Speech in Noise: From Neural Mechanisms to Smart Hearing Aids
09-11, 12:00–12:20 (Europe/Istanbul), Hearing Aids

<p>A better understanding of cortical neuroplasticity accompanying hearing loss may allow us to improve intervention and rehabilitation for patients with hearing loss. Compensation for the deleterious effects of hearing loss include recruitment of alternative brain networks during cortical processing. Our experiments suggest that early stage, mild-moderate, age-related hearing loss ranging results in significant changes in neural resource allocation, reflecting patterns of cross-modal compensation from the visual and somatosensory modalities, increased listening effort, and decreased cognitive spare capacity. Adults with untreated age-related hearing loss also show evidence of cognitive decline. Treatment with hearing aids reverse cross-modal recruitment of auditory cortex over the course of 6 months, coinciding with gains in auditory speech perception abilities, social-emotional processing and significant improvements in cognitive performance as measured by clinical tests of neurocognition. New data on results of neurocognitive changes with over-the-counter hearing aids will be discussed.</p>
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Levent Olgun
Moderator
Speaker Speaker
Ayberk Aydın Tunç
Levent Olgun
<p>I was born on 22.10.1952.Graduated Ege University at 1975.Cımpleted ENT residency at 1978.Retired at 2017.I am still working at Baskent University Zubeyde Hanim Research Center Izmir</p>
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Ayberk Aydın Tunç
<p>Ayberk Aydın Tunç is an audiology specialist and researcher specializing in neuro-otology and auditory neuroscience. He completed his undergraduate and graduate education in audiology. His research interests focus on vertigo/dizziness,tinnitus, auditory processing, neuromodulation techniques, and the integration of digital technologies into hearing healthcare.</p> <p>Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. in ORL-HNS (Neuro-Otology) at Semmelweis University in Budapest.</p>