Congratulations Dr. Sam Denys

Another ExpORL member has successfully obtained a doctoral degree. During his Phd, Sam Denys developed, implemented and validated a hearing screening protocol based on speech perception in noise, which is now systematically used to screen the hearing of school-aged children in Belgium. Impressive work with lasting impact, congratulations!

Lien Decruy obtained her PhD, congratulations!

Congratulations to Lien Decruy for obtaining her PhD! Her dissertation was titled: "Neural tracking of the speech envelope: unraveling the effects of listening effort, age and hearing impairment." We would like to thank the jury members for their contributions: Prof. Verhaert and prof. McLaughlin of KU Leuven, prof. Anderson of University of Maryland and Dr. Millman from The University of Manchester. After an impressive defense, we celebrated with a nice reception and a beautiful performance of our own ExpORL band.

ExpORL @ Dag van de Wetenschap!

Our own little ExpORL corner:
The brilliant brain between your ears!

What a memorable day it was for ExpORL at Dag van de Wetenschap!  

Dag van de Wetenschap (or Science Day in English) is an initiative of the Flemish government. The event takes place annually and is coordinated by Technopolis and organized in collaboration with the associations of Flemish universities and colleges, scientific institutions and associations, museums and companies.

In this year's DvdW, we got the chance to share our work with the public by means of interactive demos, posters, cool games and movies.

 
There was something for everyone - from discovering the inner workings of the ear and having a hearing screening, to learning all about language and the brain and exploring all the different methods that we use at Exp ORL - KU Leuven - the day was filled with fun and science.

Everyone had the opportunity to
get a hearing screening!

It was a big success beyond our expectations – a big thank you to all lab members who made this happen and of course to everyone who came by and participated in our activities.

   

It was an absolute pleasure being able to reach people from all different ages and background!

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Hiring - deep learning

ExpORL is hiring! 

We are looking for a new colleague to work on the decoding of brain responses to speech using deep learning. It is a collaborative project with the Center for Processing Speech and Images (PSI) of ESAT. More information and the application tool can be found here: https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/55477711

Science of Aphasia conference 2019

Science of Aphasia conference 2019

From 23rd to 26th of September, Klara Schevenels and Jill Kries participated in the Science of Aphasia conference in Rome. Next to presenting a poster each, they also presented their research in flash talks and received stimulating feedback. The conference talks were very inspiring, ranging from the most recent advances in unraveling language mechanisms with neurophysiological methods to deciphering the anatomical and functional networks involved in aphasia and amusia as well as investigating semantic theories. Klara and Jill are looking forward to the next edition of the SoA conference in 2020.

Seminar Prof. Dr. Dave Moore - 6 December 2019

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Invitation Research Seminar ExpORL, Dept. Neurosciences Extended high-frequency hearing enhances speech perception in noise. Prof. Dr. Dave Moore Dept of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, USA and Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness, University of Manchester, UK Research Seminar When? Friday, 6 December 2019, 14:00 Where? Seminar room HP 1 O&N 2 - KU Leuven Herestraat 49 B-3000 Leuven Please reply to this email if you are planning to attend the presentation. Copyright KU Leuven

Seminar Dr. Rebecca Millman - 26 November 2019

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Invitation Research Seminar ExpORL, Dept. Neurosciences   The multidimensionality of listening effort​. Dr. Rebecca Millman Research Seminar When? Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 10:00 Where? Seminar room GS1 O&N 1 - KU Leuven Herestraat 49 B-3000 Leuven   Please reply to this email if you are planning to attend the presentation.     Copyright KU Leuven

Seminar Prof. Dr. Samira Anderson - 25 November 2019

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Invitation Research Seminar ExpORL, Dept. Neurosciences Neuroplasticity in auditory aging: objective evidence. Prof. Dr. Samira Anderson Research Seminar When? Monday, 25 November 2019, 13:00 Where? Auditorium Pentalfa O&N 1 - KU Leuven Herestraat 49 B-3000 Leuven Please reply to this email if you are planning to attend the presentation. Copyright KU Leuven

Hiring: Phd and PostDoc position

Hiring: Phd and PostDoc position

ExpORL is looking to fill one PhD and one PostDoc position for a project on EEG and audio processing for neuro-steered hearing aids. This joint project with ESAT-STADIUS, Dept. Electrical Engineering, works towards cognitive hearing devices that can be controlled by the brain. Interested?

Find more information here:

https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/55358404 (PhD)

https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/55358406 (Post-doc)

Seminar Dr. Lindsey Van Yper - 17 October 2019

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Invitation Seminar ExpORL, Dept. Neurosciences Neural representations of interaural time differences in the human cortex: an MEG study Dr. Lindsey Van Yper (Macquarie University, Australia) Research Seminar When? Thursday, 17 October 2019, 13:00 Where? Seminar room HP8 Gasthuisberg, O&N II - KU Leuven Herestraat 49 B-3000 Leuven Please reply to this email if you are planning to attend the presentation. Copyright KU Leuven