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Gesund durch die Lebensmitte · Jetzt die richtigen Weichen stellen (Staying healthy through mid-life · Setting the right course now) (22 October 2026 – Quarks – WDR) 

Whilst we cannot turn back the clock, we can turn back our biological age! In just a few months, we can encourage our bodies to slow down or even reverse the ageing process. Midlife is particularly crucial for a long and healthy life. Quarks explains which measures really make a difference in midlife. And how cognitive reserve ensures that we stay mentally fit for a long time – and can even prevent dementia.

https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/quarks/gesund-durch-die-lebensmitte-jetzt-die-richtigen-weichen-stellen/wdr/Y3JpZDovL3dkci5kZS9CZWl0cmFnLXNvcGhvcmEtYWYzNTdjMzItY2ZkMS00N2M0LWJmZDgtNTZlZDcyNWVhNTdm

Further news (in German) can be found here.

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

• Scharf M.K., Warzybok A., Wong L.L.N., Chen F., Kollmeier B., (2026) Spectro-temporal vs. spectral features to predict the lombard gain in Mandarin Chinese. In: PLoS One 21(8), 17 pages. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0356236
• Xu C., Schell-Majoor L., Kollmeier B. (2026) Test–Retest Reliability and Preliminary Validation of Smartphone-Based Threshold and Categorical loudness Measures in Home Settings. In: Trends in Hearing Volume 30, 19 pages. DOI: 10.1177/23312165261471286
• Schwarz T., Schell-Majoor L., Saak S., Bruns T., Kollmeier B. (2026) Remote Matrix Sentence Test on Uncalibrated Consumer Devices: Test–Retest Reliability and Laboratory Agreement in Normal Hearing. In: Trends in Hearing Volume 30, 12 pages. DOI: 10.1177/23312165261469957
• Hauth C., Brand T. (2026) Adapting the EC model to the frequency dependency of binaural masking level differences – Is this relevant for speech in noise? In: Acta Acustica 2026, 10, 38, 11 pages. DOI: 10.1051/aacus/2026038 

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