The Medical Physics section performs interdisciplinary research in the areas Hearing and audiology.

The German Research Foundation is funding the HEARAZ (Hearable-centred Assistance: From Sensor to Participation) research training group with around 6.5 million euros, which was jointly applied for by the Universities of Oldenburg and Bremen. The programme focuses on different approaches to further developing hearing aids into so-called hearables that accompany wearers through everyday life as health assistants. Prof Dr Dr Birger Kollmeier, Head of the Department of Medical Physics at the University Medical Centre Oldenburg and spokesperson for the Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all, is a member of the scientific management team. "The HEARAZ Research Training Group benefits from the many years of excellent hearing research at the University of Oldenburg, including in the Hearing4all Cluster of Excellence, and adds a completely new perspective to this research complex. Young researchers have the opportunity to work in a very exciting field, the results of which can be used directly to support people in their everyday lives," says Prof Dr Ralph Bruder, President of the University of Oldenburg.

Full press release of the University of Oldenburg here (in German).

Further information:

• HEARAZ-Website
• DFG-Website

• Zokoll M A, Buschermöhle M, Abdulhaq N, Saleh S, Said N, Abdulhadi K, Sellami F, Hochmuth S, Kollmeier B. (2025) Applicability and Normative Data for an Arabic Matrix Sentence Test for Speech Recognition in Noise, In: Cureus 17(1): e77062. DO:I 10.7759/cureus.77062
• Feld, L., Hellmers S., Schell-Majoor L., Koschate J., Zieschang T., Kollmeier B., Hein A. (2024) Characterizing Human Walking Dynamics Across Age: A Control Engineering Approach, In: Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering 10(4), pages 236-239, DOI: 10.1515/cdbme-2024-2057
• Chen X., Hülsmeier D., Buhl M., Kollmeier B. (2024) How Does Inattention Influence the Robustness and Efficiency of Adaptive Procedures in the Context of Psychoacoustic Assessments via Smartphone? Trends in Hearing (Volume 28), published online: 19 November 2024, DOI: 10.1177/23312165241288051
• Scharf M.K., Huber R., Schulte M., Kollmeier B. (2024) Microphone calibration estimation for mobile audiological tests with resonating bottles, International Journal of Audiology, published online 12 September 2024, DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2024.2395416
• Gößwein J.A., Chalupper J., Kohl M., Kinkel M., Kollmeier B., Rennies J. (2024) Evaluation of a semi-supervised self-adjustment fine-tuning procedure for hearing aids for asymmetrical hearing loss. International Journal of Audiology, 12 pages, DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2024.2406884

• Feld L, Schell-Majoor L, Hellmers S, Koschate J, Hein A, Zieschang T, Kollmeier B. (2024) Comparison of professional and everyday wearable technology at different body positions in terms of recording gait perturbations. PLOS Digital Health 3(8), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000553

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