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27JAN 2026
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New DFG Project on Hyperscanning
The Sensory Neurotechnology Lab has received funding from the DFG for a new project on hyperscanning. This novel exciting project will investigate neural mechanisms of communication in natural conversations, using different imaging techniques including EEG hyperscanning. The results may help to evaluate and improve hearing prosthetics to better aid people with hearing impairment in participating […]The Sensory Neurotechnology Lab has received funding from the DFG for a new project on hyperscanning. This novel exciting project will investigate neural mechanisms of communication in natural conversations, using different imaging techniques including EEG hyperscanning. The results may help to evaluate and improve hearing prosthetics to better aid people with hearing impairment in participating […]
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22JAN 2026
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How we can tune in to a voice in background noise
In order to focus on a particular conversation, listeners need to be able to focus on the voice of the speaker they wish to listen to. This process is called selective attention and has been extensively studied within the auditory cortex. However, due to neural feedback from the cortex to lower auditory areas, the auditory […]
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22JAN 2026
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Neural responses to speech can help to diagnose brain injury
Brain injury such as following traffic or sports accidents can lead to severe disorders, including disorders of consciousness. This disorder is currently diagnosed through behavioural assessments, but this method fails when patients are not able to respond overtly. We investigated whether neural responses to speech as measured from the clinically-applicable EEG can aid to diagnose […]
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22JAN 2026
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Drug transport in the cochlea through steady streaming
The mechanosensitive hair cells in the inner ear, or cochlea, are vulnerable to overstimulation, which can cause damage to the cells and sensorineural hearing loss. Pharmacological treatments to prevent hair cell damage or to restore the cells’ function after impairment are currently being developed. However, transporting the drugs to the hair cells has remained a […]
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25JUN 2025
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Better decoding of auditory attention through DNNs in patients with cochlear implants
Cochlear implants are amazing neurotechnological devices that can restore hearing in deaf or almost deaf people. However, they provide only a limited amount of information on the acoustic scene. As a consequence, their users experience major difficulties when trying to understand speech in lound environments such as when others talk simultaneously. If the target sound […]
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24AUG 2024
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(No) influence of musical training on neural responses to speech
Musicians have been found to exhibit larger subcortical responses to the pitch of a speaker than non-musicians. These larger responses may reflect enhanced pitch processing due to musical training and may explain why musicians tend to understand speech better in noisy environments than people without musical training. However, higher-level cortical responses to the pitch of […]
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