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.
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Medical student Gabe Sobczak awarded the American Otological Society research grant
Medical student Gabe Sobczak was awarded the American Otological Society Research Foundation Fellowship. This prestigious fellowship provides one-year of research funding for medical students, medical residents, or PhD candidates. Gabe will be investigating cortical representations …
Undergraduate student Liberty Moore awarded Hilldale Research Fellowship
Liberty Moore, and undergraduate student in the BHSL, was awarded the Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship which gives undergraduate students the opportunity to undertake their own research with UW-Madison faculty. The proposed project is titled “Using …
PhD student Sean Anderson’s F31 Grant Recommended for Funding by NIDCD
Sean Anderson, a senior PhD student in the lab, has had is F31 Grant titled “Mechanisms that underlie poorer binaural outcomes in patients with asymmetrical hearing and bilateral cochlear implants” recommended for funding by the …
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