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2024/11/07 | People | Surgical technologies

PhD Defense: András Balint Explores Brain Activation Patterns to Enhance Speech Understanding with Cochlear Implants

On November 7, 2024, András Balint successfully defended his PhD thesis, titled "How Patterns of Brain Activation Predict Speech Understanding". András’s work lays the groundwork for developing solutions in cochlear implant therapy, including better preoperative planning, improved postoperative rehabilitation and improved quality of life for individuals with hearing loss. Congratulations to Dr. András Balint for his outstanding contributions to advancing cochlear implant research!

Publications:

A. Bálint, W. Wimmer, M. Caversaccio, C. Rummel, S. Weder
Brain Activation Patterns in Normal Hearing Adults: An fNIRS Study Using an Adapted Clinical Speech Comprehension Task. Hearing Research (2024): 109155, doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2024.109155

A. Bálint, C. Rummel, M. Caversaccio, S. Weder
Three-dimensional infrared scanning: an enhanced approach for spatial registration of probes for neuroimaging. Neurophotonics, vol. 11, no. 2, Art. no. 2, Apr. 2024, doi:10.1117/1.NPh.11.2.024309.

A. Bálint, W. Wimmer, C. Rummel, M. Caversaccio, S. Weder
Neural Correlates of Speech Comprehension in Normal Hearing Individuals and Cochlear Implant Users - An fNIRS Study in Quiet and Noisy Environments. In Proceedings of the 2024 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC)

A. Bálint, W. Wimmer, M. Caversaccio, S. Weder
Neural Activity During Audiovisual Speech Processing: Protocol For a Functional Neuroimaging Study. JMIR Res. Protoc., vol. 11, no. 6, Art. no. 6, Jun. 2022, doi: 10.2196/38407.