Researchers are exploring different ways to improve how cochlear implant users perceive speech and music in noisy environments.
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Post-Graduate Researcher in Tactile Neuroscience, University of Southampton
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Research Fellow in Auditory Neuroscience, University of Southampton
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Laureate Professor Emeritus University of Melbourne & Distinguished Professor at NICTA, The University of Melbourne
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William Gibson Chair of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne
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Executive Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science and Director of the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong
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Ph.D. Candidate in Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University
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Professor of Deaf Education, University of Tennessee
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District School Administrator and PhD Student in Deaf Education, University of Tennessee
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Postdoctoral Researcher of Language and Literacy, University of Tennessee
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Professor of Otology and Neurotology, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, James S. and Dyan Pignatelli Clinical Chair in Audiologic Rehabilitation for Adults, University of Arizona
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Senior University Lecturer, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Otology and Consultant ENT Surgeon, University of Nottingham
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VC Postdoctoral Fellow, RMIT University
