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International Symposium on
Auditory and Audiological Research

ISAAR 2011

24-26 August 2011
Hotel Nyborg Strand, Nyborg, Denmark

Title: “Speech perception and auditory disorders”

List of posters

Wednesday 24 August 2011

08:00-10:00   Registration and hanging of posters

10:00-10:25 Torsten Dau: Welcome and introduction to the symposium
 
Session 1: Indicators of hearing impairment and measures of speech perception

10:25-11:00 Barbara Canlon: Mechanisms underlying damage to the peripheral and central auditory pathway and new strategies to protect against these disorders

11:00-11:35 Teresa Y. C. Ching: Audibility and speech intelligibility revisited: Implications for hearing rehabilitationThe importance

11:35-12:10 Brian C. J. Moore: The importance of tempiral fine structure for the intelligibility of speech in complex backgrounds

12:10-13:10   Lunch

13:10-13:45 Joshua G. W. Bernstein: Controlling signal-to-noise ratio effects in the measurements of speech intelligibility in fluctuating maskers

13:45-14:20 Thomas Brand: Recognition rates and linguistic processing: Do we need new measures of speech perception?

14:20-14:40   Coffee break  

14:40-15:00 Inga Holube: Speech intelligibility in fluctuating maskers

15:00-15:20 Iris Arweiler: Speech intelligibility with binaurally linked hearing aids

15:20-15:40 Niklas Rönnberg: Testing listening effort for speech comprehension

15:40-16:10   Coffee break

16:10-16:30 Tobias Neher: Auditory and cognitive contributions to hearing-impaired listeners' localization and spatial speech recognistion performance

16:30-16:50 Mary Florentine: Measures of ecological loudness of speech

16:50-17:10 Birgitta Larsby: Working memory capacity and lexical access in speech recognition in noise

17:10-19:00   Poster session I

19:00-20:00   Dinner

20:00-22:00   Drinks in the poster area

Thursday 25 August 2011

Session 2: Neural representation of complex sounds and speech in the auditory brain

08:30-09:05 Bertrand Delgutte: Neural Mechanisms for hearng in everyday acoustic environments: Reverberation and competing sound sources

09:05-09:40 Samira Anderson: cABR - A neural probe of speech-in-noise processing

09:40-10:15 Jan Wouters: Auditory steady state responses in cochlear implants

10:15-10:45   Coffee break

10:45-11:20 Jonas Obleser: From sound to meaning: Neural mechanisms of comprehension in degraded speech

11:20-11:55 Milene Bonte: Dynamic and task-dependent encoding of speech and voice in the auditory cortex

12:00-13:00   Lunch

Session 3: Models of speech processing and perception

13:00-13:35 Jont Allen: Sources of consonant perceptual errors in normal and hearing-impaired ears

13:35-14:10 Richard M. Stern: Applying physiologically-motivated models of auditory processing to automatic speech recognistion

14:10-14:45 Birger Kollmeier: Modeling sensory and cognitive aspects of speech intelligibility in complex listening environments for normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners

14:45-15:15   Coffee break

15:15-15:35 Søren Jørgensen: Predicting speech intelligibility in adverse conditions: Evaluation of the speech-based envelope power spectrum model

15:35-15:55 Tobias S. Andersen: Ordinal models of audio-visual speech perception  

15:55-16:15 Stefan Stenfelt: A model for prediction of own voice alteration with hearing aids  

16:30-18:30   Poster Session II

19:00-20:30   Dinner

20:30-22:30   Bar

Friday 26 August 2011

Session 4: Recent concepts in hearing-instrument processing and fitting

08:30-09:05 Joachim Müller-Deile: Procedures for fitting and evaluation of cochlear-implant speech processors

09:05-09:40 Chris Halpin: Re-focussing on the clinical targets

09:40-10:15 Andreas Büchner: Electric-acoustic stimulation in cochlear-implant subjects

10:15-10:45   Coffee break

10:45-11:05 Stephan D. Ewert: Model-based hearing-aid gain prescription rule  

11:05-11:25 Zachary M. Smith: Towards improved speech perception with cochlear implants: Increasing spectral resolution

11:25-11:45 Jorge Mejia: The effect of a linked bilateral noise-reduction processing on speech-in-noise performance  

11:45-12:05 Michael Fisher: Adaptively setting maximum output of a hearing aid with refernce to speech: The effect on speech and noise perception

12:05-12:15   Closing remarks

12:15-13:30   Lunch

14:00            Departure

 


List of posters (Alphabetical order, first author's family name)

