Auditory Seminars

You are invited to the auditory seminars at the Otorhinolaryngology Department of University Medical Center Groningen. Please see the schedule below. The talks are in English and take place at the Colloquium Room (Room P3.2100), in the Otorhinolaryngology Department (KNO Afdeling), UMCG.

If you would like to sign up for the e-mail list and be updated on the upcoming talks, please send an e-mail to: d.baskent@med.umcg.nl

We gratefully acknowledge contributions from:
Behavioral and Cognitive School of Neurosciences, University of Groningen (RuG)
Cochlear - Cochlear implants
AnnieS - Products for hearing-impaired listeners

PROGRAM 2010-2011
7 Sep 2010          Jim Hudspeth, PhD, MD
14:00 uur          Rockefeller University, New York
"Tutorial workshop: Making an effort to listen"
  
19 Nov 2010          Christine Köppl, PhD
14:00 uur      Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
"Evolution of the auditory efferent system in vertebrates"
  
14 Jan 2011          Wouter Dreschler, PhD
14:00 uur      Amsterdam Medical Center
"Prevention of noise-induced hearing loss"
  
11 Mar 2011      Josef P. Rauschecker, PhD, DSc
14:00 uur      Georgetown University Washington DC, USA
"Limbic-auditory interactions in tinnitus"
  
8 Apr 2011      Richard Salvi, PhD
14:00 uur      University of Buffalo, USA
"Phantom sound of tinnitus, hippocampal stem cells, memory & therapy"
  
13 May 2011      Chris Plack, PhD
14:00 uur      The University of Manchester, Manchester UK
"Human pitch perception: New insights from psychophysics and neuroimaging"
  
PROGRAM 2009-2010
17 Nov 2009          Tibor Zelles, MD, PhD
15:00 uur          Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
"Investigating cochlear function in vitro"
  
1 Mar 2010          Sophia Kramer, PhD
14:00 uur      VU University Medical Center Amsterdam
"Psychological, social and cognitive correlates of hearing impairment"
  
30 Mar 2010      Jos Eggermont, PhD
15:00 uur      University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
"Neural correlates of hyperacusis"
  
22 Apr 2010      Aage Møller, PhD -- CANCELLED
10:30 uur      University of Texas, Dallas, USA
"Plascity disorders: Pathophysiology of tinnitus and central pain"
  
25 May 2010      Kathy Pichora-Fuller, PhD
15:00 uur      University of Toronto, Canada
"Auditory aging and speech processing: Differentiating sub-types of presbycusis"
  
24 June 2010      Bob Shannon, PhD
10:30 uur      House Ear Institute, USA
"Electric stimulation of the human cochlea, brainstem, and midbrain: Insights into ear-brain interactions"