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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
"Open house day" for the house of hearing on June 8th, starting at 15hrs. Download PDF-Flyer
03.00 – 03.10 PM Welcome & Overview - Prof. Dr. Dr. Birger Kollmeier
03.10 – 03.30 PM "The past, the present and the futures of Hearing Research in Oldenburg" - Prof. Dr. Dr. Birger Kollmeier
03.30 – 04.00 PM Assistive Technologies, Audio Signal Processing, Psychoacoustics, audiological diagnostics: Short overview of the topics dealt with in Oldenburg
04.00 – 05.00 PM Open demonstration session: See, feel and discuss with us!
05.00 – 05.40 PM Neurosensory science , technical hearing systems, Evaluation, Rehabilitation, Education & advanced training, Facilities & Service: Short overview of the topics dealt with in Oldenburg
05.40 – 06.30 PM Open demonstration session: See, feel and discuss with us!
06.30 PM Barbecue in the Auditory Garden
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
Plenary Session|
9.00 – 9.30
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Welcome & opening session
(B. Kollmeier, K. Smeds, N. Dillier)
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9.30
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Norber Dillier (Univ.Zürich): Conventional vs. implantable hearing devices – an audiological and technological view
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10.15
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Discussion
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10.30
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Coffee break
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11.00
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David Moore (Inst. Hearing Research, UK-Nottingham):
Internet-based training and rehabilitation
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11.45
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Simon Doclo (Univ. Oldenburg):
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12.30
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Discussion
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13.00
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Lunch break
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14.00 - 17.10
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Talks and moderated discussions in the three areas (see below)
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15.15 - 15.45
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Coffee break
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17.15
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Concluding discussion & report from work groups
(K. Smeds, N. Dillier, B.Kollmeier)
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18.15
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Science City Party and Barbecue with (electrical) sensations and a touch of history (HorstJanssenMuseum)
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Plenary talkers
Norbert Dillier (CH-Zürich):Conventional vs. implantable hearing devices – an audiological and technological view
David Moore (UK-Nottingham):
Internet-based training and rehabilitation
Simon Doclo (D-Oldenburg):
Wireless sensor networks and the future of hearing devices
Discussion sessions - Thursday afternoon
Outcome measures (benefit, speech recognition, listening effort)
Co-Chairs: Karolina Smeds(S-Stockholm), Thomas Berends (DK-Kopenhagen)Introduction
Talks:
Karolina Smeds (ORCA Europe, S-Stockholm) - Speech tests in the lab and the field - An introduction
Michael Schulte (Hörzentrum Oldenburg, D-Oldenburg) - Realistic lab tests.
Mary Rudner (Linnaeus Centre HEAD, S-Linköping) - Cognitive spare capacity as a measure of listening effort
Adriana Zekveld (VU Medical Centre, NL-Amsterdam and Linnaeus Centre HEAD, S-Linköping) - The use of pupillometry as measure of listening effort.
Michael Schulte (Hörzentrum Oldenburg, D-Oldenburg) - Subjective rating of listening effort.