Side-Effects of Binaural Tone Vocoding on Recognising Target Speech Presented Against Spatially Separated Speech Maskers
Martin R. Andersen, Michael S. Kristensen, Tobias Neher, Thomas Lunner
Eriksholm Research Centre, Oticon A/S, Snekkersten, Denmark

Speech-inherent Functional Onomatopoeia as a Basis for Emotional Analysis of Phones
Jens Blauert
Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Perceptual effects of noise reduction in hearing aids
I. Brons, R. Houben, W.A. Dreschler
Academical Medical Center (AMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Acoustic simulation of cochlear implant hearing
Anja Chilian, Tamas Harczos
Fraunhofer IDMT, Ilmenau, Germany

Predicting consonant recognition based on modulation-frequency specific processing
Claus Christiansen, Torsten Dau
Center for Applied Hearing Research, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Modeling Auditory Grouping based on a Temporal Coherence Analysis
Simon K. Christiansen, Morten L. Jepsen, Torsten Dau
Centre of Applied Hearing Research, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Information-based Speech Transduction
Thomas Ulrich Christiansen1, Peter Juel Henrichsen2
1 Centre of Applied Hearing Research, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
2 Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark

Benefits common vocabulary in hearing aid fitting
Carsten Daugaard1, Lone Elmelund2
1 DELTA, Odense, Denmark
2 South Danish University, Audiology, Odense, Denmark

Psychosocial factors affecting Hearing aid adjustment
Carsten Daugaard1, Derya Ceylan2, Wiebke Hudemann3
1 DELTA, Odense, Denmark
2 GN Resound, Ballerup, Denmark
3 Gentofte University Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark

Speech-specific audiovisual integration: Dissociating identification and detection
Kasper Eskelund1, Jyrki Tuomainen2 ,Tobias S. Andersen1
1 DTU Informatics, Section for Cognitive Systems, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
2 University College London, Speech Hearing and Language Sciences, London, UK

Objective Measurement of Listening Effort While Using First & Second Language In Simulated Cochlear Implant
A. C. Ganesh, Vijitha Sunny
Dr M V Shetty College of Speech & Hearing, Mangalore, India

Spatial cue reproduction in modern state of the art receiver in the ear hearing instruments
Fredrik Gran, Jesper Rye Boennelykke, Todd Fortune, Astrid Haastrup, Jesper Udesen, Tobias Piechowiak and Andrew Dittberner
GN ReSound A/S, Ballerup, Denmark

Horizontal-plane localization with bilateral cochlear implants using an auditory model based speech processing strategy
Tamas Harczos1, Anja Chilian2, Andras Katai1
1 Fraunhofer IDMT, Ilmenau, Germany
2 Ilmenau University of Technology

Comparative evaluation of cochlear implant coding strategies via a model of the human auditory speech processing
Tamas Harczos1, Stefan Fredelake2, Volker Hohmann2, Birger Kollmeier2
1 Fraunhofer IDMT, Ilmenau, Germany
2 Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Hearing Aid Compression: Effects of Channel Bandwidth on Perceived Sound Quality
Ole Hau, Anne Mette Kragh Jeppesen
Widex, Lynge, Denmark

Comparing hearing aid algorithm performance using Simulated Performance Intensity Functions
Andrew Hines, Naomi Harte
Dept Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

The influence of noise type on the preferred setting of a noise reduction algorithm
R. Houben1, T.M.H. Dijkstra2, W.A. Dreschler2
1 Academic Medical Center (AMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2 Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Confusion of Danish consonants in white noise
Morten L. Jepsen, Torsten Dau
Centre for Applied Hearing Research, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Spectral envelope cues for voice gender perception in cochlear implant users
Damir Kovacic1, Evan Balaban2
1 School of Medicine, University of Split, Croatia
2 McGill University, Canada

Computational auditory models validate the intelligibility benefits of “efficient filters”
Abigail A. Kressner, Christopher J. Rozell, David V. Anderson
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Assessment of auditory processing in children demonstrating symptoms of (Central) Auditory processing disorder (C)APD
Susanne Köbler1, Elsa Erixon1, Åsa Sahlberg1, Sofie Järlesäter1, Anne Strand1, Hans-Christian Larsen1, Konrád Konrádsson1, Farah Razi2
1 Uppsala University hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
2 Hearing Clinic Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

A review of speech masking release for hearing-impaired listeners with near-normal perception of speech in unmodulated noise maskers
Agnes Léger1,2,3, Brian C. J. Moore4, Christian Lorenzi1,2,3
1 Equipe Audition, Département d’Etudes Cognitives, École normale supérieure, Paris, France
2 Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
3 UMR CNRS 8158, Paris, France
4 Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

