On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we shine the spotlight on four key women within the MOSAICS project. Despite their different backgrounds and levels of experience within the world of research, they share a strong passion for science and the dedication to helping others, which drive their work towards improving treatment for … Read more
The past couple of months I spent quite some time in the lab in Nijmegen in the Netherlands as part of my secondment at Radboud University. There I tested 20 normal hearing subjects, looking at how they experience and perform in different listening situations. Testing patients in the lab is one of my favourite parts of … Read more
Coming from South Africa and having no prior experience of traveling within the Netherlands or Europe as a whole, I really looked forward to my secondment experiences. The plan was to spend one month at the VUmc in Amsterdam to gain knowledge and skills in measuring listening effort and one month at the Ida Institute … Read more
Sharing and being open about scientific findings is fundamental for all researchers. Conferences are an ideal place to engage in discussions with people who are passionate about their research. Through these conferences, the ESRs have been able to share their research with the scientific community. Although most of them were held online, changing in many … Read more
We’re delighted to share that Nikki Tromp (ESR 3) was recently interviewed for the European Research Showcase as part of European Researchers Night. Watch Nikki’s interview to learn more about her research and the importance of the MOSAICS project. Curious about what other exciting research is taking place across Europe? Head over to @ERNIntersection on … Read more
Four ESRs in the MOSAICS project, and four “Meet the ESRs” posts. And since last time was about ESR 3: Nikki Tromp, is it really a surprise who this post is going to be about? That’s right, this is about ESR 4: Enrico Migliorini, who is looking into Artificial Intelligence and its role into innovating the fitting … Read more
Recently, ESR 3: Nikki Tromp, has kicked off an online survey study that looks at how audiologists and speech/ rehabilitation therapists working with adult CI users think about post-operative outcomes. Given certain pre- and post-operative information, the survey aims to explore how accurately these clinicians are able to predict one-year post-operative outcomes in adult CI … Read more
Another month, another ESR to meet. After we talked about Ignacio and Loes, you probably are familiar enough with the project that you don’t feel the need for any further introduction. And yet I have written one. Now is time to introduce ESR 3: Nikki Tromp, who is looking into Societal benefits of CI-specific rehabilitation … Read more
If you read our post from last month, where we learned something about Ignacio, you already know that it’s been a year since all ESRs started their projects, and we are celebrating by giving them the opportunity to talk a bit about themselves and their work. And if you hadn’t read it, isn’t it convenient … Read more
If you’ve been avidly following the progress of MOSAICS, you may have realised that it’s now been already a year since all ESRs started their projects. What a perfect anniversary to launch a short news post series: Meet the ESRs. Starting today and over the next four months you can look forward to reading an … Read more