Dr. Winn’s work focuses on the ways in which hearing impairment affects speech communication, especially the ways that are not captured by conventional clinical testing.
Cochlear Implants
Seminar – Matthew Goupell, PhD – “Optimizing Benefits from Cochlear Implants Using Behavioral and Objective Measurements”
Matt’s current research focuses on binaural hearing, the effects of aging on temporal processing, and cochlear implants by combining human psychoacoustical with objective measurements.
The sound of the Waisman Center’s work to improve cochlear implants
The Waisman Center has been at the forefront of research on cochlear implants and hearing science for more than two decades.
Better ears for better lives
Her child, who was born with congenital deafness, had received her first cochlear implant early enough to access spoken language, but with only one implant she had struggled with understanding speech in noisy environments or locating sounds.
Virtual Day with the Experts: Cochlear Implants 2022
Live Online via Zoom – Register to obtain Zoom code Sponsored by the Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, and the Friends of the Waisman Center Hosted by the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders …
Ruth Litovsky, PhD – Slide of the Week
To investigate the feasibility of using functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to image cortical activity in cochlear implant (CI) users and normal hearing (NH) adults, using either visual-speech or auditory-speech.
Viji Easwar, PhD – Slide of the Week
Accurate use of interaural time differences (ITDs) for spatial hearing may require access to bilateral auditory input during sensitive periods in human development. Providing bilateral cochlear implants (CIs) simultaneously promotes symmetrical development of bilateral auditory pathways but does not support normal ITD sensitivity.
Day with the Experts: Cochlear Implants
Hosted by the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ruth Litovsky, PhD – Slide of the Week
Many people with single-sided deafness have tinnitus in the deaf ear (and normal hearing in the other ear). We are conducting a clinical trial in collaboration with surgeons at Harvard Medical School, to determine if a CI in the deaf ear provides: (A) relief from tinnitus due to the electrical stimulation, and (B) improved ability to localize sounds.
Ruth Litovsky, PhD
Title: Does Bilateral Experience Lead to Improved Spatial Unmasking of Speech in Children Who Use Bilateral Cochlear Implants? Legend: We vary the spatial locations of target speech and masking speech, so they are co-located (A) …