Virtual Acoustics - Virtual acoustics for the design and evaluation of auditory prostheses.
From 01-01-2006 to 31-12-2009
Description
Hearing aids mostly use several microphones. However, signal processing algorithms do not take advantage of this multimicrophone configuration. Microphone mismatch is also not taken into account in these devices. Directional hearing is very important for acoustical orientation (e.g. in traffic) and for speech intelligibility (e.g. in cocktail parties). Non hearing impaired persons use the monaural spectral and binaural cues. Up to now, these cues are not used in the design of hearing aids. In the design and valorisation of new signal processing algorithms for hearing aids and cochlear implants the use of advanced acoustical models is very important. This allows the testing of algorithms in complex, virtual acoustical scenario's, without the need to build these in reality, reducing cost and time needed to test these with hearing impaired patients. Furthermore, this way of working allows a theoretical and generic evaluation of environmental parameters that influence the performance of the algorithms.Team
- Marc Moonen, Co-promoter
- Samuel Corveleyn, Team member
Financing
Funding: FWO - Research Foundation - Flanders
Program/Grant Type: FWO Research Grant - FWO Research Grant
Events
2/09/2024:
PhD defense - Martijn Oldenhof
Machine Learning for Advanced Chemical Analysis and Structure Recognition in Drug Discovery
3/09/2024:
Meet the Jury Igor Tetko on Advanced Machine Learning in Drug Discovery
12/09/2024:
Multimodal analysis of cell-free DNA for sensitive cancer detection in low-coverage and low-sample settings
Seminar by Antoine Passemiers
News
STADIUS Alumni Herman Verrelst – new CEO of Biocartis
08 June 2017
Herman Verrelst, the founder of KU Leuven spin-off Cartagenia, who has been working in Silicon Valley, US for the last few years will be returning to Belgium to follow the steps of Rudi Pauwels as CEO of the Belgian diagnostic company, Biocartis.
Supporting healthcare policymaking via machine learning – batteries included!
29 May 2017
STADIUS takes the lead in the data analytics efforts in an ambitious European Project MIDAS.
Marc Claesen gives an interview about his PhD for the magazine of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences "Geniaal"
10 February 2017
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Joos Vandewalle is nieuwe voorzitter KVAB
09 October 2016
Op 5 oktober 2016 heeft de Algemene Vergadering van de Academie KVAB Joos Vandewalle verkozen tot voorzitter van de KVAB.