SEMINARS ARE USUALLY HELD ON FRIDAYS AT 10:30 IN LOCATIONS THAT VARY FROM TALK TO TALK, BUT PLEASE NOTE DATE, TIME AND ROOM IN EACH CASE.
(We are unable to schedule Room 203 on Fridays these days.)
Coffee is served just before seminar time. The format is relatively
informal with opportunities for questions and discussions. Seminars
are given by HRC members, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students,
and researchers from other institutions.
For more information, contact Steve Colburn colburn@bu.edu
June 28, 2002 - 10:30 am in Room 102 of Commonwealth Ave. (Sargent College)
Erick Gallun
Doctoral Candidate
University of California, Berkeley
"Sensitivity to Intensity Change"
July 19, 2002 - 10:30 am in Room 203 of 44 Cummington St.
David Griesinger, Ph.D.
Lexicon
"Perceptual mechanisms for the soatial propoeties of halls and rooms: The formation of foreground event streams and the background stream"
January 11, 2002 - 10:30 am in Room 203 of 44 Cummington St.
Qian-Jie Fu, Ph.D.
Department of Auditory Implants and Perception
House Ear Institute
"Speech Pattern Recognition in Electric Hearing: The Underlying Mechanisms"
January 18, 2002 - 10:30 am (Room 210 PHOTONICS)
Kamal Sen, Ph.D.
Sloan Center for Integrative Neuroscience
University of California at San Francisco
"Hierarchical Processing of Natural Sounds in the Songbird Auditory Forebrain"
The Photonics Center building is formally on St. Mary's Street, but can be entered from the west end of Cummington Street by passing through 110 Cummington Street.
January 25, 2002 - NO SEMINAR - ARO MEETING
February 1, 2002 - NO SEMINAR - ARO MEETING
February 8, 2002
CNS Seminar
Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, Ph.D.
Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems
Hearing Research Center
Boston University
"Plasticity in Spatial Auditory Perception"
January 19, 2001
Pavel Zahorik, Ph.D.
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow
U.C. - Santa Barbara
"Loudness constancy with varying sound source distance"
January 26, 2001
Prateek Aggarwal
Biomedical Engineering
Boston University
PhD Prospectus Defense
"Temporal coding of SAM stimuli: Entrainment vs. Rate modulation in
DCN"
WEDNESDAY, January 31, 2001, AT 9:30 AM -- NOTE SPECIAL DAY/TIME
Professor Bruce Henning, Ph.D.
Oxford University
"Variations on a theme of Mach"
February 9, 2001 - No seminar - ARO week
February 16, 2001
Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, Ph.D.
Cognitive and Neural Systems Department
Hearing Research Center
Boston University
"Localizing in rooms"
February 23, 2001 --- NO SEMINAR - BME DAY AT BU
March 2, 2001
Sari Levanen, Ph.D.
MGH NMR Center
Harvard Medical School
"Neuromagnetic studies of auditory cortex activation in hearing
subjects and in congenitally deaf"
March 30, 2001
Fredrik Lindgren, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research and Development
GN Netcom; Nashua, NH
and
Associate Professor
University of Goteburg, Sweden
"Variability in Susceptibility to Noise-Induced Hearing Loss - Facts or Fiction?"
April 6, 2001
Greg Wakefield, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan
"I See Voices: Multimedia Tools, Time-Frequency Analysis, and the Singer"
April 13, 2001
Doug Brungart, Ph.D.
Air Force Research Laboratory
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
"Informational and energetic masking effects
in multitalker speech perception"
May 2, 2001 -- WEDNESDAY AT 9:30 IN ROOM 401 OF 44 CUMMINGTON ST
Robert Dizon, Ph.D. Thesis Defense
"Behavioral and Computational Modeling Studies of the
Precedence Effect in Humans"
May 4, 2001
Torsten Marquardt, Ph.D.
Dept. of Physiology
University College London
"Psychophysical Examinations of the 4-Channel Model of
Binaural Hearing: Off-Frequency Listening"
May 11, 2001
Daniel Shub, M.S.
MIT Speech and Hearing Program
"The Role of the
Precedence Effect in Sound Source Lateralization"
May 18, 2001 - NO SEMINAR
Les Bernstein at MIT --- 11 AM, Thursday, May 24, 2001
Grier Room, Bldg. 34-401
50 Vassar Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Les R. Bernstein, PhD.
Departments of Neuroscience and Otolaryngology
University of Connecticut Health Center
"Sensitivity to brief changes of interaural time and intensity: A
temporal-window approach"
May 25, 2001
Stephan Ewart, Ph.D.
Research Laboratory of Electronics, MIT
(Visiting from the University of Oldenburg)
"Spectro-temporal processing of amplitude modulation"
June 1, 2001 - NO SEMINAR
FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS
Tutorials: May 30, 2001
Meeting: May 31 - June 2, 2001
Boston University
http://www.cns.bu.edu/meetings/
June 8, 2001 - NO SEMINAR - ASA Meeting in Chicago
June 13, 2001
Charles Berlin, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Communication Disorders
LSU Medical Center
"Auditory Neuropathy/Dys-synchrony"
June 15, 2001
Helen Barbas, Ph.D.
