8th International Forum for Hearing Instrument Developers, Oldenburg/Germany, 2017

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1 Welcome & Introduction H. Dillon, R-P. Derleth, B. Kollmeier 8th International Forum for Hearing Instrument Developers, Oldenburg/Germany, 2017

2 What does HADF stand for? Low-cost, high quality, minimum organization Bring together top international experts from hearing instrument system technology in industry & science Pre-competitive, open to new developments for the whole field Limit to ~ 80 persons, max. 2-4 per company +speakers Focus on discussions.and on having fun!

3 Programme of today Welcome, Introduction (H. Dillon, R-P. Derleth, B. Kollmeier) Harvey Dillon (NAL, Sydney, Australia): Are good outcomes driven by good devices, good clinicians, or good clients? Discussion Coffee break Marc Rene Schädler (Univ. Oldenburg & Cluster of Excellence Hearing4All): Model-based prediction for hearing aid outcome Walter Karlen (ETH, Health Sciences and Technology): Appropriate design of of hearing aid apps: Usability and design reflections Discussion Lunch break Discussion sessions: - Simulating real world environments and behaviour in the laboratory KAS - Perception of hearing aid delay and sound quality in challenging listening environments TGO Room 4b - EEG, physiological signals (EOG, ) and hearing TGO Room Coffee break Plenary discussion Evening event

4 Programme of tomorrow Holger Blume (LU Hannover): New perspectives for hearing aid hardware design Coffee Break Discussion sessions: - Open platforms for hearing aid research TGO Room 4b - Binaural hearing aid fitting, superdirectivity and evaluation KAS - Borderline patients and the bridge between hearing aids and cochlear implants TGO 4A Coffee Break Final Plenary meeting & Roundup Lunch Break End of meeting Afternoon Free for small meetings Sponsored by: Advanced Bionics Cochlear AG GNResound, R&D GNHearing Oticon medical Sivantos AG Starkey Hearing Technologies Widex A/S Audifon

5 Institutions in the House of Hearing House of Hearing Abteilung Medizinische Physik

6 Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all Research areas Improving Diagnostics for Better Individualized Treatment Towards Better Hearing Devices Basic Research for Assistive Auditory Technology

7 Highlights from the Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all Auditory brain research: animal-human link, crossmodal plasticity,. Diagnostic methods: Closed-set multilingual tests in 20 languages, perilymph analysis, inner ear probe, EEG paradigms with CI Modelling framework: Aided performance prediction, CAFPAs, EAS (Binaural) advanced hearing devices mixed mode stimulation, True Loudness fitting, hard- & software platforms, CI electrode solutions Closing the auditory loop: ceegrid & Smartphone & hearing device EAS devices & Central auditory implants

8 Things not to miss while you are here. - test the unusual room acoustic! - visit the auditory garden! - get your photo on the auditory throne or at the impossible triangle!

9 Programme of today Welcome, Introduction (H. Dillon, R-P. Derleth, B. Kollmeier) Harvey Dillon (NAL, Sydney, Australia): Are good outcomes driven by good devices, good clinicians, or good clients? Discussion Coffee break Marc Rene Schädler (Univ. Oldenburg & Cluster of Excellence Hearing4All): Model-based prediction for hearing aid outcome Walter Karlen (ETH, Health Sciences and Technology): Appropriate design of hearing aid apps: Usability and design reflections Discussion Lunch break Discussion sessions: - Simulating real world environments and behaviour in the laboratory KAS - Perception of hearing aid delay and sound quality in challenging listening environments TGO Room 4b - EEG, physiological signals (EOG, ) and hearing TGO Room Coffee break Plenary discussion Evening event

10 EXZELLENZCLUSTER IM Lets go to NeSSy: Research building of the Cluster of Excellence Hearing4All and of the research centres Neurosensorik and Safety Critical Systems Small conference Centre ( HADF 2015!) Common Labs: MEG, fmri, Virtual Reality, EEG, acoustically shielded Labs & Studios. & flexible offices Space (offices & Labs for 4 (+X) research groups

11 NeSSy: A house for the interdisciplinary (neuro)sensory science & systems research Winner of federal building competition in 2008 Moving in: Mid Completed: 2016 Pecularities: Acoustical Shielding Extremely soft Ventilation ( monster) Shielding against vibrations & magnetic field The wolf, the goat, and the cabbage NeSSy 11

12 Labs im Nessy Funktionelle Kernspin- Tomographie (fmri) Virtuelle Realität Magnet-Enzephalographie (MEG) Gesture Lab NeSSy 12

13 Skalinka: an evening of SKA!!!

14 Highlights from Hearing4all Auditory brain research: animal-human link, crossmodal plasticity,. Diagnostic methods: Closed-set multilingual tests in 16 languages, perilymph analysis, inner ear probe, EEG paradigms with CI Modelling framework: Aided performance prediction, CAFPAs, EAS (Binaural) advanced hearing devices mixed mode stimulation, True Loudness fitting, hard- & software platforms, CI electrode solutions Closing the auditory loop: ceegrid & Smartphone & hearing device EAS devices & Central auditory implants

15 Highlights Listening effort: Evaluation in the lab and daily life New outcome tools addressing auditory ecological validity

16 Highlights Open Master Hearing Aid (openmha): Software platform for development and evaluation of signal processing algorithms now Open Source! TASCARpro. Toolbox for acoustic scene creation and rendering Space-aware hearing aid: automatic beamforming based on DOA (implemented in MHA)

17 Highlights Voice control and acoustic event detection for industrial applications: Acoustic speech, event and scene classification Better speech intelligibility on the phone: Individualized technology for more enhanced listening comfort

18 Highlights Founded in 2016 Services for medical device manufacturers Clinical user-centered design with medical professionals

19 Highlights Acoustic signal processing algorithms for noise reduction and dereverberation mobile EEG: Recording brain activity in everyday situations