Een filmpje van Shauni Van Herck voor Wetenschap Uitgedokterd

 

Shauni Van Herck van ExpORL maakte een filmpje over haar onderzoek voor Wetenschap Uitgedokterd / Science Figured out . Ze legt uit hoe audioboeken behulpzaam kunnen zijn voor jonge kinderen met (risico op) dyslexie. Zeker het kijken waard!

https://www.wetenschapuitgedokterd.be/dyslexie-tegengaan-met-luisterverhalen

Ben Somers' research in the spotlight

The recent research of Ben Somers at ExPORL forms an important next step towards smart hearing aids. Ben and colleagues have succeeded to measure brain activity directly via a cochlear implant - which in the future could allow for a smart implant to continuously optimize its own settings.

Read more about this interesting research on the website of KU Leuven: NL: https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/nl/2021/experimenteel-gehoorimplantaat-slaagt-erin-om-hersengolven-te-registreren EN: https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/en/content/2021/experimental-hearing-implant-succeeds-in-registering-brain-waves De Tijd also published an article about Ben's work:

https://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/farma-biotech/experimenteel-gehoorapparaat-kan-hersengolven-registreren/10294625.html?fbclid=IwAR36XxyWgi2YNkq64_uZY0JFsAQHkWP-MkYEtr57TF4r_6DjDd7RhQfbmxo

We also did a Radio 1 interview on this topic (In Dutch, start op 45 minuten):

https://radioplus.be/#/radio1/herbeluister/69a0b053-8e90-11e3-b45a-00163edf75b7/e6101e6f-9210-11eb-89f9-02b7b76bf47f/

ExpORL @ FallingWalls2021

Are you interested in innovative research that will knock down some walls in the future? Two of our ExpORL colleagues will pitch their research on the Falling Walls event next week (April 1st).

 Iris Van de Ryck will be "Breaking the Wall of neuro-steered hearing devices" and Shauni Van Herck will be "Breaking the Wall of dyslexia remediation ". Register to follow the online event and support Iris and Shauni!

More information on Falling Walls

Neurogestuurde hoorapparaten staan in de kijker op KU Leuven Stories

 Het onderzoek van ExpORL over neurogestuurde hoorapparaten staat in de kijker op Ku Leuven Stories. Slimme hoorapparaten die onze hersensignalen gebruiken om ons gehoor te verbeteren klinken wat futuristisch, maar over 5 tot 10 jaar zou het realiteit kunnen zijn. Lees hier meer over dit technologisch hoogstandje: https://stories.kuleuven.cloud/nl/verhalen/een-slim-hoorapparaat-luistert-naar-hersengolven?fbclid=IwAR0v1k_Cdmu6rS7UB1lQHWvk64jLsS9WW3tMjjekhje1l3AShf1f89l7j6k

Benjamin Dieudonné obtained his PhD!

Congratulations to Benjamin Dieudonné for successfully defending his PhD on "Binaural hearing with a cochlear implant and a hearing aid". Defending in COVID-19 times is a bit different (as evident from the 'behind-the-scenes' picture below), but a small celebration with a beer was still part of the event. Well done, Benjamin!

Ben Somers defended his PhD!

Three weeks ago, Ben Somers publicly defended his PhD thesis about improving cochlear implants by making use of brainwaves. Due to the corona measures, the defense was held online and the celebration afterwards happened in a smaller social circle. Nevertheless it was a successful evening! Congratulations, Ben!

ExpORL in the KU Leuven-news: neurosteered hearing aids

ExpORL and ESAT of  KU Leuven are making good progress in the development of neuro-steered hearing aids. In a scenario with multiple speakers, these hearing aids can sense who you are trying to listen to and amplify that speaker specifically. Thanks to research of Tom Francart, Simon Geirnaert and Alexander Bertrand, we are now able to identify the target speaker within 1 second. Read more about these amazing developments in the articles linked below:

English: https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/en/content/2020/which-speaker-are-you-listening-to-new-technique-paves-way-for-hearing-aids-that-use-brainwaves-to-find-out

Dutch: https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/nl/2020/hoorapparaat-van-de-toekomst-luistert-naar-hersengolven

Vtm nieuws also covered this in their news broadcast. That video is included below: