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SUMMARY:AHH seminar: Bridging the gap between bilateral cochlear implants and ...
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Zachary Smith\nDate: Friday 28 October 2016\nTime: 2.00pm – 3.30pm\nLocation: Australian Hearing Hub\, Level 4\, NAL seminar room (enter via Australian Hearing Reception\, Level 5) \nBio: Zachary Smith is Director of Coding Research at Cochlear Limited’s Research & Technology Labs\, based in Denver\, Colorado. He investigates basic auditory perception of electrical stimulation and develops new algorithms for better hearing with a cochlear implant. Dr. Smith received his PhD from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. \nAbstract: Listening in complex acoustic environments remains a challenge for recipients of cochlear implants. While bilateral implantation generally improves hearing performance with the addition of a second ear\, evidence suggests that much of the benefit can be attributed to monaural effects and little usage of interaural time difference (ITD) cues. A temporally sparse coding strategy\, FAST\, was developed with the aims of 1) delivering more salient ITD cues and 2) increasing power efficiency. While initial results show success with achieving significantly improved ITD sensitivity and even binaural unmasking in some listeners with the FAST strategy\, additional challenges with bilateral cochlear implants will be discussed in the context that multiple sources of binaural cue distortion need to be solved before the promise of true binaural hearing can be fully realized. \nWho should come:  hearing\, speech and language researchers and clinicians\, cognitive scientists\, psychologists\, researchers in aging health and health care professionals.\nNetwork: Learn from one another and see what collaboration opportunities are available.\nRegistration:  Entry is free and open to the public.  Please email louise.dodd@mq.edu.au to register by  2.00pm Thursday  27 October 2016
URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/ahh-seminar-bridging-the-gap-between-bilateral-cochlear-implants-and/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20160927T000000
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SUMMARY:CCD seminar: Differential empathy for psychological and physical pain in ...
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URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/ccd-seminar-differential-empathy-for-psychological-and-physical-pain-in/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20160927T000000
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SUMMARY:AHH seminar: Scalp-recorded CAEPs: How can we use a measure ...
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: David Jackson Morris\nDate: Thursday 20 October 2016\nTime: 2.00pm – 3.30pm\nLocation: Australian Hearing Hub\, Level 1\, Lecture Theatre \nBio: David Jackson Morris lectures and does postdoc research (publication list here*) in a combined Speech Pathology and Audiology programme at the ashram\, otherwise known as\, the Dept of Nordic Studies and Linguistics\, University of Copenhagen.  Research that he is pursuing involves CAEPs\, uniqueness points in auditory-lexical processing\, and telehealth interaction across procedures and media.  Morris has also worked in the Danish private sector\, and originally hails from Queensland. \nAbstract: While cortical responses are commonly termed ‘obligatory’ and ‘pre-attentive\,’ their precise dimensions are modulated by the attention state of the subject.  This talk will deal with the effect of attention on N1-P2 responses as measured with an intermodal paradigm involving continuous auditory stimulation.  It will also review experience with non-canonical CAEP single-trial analysis\, including mixed-effects regression and machine classification.  Finally\, the applicability of scalp-recorded electrical responses will be considered as a means to support speech perception. \nWho should come:  hearing\, speech and language researchers and clinicians\, cognitive scientists\, psychologists\, researchers in ageing health and health care professionals.\nNetwork: Learn from one another and see what collaboration opportunities are available.\nRegistration:  Entry is free and open to the public.\nPlease email louise.dodd@mq.edu.au to register by 17 October 2016.
URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/ahh-seminar-scalp-recorded-caeps-how-can-we-use-a-measure/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20160919T000000
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SUMMARY:Announcing a talk at NAL
DESCRIPTION:Announcing a talk at NAL          \n\n\nPresenter\nBram Van Dun\, Senior Research Electrophysiologist\, NAL\n\n\nTitle\nNew project: Estimating thresholds at individual cochlear implant (CI) electrodes using cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEPs) recorded with a clinical EEG system (ie. HEARLab)\n\n\nDate\nTuesday 4 October 2016\n\n\nTime\n10:00am\n\n\nDescription\nThis talk will first present some background on the need for alternative ways to fit cochlear implants opposed to what is currently being employed in the CI clinic. It will then provide a selected overview on the work that has been conducted already\, both at NAL and in the literature re the use of CAEPs for threshold estimation in CI users (and how to deal with inevitable CI artefacts). Finally\, a research methodology is proposed to compare between thresholds obtained at individual CI electrodes behaviourally\, and those derived from CAEPs using the two-channel clinical HEARLab system. This project is in its conceptual stage\, so any feedback on the proposed research methodology is welcome!\n\n\nLocation\nDenis Byrne Seminar Room\, Level 4 Australian Hearing Hub\n\n\nAudience\nAll with an interest in the topic are welcome.
URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/announcing-a-talk-at-nal/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20160831T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20160831T000000
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SUMMARY:Macquarie Minds Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Macquarie University’s Australian Hearing Hub will be hosting four break out sessions:\nTuning In: Understanding Communication Challenges Over The Lifespan\nDate: 13 December\nTime: 1.00pm – 3.00pm \nTuning In: Using Technology To Fight Back Against Communication Challenges\nDate: 13 December\nTime: 3.00pm – 5.00pm \nCommunication access: Captioning\, sign language interpreting and hearing loops will be available at the presentations. \nThe event is free and afternoon tea will be provided. \nBreaking Down The Invisible Barriers Between The Deaf And The Hearing\nDate: 14 December\nTime: 3.00pm – 4.30pm \nBuilding solid foundations for Learning and Life\nDate: 14 December\nTime: 3.00pm – 4.30pm \nTo register: please go to Macquarie Minds Showcase event page. \n  \n \nMacquarie Minds Showcase\nBringing together a compelling group of visionaries\, researchers and experts across diverse fields\, this two-day event showcases the power of research that transcends traditional academic boundaries to shape a more positive future. \nBy providing our world-leading academics with a platform to showcase their research and teaching expertise\, Macquarie Minds will highlight the University’s key strategic priorities and commitment to providing a culture of transformative learning in a research-enriched environment. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/macquarie-minds-showcase/
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SUMMARY:Silent disco trivia night
DESCRIPTION:  \nA short silent disco research event will be held as part of the usual UBar Trivia Competition. \nThe focus of the study is people’s sound quality preferences. \nWe provide the tunes and the headphones! \nYou just fill in a survey\, dance and have fun! \nDate: Thursday 25 August 2016\nTime: 4.30pm – 6.30pm\nLocation: UBar\, Level 2\, The Hub\, Macquarie University \nFor questions or RSVP: rikke.sorensen@nal.gov.au \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/silent-disco-trivia-night/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20160812T000000
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SUMMARY:Hear for You\, The Butterfly Effect & Goodfellas
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URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/hear-for-you-the-butterfly-effect-goodfellas/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20160804T000000
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SUMMARY:Objective measures in normal  and cochlear implant listeners
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Hamish Innes-Brown \nDate: Friday 12 August 2016\nTime: 10:00am – 11:00am\nLocation: Australian Hearing Hub\, Level 1\,  Lecture Theatre \nAbstract:\nHamish will talk about two areas of research currently under way at the Bionics Institute in Melbourne: cochlear implant threshold estimation using cortical potentials\, and  also touch on very recent work in normal-hearing listener looking at brain responses to changes in inter-aural phase. \nStimulation threshold levels for cochlear implants are currently set by manually adjusting current levels for individual electrodes until the patient reports that they perceive sound. This process is time consuming even in healthy adults\, and impossible in young children or others who cannot provide verbal responses or follow instructions. For this reason\, objective measures that detect stimulus-induced electrical activity generated in the auditory nerve and brainstem are sometimes used (ECAPs\, EABRs) to set cochlear implant threshold levels. However\, these measures do not correlate well with actual behavioural thresholds. Cortical activity\, which may reflect more perceptually-related activity\, is therefore a better candidate for objectively fitting cochlear implants. In this study we found strong correlations between cortical responses and behavioural thresholds (r = 0.93)\, suggesting that the cortical response may be more useful as an objective programming tool for cochlear implants than the auditory nerve response. \nBio:\nHamish Innes-Brown is an NHMRC Early-Career Research Fellow at the Bionics Institute. He has a life-long interest in sensory aspects of sound\, vision\, and communication. At the Bionics Institute he is using brainwave recordings and perceptual tests to understand and improve the way that sounds are interpreted by people with hearing loss. Perceiving sounds properly is crucial for communication and function in complex social\, education\, and work environments. \n 
URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/objective-measures-in-normal-and-cochlear-implant-listeners/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20160725T000000
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SUMMARY:AHH seminar: Evidence in hearing and ENT; trials and beyond. ...