The effects of use of a level-dependent frequency resolution for robust speech recognition
Hari Krishna Maganti
Fondazione Bruno Kessler – IRST, Povo, Trento, Italy

Just noticeable difference of F0 variation in simulated cochlear implant listening in modulated and stationary noise
David Morris
University of Copenhagen, Institute of Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics, Copenhagen, Denmark

Psychometric measurements for speech intelligibility in different noise types (after wide dynamic range compression) for normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners
Thijs Maalderink, Koenraad S. Rhebergen, Wouter. A. Dreschler
Clinical and Experimental Audiology, Amsterdam Medical Center, The Netherlands

The Inside Scoop on In-Situ Testing
Jenny Nesgaard Pedersen, Peter Daniel Zeuthen
GN ReSound A/S, Ballerup, Denmark

Towards a Danish speech material for speech-on-speech masking investigations
Jens Bo Nielsen1, Tobias Neher2, Torsten Dau1
1 Centre of Applied Hearing Research, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
2 Eriksholm Research Center, Oticon A/S, Snekkersten, Denmark

Fast and intuitive methods for characterizing hearing loss
Dirk Oetting1, Birger Kollmeier1,2, Stephan D. Ewert1,2 and Thomas Rohdenburg1
1 Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology, Oldenburg, Germany
2 University of Oldenburg, Medical Physics, Oldenburg, Germany

Measuring sensitivity to temporal fine structure in older adults with sensori-neural hearing loss
Elvira Perez, Barrie Edmonds, Abby Mccormack
NIHR National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing, Nottingham, UK

Clinical Measures of Static and Dynamic Spectral Pattern Discrimination in Relationship to Speech Perception
Robert Risley, Stanley Sheft, Valeriy Shafiro
Rush University Medical Center, Dept. Communication Disorders & Sciences, Chicago, USA

Low-frequency versus high-frequency synchronisation in chirp-evoked auditory brainstem responses
Filip Munch Rønne, Kristian Gøtsche-Rasmussen
Centre for Applied Hearing Research, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Speech intelligibility as a function of time compression, age, word position, and signal-to-noise ratio
Anne Schlueter1, Inga Holube1, Ulrike Lemke2
1 Institute of Hearing Technology and Audiology, Jade University of Applied Sciences, Oldenburg, Germany
2 Phonak AG, Stäfa, Switzerland

Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions (DPOAE) after exposure to noise and music of equal energy
Jesper Hvass Schmidt1,2,3, E. R. Pedersen1,3, B. Petersen4,J.  Bælum1,3, P. Vuust4,5
1 Dept. of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
2 Dept. of Audiology Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
3 Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
4 The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, Denmark
5 Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Tinnitus, hyperacusis and their relation to hearing loss in professional symphony orchestra musicians
Jesper Hvass Schmidt1,2,3, E. R. Pedersen1,3, H. Paarup1,3, T. Andersen2,3, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard4, T. Poulsen5, J. Bælum1,3
1 Dept. of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
2 Dept. of Audiology Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
3 Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
4 Institute of Biology, Centre for Sound Communication, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
5 Centre for Applied Hearing Research, Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Predictive measures of the intelligibility of speech processed by noise reduction algorithms
Karolina Smeds1, Florian Wolters1,2, Arne Leijon3, Anders Nilsson1,3, Sara Båsjö1, Sofia Hertzman1
1 ORCA Europe, Widex A/S, Stockholm, Sweden
2 University of Applied Sciences, Oldenburg, Germany
3 KTH, Stockholm, Sweden

Measuring speech-in-speech intelligibility with target location uncertainty
Niels Søgaard Jensen, René Burmand Johannesson, Søren Laugesen, Renskje Hietkamp
Eriksholm Research Centre, Oticon A/S, Snekkersten, Denmark

On the relationship between multi-channel envelope and temporal fine structure
Peter L. Søndergaard, Rémi Decorsière, Torsten Dau
Centre for Applied Hearing Research, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Effects of binaural auralization via headphones on the perception of acoustic scenes
Stephan Werner1, André Siegel2
1 Ilmenau Technical University, Electronic Media Technology Lab, Ilmenau, Germany
2 Ilmenau Technical University, Audio-Visual Technology Lab, Ilmenau, Germany

HiST taleaudiometri” – A new Norwegian speech audiometry
Jon Øygarden
Audiology, Sør-Trøndelag University College, Trondheim, Norway

 

 

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