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Dear colleagues [apologies for cross postings] Our department at Aalborg University is currently seeking a Postdoc to work on outcome measures in adult hearing rehabilitation. Please forward to anyone interested (details here: http://www.vacancies.aau.dk/show-vacancy/?vacancy=904835) Please note the aggressive deadline (May 12th). Best, Dorte Hammershøi Postdoc in Outcome Measures in adult hearing rehabilitation At the Technical Faculty of IT and Design, Department of
Electronic Systems a position as postdoc in Outcome Measures in
adult hearing rehabilitaion is open for appointment from 1st June
2017 or soon thereafter. The position is available for a period of
two years.
The position is part of the collaborative research program for
Better Hearing Rehabilitation (BEAR), including University of
Southern Denmark, The Danish Technical University, Odense, Aalborg
and Copenhagen University Hospitals, DELTA a part of FORCE,
Oticon, GN Resound and Widex. The project is funded by the
Innovation Fund Denmark, and partners. Job descriptionThe main task of the successful candidate will be to contribute to the advancement and completion of the work package on “Measures of Aided Hearing Performance in real-life situations”. The aim is to characterize how hearing-aid users perform with their hearing aids, and what could improve their hearing-aid benefit and experience. A test battery evaluating the user’s experience will be designed. This test battery shall include tests that reflect everyday experiences, and may include field tests for selected subgroups of users. The test battery shall also include outcome measures that link to user expectations, possible listener preferences, and user needs in general. The data shall be quantified and analyzed jointly with other data for the same individuals, which reflect e.g. speech-in-noise performance, spatial hearing, listening effort and sound quality. The latter will be obtained in collaboration with other project participants.It will be required to develop setups for computer-controlled tests, and/or to program questionnaires, and/or to conduct contextual inquiries with users, their relatives, relevant health personal, etc. HA users are recruited according to a joint protocol from the participating University Hospitals. The overall ambition of the BEAR project is to evaluate the potential of new outcome measures for clinical application. In the choice of methods, priorities shall reflect this consideration. You may obtain further information from Professor Dorte Hammershøi, Department of Electronic Systems (phone: + 0045 9940 8705, email: dh@xxxxxxxxx) concerning the scientific aspects of the position. Please consult http://www.vacancies.aau.dk/show-vacancy/?vacancy=904835 with respect to instructions for application. |