auditory seminar, 29 November 2019, Dr. Eleanor Harding, Prins Claus Conservatorium
Musical-training effects across music and language neurocognition
Dr. Eleanor Harding
Guest scientist at:
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
Prins Claus Conservatoire Hanze Hogeschool Groningen
Date: 29 Nov 2019, FRIDAY
Time: 14:00 hr
Location: UMCG, P2.246
Broadcasting link: https://tinyurl.com/29-11-19-AudSeminar
2019 Guyot Prize Ceremony and Symposium, ‘Advances in Biological Otology’, 29 Oct 2019
2019 Guyot Prize Ceremony and Symposium will take place at UMCG on 29 October 2019. We have a wonderful program! It is open to everyone, but registration required.
The Guyot Prize is the oldest scientific prize offered by the University of Groningen, and it is awarded for outstanding achievements in auditory science and otology. This year it will be awarded to prof. Tobias Moser for his contribution to our understanding of the synapses in the inner ear and to the development of an optogenetic cochlear implant. We will celebrate this prize with a symposium, ‘Advances in Biological Otology’.
Our research with early-deafened late-implanted CI users is featured in KennisInzicht!
The full article is here: link.
Auditory Seminar, 18 October 2019, Dr. Sarah Michiels, Univ. Antwerp
Somatosensory tinnitus: diagnosis and treatment options
Dr. Sarah Michiels
Universiteit Antwerpen, Departement revalidatiewetenschappen en kinesitherapie, Department NKO, hoofd-hals heelkunde en communicatiepathologie.
Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Dienst Neus-keel-oorziekten.
Date: 18 Oct 2019, FRIDAY
Time: 14:00 hr
Location: Onderwijscentrum Lokaal 5, UMCG
Broadcasting link: https://tinyurl.com/18-10-19-AudSeminar
PhD Defense, Jefta Saija, 14 October 2019, 14:30: “Temporal integration and healthy ageing”
Jefta Saija successfully defended his thesis “Temporal integration and healthy ageing” on 14 October 2019, 14:30, at Academy Building, RUG.
Auditory Seminar, 20 September 2019, Dr. Laura Rachman, KNO, UMCG
The influence of speaker identity and language familiarity on emotional speech processing
Dr. Laura Rachman
KNO, UMCG
University of Groningen
Date: 20 September 2019, FRIDAY
Time: 14:00 hr
Location: Onderwijscentrum Lokaal 15, UMCG
Broadcasting link: https://tinyurl.com/20-09-19-AudSeminar