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The Second Summer Workshop on
The Application of Pupillometry in Hearing Science to assess Listening Effort
VU University medical center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 7-8 September 2017
In recent years, research within the fields of Audiology and Psychology has been increasingly focusing on the
quantification of the effort required during listening. The pupil dilation response
has shown to reliably measure cognitive processing load during listening, which quantifies listening effort. The more effortful the listening task, the larger the pupil dilation response. The response is shown to be affected by speech intelligibility (Zekveld
et al., 2010) and masker type (Koelewijn et al., 2012), as well as cognitive abilities like working memory and attention.
Researchers at the
Section Ear&Hearing of the VUmc, Amsterdam, have been applying this method in hearing science since 1997. Currently, this method is applied in labs throughout the world to assess the influence of various relevant
factors and paramenters, such as the effect of hearing aid algorithms, CI rehabilitation, and daily-life hearing disability.
In 2015, the first interactive summer workshop (http://www.ac-vumc.nl/onderzoek/workshop/index.htm)
on the use of pupillometry in hearing science was organized. In September 2017, the
second interactive summer workshop on the use of pupillometry in hearing science
will take place. The aim of this workshop is to share expertise and to provide
an overview of recent pupillometry research. There will be a special focus on the applied analysis techniques and the different pupil response parameters extracted from the signal. In discussion sessions, we will reflect on the interpretation
of these parameters and attempt to connect these to concepts described by relevant models, such as the recently published Framework of Understanding Effortful Listening (FUEL, Pichora-Fuller et al., Ear and Hearing 37, 5S-27S). Confirmed keynote speakers are
Dr. Stefanie Kuchinsky, University of Maryland, Maryland, and Dr. Matt Winn, University of Washington, Seattle.
An invitation with registration details will follow soon.
Practical information:
When: 7 September 2017 – 8 September 2015
Who: Researchers (interested in) using pupillometry in hearing science.
Where: VU University medical center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Organizing committee:
Adriana Zekveld, PhD and Thomas Koelewijn, PhD (main organizers)
prof. Sophia E. Kramer
Yang Wang and Barbara Ohlenforst (Marie Curie ITN project LISTEN
607373)
Hans van Beek (technician).