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Professor Anne Schilder\nDate: Tuesday 23 August\, 2016\nTime: 2.30pm – 4.00pm\nLocation: Australian Hearing Hub\, Level 1\, Lecture Theatre \nBio: Anne is an ENT surgeon and a trialist. She leads evidENT\, a multidisciplinary clinical research team that bridges the University College London Ear Institute’s discovery science and the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital’s clinical excellence. Her work spans the translational research pathway. Recent successes include an EU Horizon 2020 award for a phase 1/2 trial of local treatment with a Notch inhibitor aimed at restoring hearing in adults with sensorineural hearing loss. And an NIHR award for a 7-year programme of work to determine best management for patients with chronic sinus disease. \nAnne is a Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at the UCL Ear Institute and at the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands and practices Paediatric ENT at the UCLH Royal National Throat\, Nose and Ear Hospital. She is the Joint Co-ordinating Editor for Cochrane ENT and National Lead for the NIHR Clinical Research Network ENT Specialty. \nAbstract: Based on Anne’s work in otitis media and hearing she will discuss how randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have answered important clinical questions in hearing and ENT and have generated evidence upon which clinical guidelines and health policies are based. Anne will show how beyond generating data on the effects of treatments\, RCTs provide a rich source of socio-demographic and biological data for prognostic and etiologic research. \nThroughout the research of her evidENT team they work closely with patients and their families to decide what they will be researching and how. Anne will show how through this approach they have developed the National Research Agenda for ENT\, Hearing and Balance which will shape UK research in the field for the next decade. \nWho should come:  hearing\, speech and language researchers and clinicians\, cognitive scientists\, psychologists\, researchers in aging health and health care professionals.\nNetwork: Learn from one another and see what collaboration opportunities are available. \nRegistration:  Entry is free and open to the public. Please email louise.dodd@mq.edu.au to register by  16 August 2016.
URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/ahh-seminar-evidence-in-hearing-and-ent-trials-and-beyond/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20160718T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20160718T000000
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SUMMARY:Speech intelligibility modelling in noisy rooms
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr Mathieu Lavandier\, University of Lyon\, France\nDate: Monday 1 August 2016\nTime: 2:00pm – 3:00pm\nLocation: Australian Hearing Hub\, Level 4\,  National Acoustic Laboratories\, Denis Byrne Room \n  \nAbstract\nSpeech intelligibility in noise is improved by having two normally-functioning ears. These two ears allow for spatial release from masking: a noise source is less masking for speech if the target speaker and the noise source are at different positions. The underlying unmasking mechanisms are unfortunately impaired by reverberation\, the sound reflections in the room surrounding the sources and listener. If the “noise” source is a competing voice\, the listener can rely on other acoustical cues to segregate it from the target voice. Modulations in the temporal envelope of the competing voice allow for a better understanding of the target\, the listener benefiting from the temporal “gaps” in the masker to access the target at a better signal-to-noise ratio. Again\, reverberation impairs this mechanism by partly filling in the masker gaps. A difference in fundamental frequency between the competing voices can also be used by the listener to improve segregation. These different perceptual mechanisms involved while listening to speech in noisy rooms will be describe through the presentation of an intelligibility prediction model\, which will be systematically confronted with behavioural data. This type of model is an interesting tool to investigate speech understanding in cocktail-party situation. One of our aim is to further develop this tool to take into account the influence of hearing impairment and hearing aids in realistic situations. \n  \nBio\nMathieu Lavandier is a senior researcher at the University of Lyon in France and is a visiting associate in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University until mid-January. He is based at NAL. His research concerns sound perception in rooms\, involving psychoacoustics\, room acoustics and speech intelligibility modelling. His visit is partly funded by a visiting research fellowship from the Faculty of Human Sciences.
URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/speech-intelligibility-modelling-in-noisy-rooms/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20160718T000000
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Hearing Awareness Week at Macquarie University Open Day
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URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/celebrating-hearing-awareness-week-at-macquarie-university-open-day-2/
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SUMMARY:Free music lessons for children with hearing loss
DESCRIPTION:We are recruiting children aged 7 to 9 years with:\n·        cochlear implants AND/OR\n·        hearing aids\n  \nWhat your child will do:\nPlay musical apps at home (30 minutes a day\, 3 times a week).\nFace-to-face group music lessons (6 sessions\, once a month) and test sessions (4 sessions\, 1 hour each) at Macquarie University.\nDuration of study:\n6 months (commencing September 2016\, or April 2017)\nReceive $15 at commencement and completion\nContact: Chi Yhun Lo \, chi.lo@mq.edu.au\, (02) 9850 81\n  \n 
URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/free-music-lessons-for-children-with-hearing-loss/
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