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Advanced topics in hearing research


Technical University of Denmark


General course objectives:
To develop the student’s self-learning skills, and to increase awareness of the recent literature within his/hers research areas and related topics. The course also aims to improve the student’s scientific communication skills and promote timely discussion of hot topics in the field.

Learning objectives:
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
  • present, discuss and evaluate "hot topic" journal publications
  • present and evaluate recent concepts of auditory modeling
  • Explain the perceptual consequences of various types of hearing impairment
  • characterise state-of-the-art experimental measuring methods of auditory perception
  • discuss capabilities and limitations of various objective measures of auditory function, like otoacoustic emissions, auditory evoked potentials and functional magnetic resonance imaging.
  • evaluate coding principles and compensation strategies in modern hearing aids and cochlear implants.
  • Explain the role of audibility, frequency selectivity and temporal processing capabilities for speech and melody recognition in quiet and in adverse conditions.
  • discuss audio-visual information integration in speech perception.

Contents:
The course will deal with recent and timely concepts in theoretical and experimental hearing research. These include topics related to: - auditory modelling - cochlear transformation - recording techniques and generation mechanisms of auditory-evoked potentials and otoacoustic emissions - perceptual consequences of hearing damage - speech perception and signal detection in complex environments - neural correlates of auditory perception - technical and clinical applications of auditory models - concepts of spatial hearing - signal processing principles in hearing aids and cochlear implants Each student will give two oral presentations over the course of the year. One of the presentations will summarise and discuss purpose, methods and key results in selected recent scientific publications from high-profile journals and will emphasize the impact of the findings for future research directions. The other presentation will focus on the research topic of the individual PhD student and closely related directions.

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Course organizer
Torsten
Place/Venue
Anker Engelunds Vej 1
City
2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Country
Denmark
Workload
5
Link
http://kurser.dtu.dk/course/22005