Congratulations to Dr. Dimitar Spirrov for obtaining his PhD degree!

On October 16, Dr. Dimitar Spirrov successfully defended his thesis: "Balancing cochlear implants and hearing aids in loudness. Signal processing and fitting". Congratulations Dimitar! We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

Congratulations to our new doctoral graduate: Robin Gransier!

On September 24, Robin Gransier successfully defended his thesis: "Phase-locked neural activity as a biomarker for auditory functioning - from speech perception to cochlear implant fitting ".

 We like to congratulate him for this great achievement. Well done!

Seminar Charlotte Borgers - 25 October 2018

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Invitation Research Seminar ExpORL, Dept. Neurosciences Investigation of the cochlear mechanics involved in bone conduction transmission. Charlotte Borgers Research Seminar When? Thursday, 25 October 2018, 14:30 Where? Seminar room HP2 O&N 2 - KU Leuven Herestraat 49 B-3000 Leuven Abstract The exact cochlear transmission mechanisms of bone conduction stimulation are unknown. Standard stapes velocity measurements, however, are insufficient to disentangle these complex mechanisms. Differential cochlear pressure has been found to be a good estimation of the cochlear input and is therefore a suitable measurement to study the cochlear mechanics involved in bone conduction transmission. I will discuss a special test-setup that was further established and validated during my PhD-project. Using commercial fiber-optic pressure sensors, the differential pressure across the cochlear partition in human cadaveric temporal bones was measured during bone conduction stimulation. Results of this first study will be presented during the presentation. In addition, I will also present some preliminary results of an ongoing study on human fresh-frozen cadaveric heads, in which a novel active transcutaneous bone conduction implant is characterized in terms of output and implant location. Furthermore, I will give an overview of future steps and planned milestones. Please reply to this email if you are planning to attend the presentation. Copyright KU Leuven