Wireless connectivity and use cases
Stefan Launer (Phonak, CH-Stäfa)Talks:
2:00 pm
Stefan Launer (Phonak, CH-Stäfa) - Introduction: Wireless Connectivity
2:10 pm
Brian Dam Petersen (GNResound, DK-Taastrup) - 2.4 GHz Link: Potential and Limitations for Hearing Instrument Application
2:35 pm
Tim Trine (Starkey, USA-Minneapolis) - 900 MHz Link: Potential and Limitations for Hearing Instrument Application
3:00 pm
Magnus Norgaard (Widex A/S, DK-Vaerlöse) - Near Field Magnetic Inductive Link: Potential and Limitations for Hearing Instrument Application
3:25 pm
Coffee break
3:40 pm
Homayoun Kamkar Parsi (Siemens, Erlangen) - Binaural Noise Reduction Algorithms
4:05 pm
Steven Thoen (NXP, Leuven) - Future Wireless Link Technologies for Hearing Instruments
4:45 pm
Cuno Pfister (Oberon, CH-Zürich) - The Internet of Things
Cochlea implants and hearing aids: Synergies and indication
Co-Chairs: Volkmar Hamacher (D-Hannover), Andreas Büchner (D-Hannover)Talks:
2:00 pm
Introduction, Impulse Presentation, Co-Chairs
2:15 pm
Anisa Visram (Univ. Manchester, UK-Manchester) - Acoustic Cues relevant for BimodalFitting Strategies
2:35 pm
A. Büchner (Hörzentrum Hannover, D-Hannover) - Frontend Signal Processing for Cochlear Implants
2:55 pm
Michael Büchler (University Hospital Zürich, CH-Zürich) - Application Potential of Sound Classification Systems for Cochlear Implants
3:15 pm
Coffee break
3:45 pm
Michael Dorman (Arizona State University, USA-Tempe, AZ) - Combining acoustic and electric stimulation: Signal processing, Indications and benefits
4:15 pm
V. Hohmann (Univ. Oldenburg, D-Oldenburg) - Algorithm Synergies between Hearing Aids and CIs
4:35 pm
U. Baumann (Univ. Frankfurt, D-Frankfurt) - Bimodal and Hybrid Stimulation - Fitting Procedures
4:55 - 5:15 pm
Final discussion
Friday, June 10th, 2011
Plenary Session|
9.00 - 9.45
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Kathy Pichora-Fuller (Univ. Toronto)
Elderly Persons and hearing aids
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9.45 - 10.00
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Coffee break
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10.00 - 13.00
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Talks and moderated discussions (see below) in the three areas
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11.30 - 11.45
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Coffee break
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13.00 - 13.30
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Final discussion, topics for future conferences
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13.30 - 14.15
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Lunch
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14.15
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End of conference
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Afternoon
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Free for discussions in working groups or visit of the Universität Oldenburg campus or departure
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Plenary talkers
Kathy Pichora-FullerElderly Persons and hearing aids
Discussion sessions - Friday morning
Elderly Persons and hearing aids (epidemiology, target conditions and target SNR, ubiquitous processing, ease of using it)
Chair: Inga Holube (D-Oldenburg)Co-Chair: Ulrike Lemke (Phonak, CH-Stäfa)
Introduction
Talks:
Mathias Knigge (grauwert Büro für demografiefeste Produkte und Dienstleistungen, D-Hamburg):
Universal Design - Moving Away From a Deficit-Based to a Transgenerational Approach
Martin Kinkel (Kind Hörgeräte, D-Grossburgwedel):
Practical Aspects of hearing aids in day-to-day use
Ulrike Lemke (Phonak, CH-Stäfa):
Hearing impairment in old age - needs, challenges, and obstacles towards hearing solutions
Marie Öberg (Div of Technical Audiology Linköping University, S-Linköping):
Hearing difficulties, uptake and outcomes of hearing aids in people 85 years of age
Christian Füllgrabe (MRC - Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham):
Speech-in-noise identification in elderly listeners with audiometrically normal hearing
Acoustics of the ear canal (and applications)
Co-Chairs: Sridhar Kalluri (USA-Berkeley), Morten Nordahn (DK-Vassingeröd)
Talks:
Sunil Puria (Stanford Univ., USA-Stanford) - Ear-canal reflectance and pressure: Parameter modifications in a 3D biocomputation model
Kevin Munro (Univ. Manchester, UK-Manchester) - Uses and benefits of probe tube microphone systems
Matthias Blau (Jade Hochschule, D-Oldenburg) - Notes on the prediction of the sound pressure at the ear drum
Stefan Stenfelt (Linköping Univ., S-Linköping) - Own generated sound: Ear canal sound pressure, perception, and influence from hearing aid gain and occlusion
Morten Nordahn (Widex, DK-Vassingeröd) - Mixing of amplified and vent-transmitted sound
Model-based hearing instrument algorithms & Hearing aid fitting
Chair: Torsten Dau (DK-Lyngby)warming-up presentation
Talks:
Ray Meddis (Univ. of Essex, UK- Colchester) - A biologically-inspired hearing aid
Bert de Vries (GN ReSound and TU Eindhoven, NL-Eindhofen) - Bayesian Machine Learning for Hearing Aid Design, Fitting and Personalization
Graham Naylor/Thomas Lunner (Oticon Research Center, DK-Eriksholm) - Cognition and hearing aids – six years later
V. Hohmann (Univ. Oldenburg, D-Oldenburg) - Fast multichannel compression based on a simplified auditory model of compression and suppression