Wednesday, 11 May 2016

ExpORL PhD Students Participate in the BESA Research Workshop

The BESA Research Workshop took place between the 2nd and the 4th of May in the Maritim Hotel in Munich, Germany. It consisted of theoretical and practical sessions of the Brain Electrical Source Analysis framework. Attendees had the opportunity to gain some hands-on experience on analyzing real data sets using said platform.

From our lab, Raul Granados Barbero and Ania Samsel were present, as members of the ChildBrain project. This tool will be a valuable asset for their future research.




Contact information
Raul Granados Barbero
Ania Samsel

Wednesday, 27 April 2016

ExpORL PhD Students Participate in the Cognitive Neuroscience 2016 Workshop

The Cognitive Neuroscience 2016 Workshop took place between the 18th and 21st of April in the Donders Institute in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. It consisted in theoretical and practical sessions regarding the FieldTrip toolbox for MATLAB. Participants had the opportunity to attend lectures and exercise sessions to master this tool, which will be useful for their corresponding projects.

Raul Granados Barbero and Ania Samsel were present there on behalf of our lab, as members of the ChildBrain project. Not only did they received training on said skills, but they also had the chance to exchange and discuss ideas with the rest of the participants.











Contact information
Raul Granados Barbero
Ania Samsel

Monday, 25 April 2016

ExpORL attends B-Audio Spring Meeting

The B-Audio Spring Meeting took place on Saturday, April 23th, 2016 in Campus National, Thomas More in Antwerp, Belgium. The main topic was "Beyond the audiogram: auditory processing, localisation, and cognition science". Participants came from different countries, such as the Netherlands, the UK, and France.

ExpORL was present in this nice event with a group of PhD students attending the talks and Prof. Dr. Jan Wouters himself giving one under the title "Spatial hearing with hearing instruments: beyond amplification".








Tuesday, 12 April 2016

Lab Open Day - Children Visit ExpORL

‪#‎LabOpenDay‬: curious children learned about ‪#‎hearing‬ and the importance of keeping their music not so loud. Our young visitors were full of questions and eager to share their experience with hearing impaired people, mostly family members. Special credit goes to Sam Denys for a great job with the presentation.
















Contact information:
Sam Denys
Robert Luke
Arturo Moncada-Torres
Andreas Prokopiou

Monday, 11 April 2016

5th ICanHear Scientific Workshop

From the 6th to the 8th of April, we hosted the 5th ‪#‎ICanHear‬ Scientific Workshop. Fellows presented their work, received hard/soft skills training, and managed to prepare their own Belgian chocolate as part of the team building activities 
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We hope all the attendees enjoyed their stay as much as we enjoyed receiving them. Until next time!










Wednesday, 17 February 2016

Series of lectures in hearing instrument technology

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KU Leuven
Invitation Holy Hour
ExpORL, Dept. Neurosciences
 
 

Series of lectures in hearing instrument technology

What?

Cochlear implant fitting aspects 
Dr. Bas Van Dijk, Cochlear
Friday, 25 March 2016, 13:30h-15:30h

FM-communication and FM-technology 
Sofie De Dycker, Phonak Belgium
Friday, 15 April 2016, 13:30h-15:30

MEI: middle ear implants 
Prof. Nicolas Verhaert, NKO-GH, UZ Leuven and ExpORL, KU Leuven
Friday, 15 April 2016, 15:30h-17:30h

Open fitting and related issues (occlusion, feedback, RITE fittings,...)
Prof. Jürgen Kiessling, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany
Friday, 22 April 2016, 15:30h-17:30h

Aspecten elektroakoestiek van microfoons, voorversterkers, calibratie 
Patrick Maeyaert, ENMO
Friday, 29 April 2016, 13:30h-15:30h

BAHA: Bone anchored hearing aids: technology and audiology 
Dr. Arjan Bosman, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Friday, 29 April 2016, 15:30h-17:30h

Where?

Auditorium GA1, Gasthuisberg
Herestraat 49
B-3000 Leuven

 
   

Seminar Prof. Van Camp - 10 June 2016

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KU Leuven
Invitation Holy Hour
ExpORL, Dept. Neurosciences
 
 

Deafness and otogenetics: recent developments in diagnostics

Prof. Guy Van Camp

University of Antwerp

When?

Friday, 10 June 2016, 15:00h

Where?

Dept. of ORL-HNS, St Rafael
Room Gb (blok h)
Kapucijnenvoer 33
B-3000 Leuven

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