ARCHES (Audiological Research Cores in Europe) is a European network of research groups focusing on hearing science, with the aim to stimulate networking, interaction, and scientific collaboration between researchers in the auditory field. The network currently consists of 8 member institutions in 7 different countries:

[BE] Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium)
Division of Experimental Otorhinolaryngology
Department of Neurosciences 
Contact: Astrid van Wieringen, Jan Wouters
Lab website

[CH] University Hospital Zürich (Zürich, Switzerland)  
Laboratory of Experimental Audiology
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Contact: Norbert Dillier
Lab website

[DE] Carl von Ossietzky Universität (Oldenburg, Germany)
+ Hörzentrum Oldenburg
Medical Physics Section
Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics
Contact: Birger Kollmeier
Lab website

[DK] Technical University of Denmark (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark) 
Centre for Applied Hearing Research
Department of Electrical Engineering 
Contact: Torsten Dau
Lab website 

 
[FR] Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris, France) + 
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 
Laboratoire des Systèmes Perceptifs
Institut d'Etude de la Cognition
Contact: Christian Lorenzi
Lab website

[NL] Academic Medical Center (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 
Department of Clinical and Experimental Audiology 
Contact: Wouter Dreschler
Lab website

[NL] VU University Medical Center (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Contact: Joost Festen
 

[UK] Nottingham University (Nottingham, United Kingdom) 
MRC Institute of Hearing Research
Contact: Dave Moore
Lab website