Auditory Seminar 19 January 2018: Dr. Carlos Trenado, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany

Auditory seminars

Corticothalamic feedback dynamics for attention and habituation and its application in tinnitus decompensation

Date: 19 Jan 2018, FRIDAY, 14:00 hr
Location: UMCG, Onderwijscentrum, Lokaal 13

Broadcasting link: https://tinyurl.com/19-01-18-AudSeminar

Dr. Carlos Trenado
Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, University Hospital Düsseldorf & Dept. of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Technical University Dortmund, Germany

 

PhD position available: “Why does voice matter for speech perception?”

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If you are a master student from a relevant field to our research interests (hearing and speech sciences, psychology, psycholinguistics, neuroscience, biomedical engineering, physics, or other related fields) and have an interest to work in a fun and exciting research group, read on!

We have a PhD position available, specifically on the topic of voice perception and its importance on speech perception. For further details and to send an application, see the link below:
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/248609

6 October 2017: Dr. David Ryugo, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia

Auditory seminars

The Auditory Nerve: Structure, Function, and Plasticity

Date: 6 October 2017, FRIDAY, 14:00 hr
Location: 3215.0165

Broadcasting link: https://tinyurl.com/06-10-2017-Auditory-Seminar

Prof. Dr. David Ryugo
Hearing Research
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Sydney, Australia

All sound in the environment accesses the brain by way of the auditory nerve. This nerve is primarily composed of neurons with myelinated axons that innervate inner hair cells of the cochlea. In order to make sense of sound, neural activity must be closely linked in time to acoustic events. The auditory system has mechanisms to accomplish this task that will be discussed in this presentation. Each auditory nerve fiber forms a giant terminal in the brain with many synapses, and these terminals, called endbulbs of Held, have been observed in every land vertebrate examined to date. I will explore their specializations in hearing, their pathologic reactions to deafness, and their salvation by cochlear implants.

Terrin Tamati’s VENI grant

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Terrin Tamati received a VENI Award from NWO. Below is a short summary of this new project. Congratulations!

More than words: Uncovering the effects of talkers’ voices on real-life speech perception by cochlear implant users
Dr. T.N. (Terrin) Tamati (f), UMCG – Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Understanding speech in the real world, outside the clinic, can be challenging. This project investigates cochlear implant users’ perception of speech produced by talkers with different voices and accents. Findings will identify difficulties cochlear implant users encounter in their daily lives, to account for them in clinical settings.