Noise Reduction Systems in Complex Listening Situations
Course: #33759Level: Advanced 1 Hour 391 Reviews
To investigate the everyday problems of hearing impaired people, it is important to look at more complex hearing situations. This course deals with the performance of different hearing aids with different noise reduction schemes in complex hearing situations.
The authors would like to thank Müge Kaya from Hörzentrum Oldenburg GmbH for her support in conducting the experiments.
Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to describe the role of noise reduction technology in complex listening scenarios.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe the difference between selective and divided attention.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe the difference between a dual task and a paired comparison task.
Course created on October 14, 2019
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Michael Schulte
PhD
Since 2004, Michael Schulte has been with Hörzentrum Oldenburg GmbH, Germany, where he has been responsible for audiological studies in publically funded projects as well as in cooperation with the industry. In 2002, he received his Ph.D. from the Biomagnetism Centre at the Institute of Experimental Audiology, University of Münster, Germany. From 2002 to 2003, he worked as a postdoc at the F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, Netherlands. Michael Schulte's research interest is on the evaluation of hearing systems with a special focus on listening effort.
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Matthias Latzel
PhD
Dr. Matthias Latzel, born in Wesel in 1965. He is Clinical Research Manager for Phonak AG in Stäfa, Switzerland since May 2012. He studied electrical engineering at Ruhr University in Bochum as well at Vienna Technical University, graduating in the field of high-frequency technology in 1994 (degree: Diplom). 1994 to 1997, research assistant at Viennatone's Research and Development department in Vienna. 1997 to 2000, scientific assistant in the Department of Audiology for the ENT Clinic at Gießen University. 2001, doctorate ("Communication problems encountered by hearing aid users in telephone communication – approaches to objectifying and solving them"). 2000 to 2002, head of Audiology at Interton Hörgeräte GmbH. 2002 to 2004 scientific assistant in the Department of Audiology of the ENT Hospital at Gießen University working for the “HörTech Centre of Excellence”. 2004 to 2011 head of basic audiological concept group of Siemens Audiologische Technik in Erlangen. Prior to working at Phonak headquarters, he was the head of the audiology department for Phonak Germany in Stuttgart-Fellbach from 2011 to 2012. Additionally, he is a lecturer at the WIFI in Innsbruck since 2005.
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Jan Heeren
Dipl. Phys.
Jan Heeren studied Physics at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, and graduated in the Medical Physics group in 2014. From 2012, he worked on several projects in the field of hearing aid evaluation and virtual acoustics at the university and the Hörzentrum Oldenburg. In 2016, he started in the R&D department at HörTech GmbH, Oldenburg, working on hearing aid evaluation methods. Apart from his scientific activities, he has conducted more than 500 events as a free-lancing audio engineer since 2008.
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Matthias Vormann
PhD
Dr. Matthias Vormann received his diploma in physics in 1995 and his PhD in 2011 from the University of Oldenburg. Since 2005 he has been with Hörzentrum Oldenburg GmbH, Germany, where he works mainly in industrial research projects for hearing aid manufacturers. His interest is about new methods for measuring the subjective and objective benefit of hearing aids.
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Matthias Latzel: Financial: Matthias Latzel is employed by Phonak. His research in this study was funded by Sonova. Non-financial: Matthias Latzel has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Jan Heeren Financial: Jan works in the R&D department at HörTech GmbH, Oldenburg. Non-financial: Jan Heeren has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Matthias Vormann: Financial: Matthias Vormann’s research in this study was funded by Phonak. Non-financial: Matthias Vormann has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
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