[info] Two fully-supported PhD positions in collaboration with Eriksholm Research Center (Oticon) and Oticon Medical.

[Ignatius S. Condro Atmawan B.]

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Date:   Tue, 17 Mar 2020 11:04:25 +0000
From:   Hamish Innes-Brown (HAIN) <ha...@ERIKSHOLM.COM>

 

I’m advertising two PhD positions that are up for grabs.  Both are part
of the EU consortium COMM4CHILD (http://comm4child.ulb.be/), which is
recruiting 15 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) broadly looking at
optimizing communication skills and social inclusion for children with
hearing impairments.

 

*/Eriskholm Research Center/*(part of Oticon) and */Oticon Medical/* are
hosting two of the 15 ESRs. Both will be based mainly in Denmark, with
secondments planned to other partners through the project. Funding for
both positions is for 3 years, starting sometime between June and
December 2020.

 

 

*_ESR4 (hosted by Eriksholm Research Center) _*

*Job description:*This position offers the exciting potential to
complete a PhD at an industrial research centre as part of a large
EU-funded Innovative Training Network. As part of this project you will
use fNIRS (a light-based functional brain imaging technique) to
investigate how the brains of cochlear implant users adapt to
auditory-tactile stimulation, and how the strength and speed of this
adaptation relate to speech understanding outcomes.

*Requested expertise*: You should have a scientific mindset, be driven
by a desire to understand complex systems, and have a background in
cognitive psychology, audiology or cognitive hearing science. Candidates
with a biomedical or electrical and electronic engineering background
will also be considered. You should be proficient with
cognitive/audiology laboratory testing paradigms and software (e.g.
Matlab, R). Knowledge or experience using fNIRS, fMRI, or EEG would be
an advantage.

*For more details and instructions on how to apply*:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/comm4child_esr4-activity-6643884873616551937-bdtc

 

 

*_ESR8 (hosted by Oticon Medical)_*

*Job description:*This position revolves around auditory and cognitive
testing paradigms meant to elucidate how the interplay of audibility,
cognitive, and motivational factors affects vocabulary learning in
school-aged, pre-lingually deaf children with cochlear implants.

*Requested expertise:*Candidates should have a background in audiology,
cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, cognitive science, or
other relevant disciplines at the time when the PhD contract begins.
Significant experience with experimental clinical science is highly
recommended, and proficiency with statistical methods and tools is a
substantial asset (e.g. Matlab, Python, R, SPSS, etc.). Candidates
should have an interest in CI technology and the relevance of its
fundamental working principle for the development of learning abilities
and general cognitive skills in children in general. Finally, candidates
should demonstrate great motivation and a desire to excel in research
dissemination.

*For more details and instructions on how to apply*:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/comm4child_esr8-activity-6645270245344894976-P2La/

 

 

 

Hamish Innes-Brown

Senior Scientist, PhD, BCogSci

 

*Eriksholm Research Centre
*Rørtangvej 20
3070 Snekkersten
Denmark
e:  HA...@eriksholm.com <mailto:HA...@eriksholm.com>

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/Eriksholm pursues audiological discoveries with the potential to
significantly enhance end-user benefits in future hearing care. /

/We work in close collaboration with academic research institutions,
clinicians and end-users, and being part of Oticon ensures that our
scientific insights are applied in solutions that empower people with
hearing loss./

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