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October 30, 2020

In the largest clinical trial of its kind, CATSS member Professor Hubert Lim and his team showed that combining sound and electrical stimulation of the tongue can significantly reduce tinnitus, commonly described as “ringing in the ears.” They also found that therapeutic effects can be sustained for up to 12 months post-treatment...


August 25, 2020

Bitbrain is planning to sponsor several research projects in the upcoming school year with free equipment. This is a 2-year sponsorship, with a relatively easy application process...


August 14, 2020

A number of studies have suggested that intensive musical training is related to better perception and neural coding of sound. Published musician advantages range from enhanced speech perception in crowded environments to enhanced representation of a sound’s frequency in the brainstem. Researchers in CATSS...


June 01, 2020

We’re all working from home. Laboratory research in CATSS, and at the University at large, has ground to a halt. So how is your research lab functioning during the pandemic?

We’d love to hear your strategies and ways of coping to keep your research pursuits alive. Email [email protected] and fill us in! ...


July 01, 2020

Jordan Beim, CATSS/MSP lab coordinator, has been working on developing a solution for conducting auditory psychophysics online using MATLAB...


February 27, 2020

Congratulations to Gordon Legge, PhD, professor in the Department of Psychology, for receiving the 2019-2020 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education...


February 15, 2020

A team of researchers in the Human Sensorimotor Control Laboratory of Juergen Konczak showed recently that applying vibration to the skin above the voice box (Adam’s apple) can improve the voice quality in SD within 30 minutes of stimulation...

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