Tuesday 30 April 2019

Hoe kunnen we gehoorimplantaten slimmer maken?



Hoe kunnen we gehoorimplantaten slimmer maken?


In dit filmpje legt Ben Somers van ExpORL uit hoe we gehoorimplantaten slimmer kunnen maken op basis van hersenactiviteit. Een leuk en leerrijk filmpje!






Monday 8 April 2019

Tobias Busch obtained his PhD degree. Congratulations!


Tobias Busch obtained his PhD degree. Congratulations!

We would like to congratulate Tobias busch for successfully defending his PhD. His project titled 'Using data logs to capture the auditory environment of children with cochlear implants', was part of the Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie Actions ITN 'iCare' and has been a collaboration between Cochlear Europe, Middle East & Africa and Exp ORL - KU Leuven

It was a special honor to have prof. Karen Gordon from Toronto, dr. Tobias Piechowiak from ReSound, and prof. Hannah Keppler from Universiteit Gent attend the defense as external jury members. 

Tobias would like to thank everyone who attended and helped to make this a really fantastic evening!





Friday 5 April 2019

ExpORL @ fTales 2019

ExpORL @ fTales 2019

Earlier this week several members of Exp ORL - KU Leuven attended the workshop "Neuro-Sense and Sense-Ability" organized by f-Tales (Flanders Training Network Life Sciences). During the workshop a wide variety of topics were covered: from novel neuro-imaging technologies and signal processing to the exciting future of brain-computer interfaces and many more.




Boateng Asamoah and Ben Somers gave flash talks and presented a poster about their research.

Posters were presented by Simon GeirnaertServaas Vandecappelle, Neetha Das, Anastasiya StarovoytAhmad Khatoun, and Eline Verschueren.



























Other lab members who attended were Jana Peeters, Marlies Gillis, Jill KriesWouter DavidToivo GlatzLauren BlockmansMaria EconomouGuy FierensShauni van HerckLien DecruyJana van Canneyt and Myles Mc Laughlin.

Wednesday 3 April 2019

Second prize in Falling Walls Leuven to Ben Somers



Ben Somers from ExpORL takes second prize at Falling Walls Leuven

On 27 March, 14 researchers participated in Falling Walls Leuven, organised by Doe mij maar wetenschap and presented their innovative and ground-breaking research in 3 minutes to a jury and audience. The second prize from the jury, as well as the audience award, went to our lab member Ben Somers for his research on hearing rehabilitation. Congratulations, Ben!