Dept. of Health Sciences
Boston University
June 22, 2001 --- no seminar
June 29, 2001 --- no seminar
July 6, 2001
Melanie Matthies, Ph.D.
Dept. of Communication Disorders
Boston Unversity
"Cochlear implant effects on sibilant perception and
production"
July 13, 2001 - 10:00 am, CNS room B02 (677 Beacon Street)
Norbert Kopco, Ph.D. Candidate (Dept. of Cognitive and Neural Systems)
Ph.D. thesis defense, Dept. of Cognitive and Neural Systems
"Spatial Hearing, Auditory Sensitivity, and Pattern
Recognition in Noisy Environments"
July 20, 2001
Lisa Shatz, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Suffolk University
"The effect of hair bundle shape on
hair bundle hydrodynamics of inner ear hair cells"
July 24, 2001 -- TUESDAY! at 10:30 am
Virginia Best
Department of Physiology
University of Sydney (Australia)
"Some psychophysical experiments using continuous
virtual auditory space"
July 25, 2001 -- WEDNESDAY! at 10:30 am
Dennis Freeman, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Measuring Material Properties of the Tectorial Membrane"
July 27, 2001
Leonid Litvak
Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary
"Towards a better
speech processor for cochlear implants: Auditory nerve responses to
high rate electric pulse trains"
September 21, 2001
Richard Fay, Ph.D.
Parmly Hearing Institute
Loyola University, Chicago
"Experiments on Auditory Perception in Goldfish"
September 28, 2001
Xinya (Peter) Zhang
Graduate Research Assistant
BU Hearing Research Center
[Visitor from Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan]
"Binaural pitch -- low frequency paradox"
October 5, 2001
NO SEMINAR --- BINAURAL BASH
email for more information
October 9, 2001 --- TUESDAY --- 11:00 am
Neal Viemeister , Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota
"Psychophysical and physiological aspects of auditory temporal processing"
October 12, 2001
Srikantan Nagarajan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Utah
"Cortical representation of spectrotemporal information"
October 19, 2001
William Hartmann, Ph.D.
BU Hearing Research Center
[Visitor from Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan]
"Interaural level differences and the level-meter model"
October 25, 2001 --- THURSDAY --- 11:00 am
Neal Viemeister , Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota
"Stimulus fine structure and monaural hearing"
October 26, 2001 --- NO SEMINAR
November 2, 2001
Barry Blesser, Ph.D.
Blesser Associates
Belmont, MA
"Implications of Hearing the Space"
November 9, 2001 --- NO SEMINAR
November 16, 2001
Steve Colburn, Ph.D.
Hearing Research Center
"Interaural Time Discrimination --- Psychophysics and a little physiology"
November 23, 2001 --- NO SEMINAR --- Happy Thanksgiving
November 30, 2001, 10:30 AM
ROOM 203 OF BU PHOTONICS BUILDING (8 ST. MARY'S ST.)
Vasant Dasika
Graduate Student
Hearing Research Center
Boston University
"Data and models of binaural coincidence detector neurons: Neural basis of spatial hearing
December 7, 2001 --- OPEN
December 14, 2001, 10:30 AM
ROOM 104 OF SARGENT COLLEGE (635 COMM. AVE.)
Patrick Kanold, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School
"Auditory-somatosensory interactions in the dorsal cochlear nucleus"
December 18, 2001, 11:30 AM
(ROOM TBA)
Lucas Parra, Ph.D.
Technology Leader
Adaptive Image & Signal Processing Group
Sarnoff Corporation
"Geometric Source Separation: Merging convolutive source separation with geometric beamforming"
For listings of the past seminars for 2000 (or before), click below:
Prereq: ENG BE 401 and graduate standing; seniors with consent of instructor. Focuses on the properties of the membranes of nerve and muscle cells. Classical models of resting potentials, action potentials, synaptic transmission, and sensory receptors are treated. The structure and function of single ionic channels are characterized in detail from patch-clamp recordings, neuropharmacological studies, and molecular studies. Mechanisms of muscle contraction and other forms of cellular motility are also covered. 4 class. 2 pract. 4 cr
ENG BE 701 Auditory Signal Processing: Peripheral
Prereq: ENG BE 507, ENG EK 500. This is one in a pair of courses (ENG BE 701 and BE 702) on auditory signal processing that presents an integrated study of auditory physiology and psychophysics. Focuses on the auditory periphery and includes topics from physical acoustics to the activity of the primary auditory neurons. Psychophysical phenomena covered in this course are those that appear to be directly related to constraints imposed by the physiology of the auditory periphery. These include hearing thresholds, detection of signals in noise, intensity perception and loudness, and frequency selectivity. 4 class. 2 pract. 4 cr
ENG BE 702 Auditory Signal Processing: Central
Prereq: ENG BE 701. Focuses on the neurophysiology and neuroanatomy of the auditory brainstem, although neural activity up to cortical levels is also included. Psychophysical phenomena in this course include pitch perception, sound localization, and binaural detection phenomena. 4 class. 2 pract. 4 cr
Dept. of Cognitive and Neural Systems
CAS CN 560 Neural and computational models of hearing and speech perception
Prereq: Calculus and MATLAB skills, or permission of instructor. This course examines auditory perception with emphasis on models of human performance. Basic signal processing, probability, and anatomy and physiology of the auditory system are introduced as needed to allow students from varied backgrounds to analyze models of psychophysical performance. Topics will range from perception of simple tones to speech perception. 4 cr, 2nd sem.
