Applied Hearing Science Lab at UW

Congratulations to Akhila Tirupasur, another SPHSC recipient of a Mary Gates Scholarship for Spring 2024! Sara is a postbac in the Speech and Hearing Sciences degree who is looking to pursue a Master's in Speech-Language Pathology in the Fall. Mary Gates Scholarships are competitive awards granted to undergraduate students conducting research at the University of Washington. The award is intended to enhance the student’s educational experience and encourage them to use innovation to impact the world. These awards not only recognize undergraduate student potential, but also provide funds to enhance the quality of their research and reduce their financial burden.

Akhila is currently working on a Speech and Hearing Sciences research project under the mentorship of Dr. Yi Shen.

Fitting psychophysical curves for speech-recognition-in-vehicle data? We've done it.

The Utilization of Psychometric Functions to Predict Speech Intelligibility in Vehicles Abstract In this study, a novel assessment approach of in-vehicle speech intelligibility is presented using psychometric curves. Speech recognition performance scores were modeled at an individual listener level for a set of sp

The first in-person ARO in three years for AHSLAB! Erik is explaining an adaptive stimulus selection algorithm that could drastically reduce the time to estimate ABR thresholds.

The developers at AHSLAB are hard at work! We are designing and building accessible mobile apps for older adults to fit hearing aids on their own.