Luisteren in de chaos: stuur een hoorapparaat aan met je hersenen - Simon Geirnaert

 Hoe kan een hoorapparaatgebruiker luistervinken op een familiefeestje?

Simon Geirnaert werkt aan nieuwe technologie op basis van hersengolven die gebruikers in staat stelt te luisteren naar de spreker die ze écht willen horen. In het tijdschrift EOS Wetenschap geeft hij wat meer uitleg over dit facinerend onderzoek.

Jana Van Canneyt defended her PhD!

Last week, Jana Van Canneyt succesfully defended her PhD about "Neural tracking of the fundamental frequency in natural speech". Congratulations! We wish her all the best in the future.

Podcast by Jana Van Canneyt - Journal of Neurophysiology

In the podcast of the Journal of Neurophysiology, researcher Jana Van Canneyt of our lab discusses her recently published manuscript “Cortical compensation for hearing loss, but not age, in neural tracking of the fundamental frequency of the voice”. Link to podcast

Stemmen voor Ben Somers op de Vlaamse PhD Cup 2021 Publieksprijs

Ben Somers, onderzoeker bij ExpORL, is één van de 8 finalisten van de Vlaamse PhD Cup 2021, een wedstrijd waarin wetenschappers hun jarenlange doctoraatsonderzoek kort en helder proberen uit te leggen. Tot en met 11 oktober kan je mee stemmen voor de publieksprijs. Op http://www.phdcup.be/publieksprijs kan je de filmpjes van de kandidaten bekijken en ons onderzoek steunen door je stem uit te brengen op Ben Somers.

Ben Somers van ExpORL naar de finale van de Vlaamse PhD Cup 2021

Hoera! Ben Somers van ExpORL gaat naar de finale van de Vlaamse PhD Cup 2021. Op 11 oktober zal hij zijn onderzoek pitchen in de Handelsbeurs in Gent. Wil jij erbij zijn om voor Ben te supporteren? Dat kan!

Meer informatie via https://phdcup.be/nieuws/ontdek-de-finalisten-van-de-vlaamse-phd-cup-2021

Seminar Martin G. Bleichner - 28 September 2021

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Invitation Research Seminar ExpORL, Dept. Neurosciences Perception-based noise dosimetry: using mobile ear-EEG to study sound perception in daily life. Dr. Martin G. Bleichner (Neurophysiology of Everyday Life Group, Department of Psychology, Oldenburg, Germany) Research Seminar from external researcher When? Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 11:00-12:00 Where? Seminar room 05.200 ALO - Gasthuisberg - KU Leuven Herestraat 49 B-3000 Leuven Abstract How many of the sounds in our environment do we actually notice? Why are some of us severely annoyed by sounds in our surrounding while others do not mind? Do we hear the world differently? To address these questions, we use mobile ear-EEG (electroencephalography) and study sound perception where it takes place - in everyday life. With mobile-EEG, we can study cognitive processes that are not accessible to introspection or observation of behaviour beyond the lab. I will talk about our approach of using long-term ear-EEG to study sound perception during a workday. I will talk about the capabilities and limitations of ear-EEG and present our smartphone-based approach to combine the EEG signal with information about the acoustical environment. I will conclude by discussing the open challenges of moving from well-controlled high-density EEG lab studies to mobile-EEG studies with freely behaving participants. Please reply to this email if you are planning to attend the presentation. Copyright KU Leuven

ExpORL article awarded by the American Physiological Society

ExpORL members Jana Van Canneyt, Tom Francart and Jan Wouters received an award from the American Physiological Society for their recent article published in Journal of Neurophysiology. Congratulations to the authors!

The article discusses the effect of age and hearing loss on human neural processing of the fundamental frequency of the voice (related to voice pitch). The results reveal increased brain activity in listeners with hearing loss to compensate for reduced hearing, aiming to increase speech perception abilities. Check out the full article here : https://journals.physiology.org/.../10.1152/jn.00156.2021