Dept. of Communication Disorders
SAR CD 535 Introduction to Audiology
Attributes of sound and the mechanism of hearing pertaining to classical study of the science of audiology. Elementary physics of sound and the decibel, anatomy of the aural mechanism, essentials of hearing theory, pathologies of the auditory and related systems, basic pure tone audiometric technique. 4 cr, 1st sem.
SAR CD 542 Aural Rehabilitation
Theory and techniques of aural rehabilitation of hearing-impaired individuals of all ages and etiologies. Covers current case management strategies, traditional methods of speech reading, and auditory training. 4 cr, 1st sem.
SAR CD 630 Diagnostic Audiology
Includes both lecture and laboratory components. Learn basic principles of auditory assessment, including basic physics of sound, pure tone and speech testing, masking, impedance, and testing. 4 cr, 1st sem.
SAR CD 812 Computer Methods in Speech and Hearing Research
The uses of digital computers in speech and hearing research. Includes A/D and D/A conversion, real-time operating systems, generation of digital signals, and algorithms for sampling and analyzing speech. (Offered alternate years.) 4 cr, 2nd sem.
SAR CD 815 Speech Perception and Intelligibility
Properties of the speech waveform that convey information. Consideration of articulation theory, filtering and quantizing speech, speech quality, and effects of hearing loss on speech perception. (Offered alternate years.) 4 cr, 2nd sem.
SAR CD 820 Hearing Science I
A review of the basic technical skills needed by audiologists. Topics include acoustics, electronic instrumentation, standards and calibration procedures, and electroacoustics. (Offered alternate years.) 4 cr, 1st sem.
SAR CD 821 Hearing Science II
Focuses on the scientific basis for and implementation of specific behavioral and physiological measurement procedures. (Offered alternate years.) 4 cr, 2nd sem.
SAR CD 823 Experimental Audiology
The implications of basic auditory research for the identification, diagnosis, and rehabilitation of the hearing impaired are critically evaluated. Attempts to close the gap between the basic auditory scientist and the clinical audiologist. (Offered alternate years.) 4 cr, 1st sem.
SAR CD 825 Advanced Diagnostic Audiology
Audiological assessment involving special impedance tests, tinnitus testing, central auditory testing, electronystagmography, high-frequency audiometry, site of lesion, and other special tests. 4 cr, 1st sem.
SAR CD 829 Advanced Auditory Rehabilitation
Theory and philosophy of aural rehabilitation of hearing-impaired children and adults. Emphasis on research in lipreading and auditory training, clinical management, and therapy techniques. 4 cr
SAR CD 840 Auditory Evoked Potentials I
Principles of signal averaging, measurement of acoustic transients, and normative aspects of auditory evoked potentials. Survey of electrocochleography, brainstem auditory evoked responses, middle latency components, the late components, and the endogenous potentials. For all responses, the effects of stimulus manipulations and subject variables are examined. (Offered alternate years.) 4 cr, 1st sem.
SAR CD 841 Auditory Prostheses
Prereq: SAR CD 535. The hearing aid as a tool for habilitation and rehabilitation in the pediatric, geriatric, and general population. Includes discussions of the concepts of amplification, the selection process, ear molds and their design, cochlear implants, listening devices and applications for various special needs populations. (Offered alternate years.) 4 cr
SAR CD 842 Pathologies of the Ear
A comprehensive examination of diseases affecting the auditory system. The audiologic implications of medical diagnosis and treatment of auditory pathology. (Offered alternate years.) 4 cr, 2nd sem.
SAR CD 844 Industrial Audiology
Prereq: SAR CD 535. Implications of noise and noise exposure in environmental and industrial settings. Identification and measurement of noise levels, and effects of exposure on the auditory mechanism. Legislation and preventive measures. 4 cr
SAR CD 845 Psychoacoustics
Prereq: SAR CD 535. Fundamental concepts in normal audition. Includes several of the following: the psychophysical basis of audition, sensitivity, acuity, masking, loudness, adaptation, binaural phenomena, and localization. (Offered alternate years.) 4 cr, 2nd sem.
SAR CD 846 Biophysics of the Hearing Mechanism
Survey of entire auditory mechanism from auricle to auditory cortex. Contribution of each anatomical section to audition. Mechanics, electrophysiology, and anatomy of the auditory mechanism in detail. (Offered alternate years.) 4 cr, either sem.
SAR CD 847 Audiology: Special Needs
Assessment strategies for clinical subgroups having special needs, including geriatric, pediatric, and multiply handicapped. Emphasis on literature supporting behavioral and physiological procedures. 4 cr, 1st sem.
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Comments to : Ann Green agreen@bu.edu