please find attached the advertisement of a PhD position in Oldenburg, Germany. See also http://www.hearingresearch.uni-oldenburg.de/62170.html
Best regards,
Tim Jürgens
Doctoral candidate / PhD student
for "New signal processing strategies for cochlea implants and
hearing aids"
Cochlea implants that stimulate the auditory nerve electrically provide enormous benefits for profound hearing impaired listeners in terms of their ability to understand speech. Recent developments in clinical surgery made it possible that many patients can keep their remaining acoustic hearing abilities as well, rather than losing it completely after surgery. This "hybrid" hearing provides further hearing benefits than electrical hearing alone. However, cochlea implant stimulation strategies to date are not yet optimized for these kinds of patients. Even more improvements can be expected if the recent signal processing developments in up-to-date acoustical hearing aids are transferred to cochlea implants. This project aims at finding new optimized stimulation strategies for cochlea implant users for both hybrid and electrical-only hearing. A novel computer model-approach will be used to simulate the reaction of auditory nerve cells of patients to different stimulation strategies. New and existing signal processing techniques used in acoustic hearing aids, such as noise-reduction, multiband dynamic compression or beamforming, will be used to find such optimal stimulation strategies. Subsequent clinical studies in cooperation with the Medizinische Hochschule Hannover will validate the optimized strategies in real patients.
DUTIES OF THE CANDIDATE:
- To develop, implement and evaluate signal processing strategies for cochlea implants and hearing aids
- To write scientific manuscripts
- To participate in the structured PhD programme
DESIRED EXPERIENCE OF THE CANDIDATE:
- Academic university degree (Master or equivalent) in Physics or a related field
- A strong interest in Medical Physics
- Experience in digital signal processing with Matlab
The position is financed by 50% E13 TV-L initially for 2 years, with prospect of continuation.
The University of Oldenburg is an equal-opportunity employer that seeks to increase that seeks to increase the proportion of women in science. Therefore, we especially encourage female candidates to apply. In compliance with lower saxony legal regulations (NHG §21) equally qualified female candidates will be given preference. Candidates with disabilities will be employed preferentially if equally qualified.The Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics offers an attractive scientific environment in an international team of scientists and access to state-of-the-art acoustical equipment and auditory labs. Starting date is any time before 10/2013. Applications should include a letter of motivation, a CV, a copy of the university diplomas/transcripts and - if applicable - a list of publications.
Application deadline is 31.5.2013. Please send your
application to Prof. Dr. Dr. Birger Kollmeier, Exzellenzcluster
Hearing4all, Carl von Ossietzky Universität, 26111 Oldenburg, or
preferencially per email to karin.klink
uni-oldenburg.de.
-- Dr. Tim Jürgens Junior professor Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg Carl-von-Ossietzky Str. 9-11 D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany