Why do we have two ears?
Binaural hearing refers to being able to integrate information that the brain receives from the two ears. Binaural hearing is known to help us with the ability to listen in noisy, complex auditory environments, and to localize sound sources.
In the Litovsky lab, we study binaural hearing in persons who have normal hearing and in persons who are deaf and use cochlear implants (CIs). We are interested in whether CI users can benefit from having two (bilateral) CIs and whether, for children, having bilateral CIs at a young age offers unique advantages.
Recent News
BHSL work using fNIRs highlighted in Waisman Center news article
Lab director Ruth Litovsky and BHSL post-doc Xin Zhou were interviewed by the Waisman Center news team to talk about the work our lab is doing with functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Check out the article here!
BHSL Lab Director Ruth Litovsky gives prestigious Carhart Memorial Lecture at 2021 American Auditory Society
Ruth Litovsky, our lab director, was honored at the 2021 meeting of the American Auditory Society with the Carhart Memorial Lecture. The Carhart Award is the American Auditory Society’s recognition of those whose current research …
Ela Warnecke’s recent work featured in Waisman Center news article
Ela Warnecke, a post-doc in the BHSL, was featured in a Waisman Center news article for her work on auditory motion perception in cochlear implant users. The project is titled “The impacts of temporal fine …
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