The Texas Auditory Neuroscience (TexAN) Lab is housed in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences in the Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin. Research in the TexAN Lab examines brain processes involved in listening in noisy environments and how these processes change across the lifespan or as a consequence of hearing loss. To study this topic, we use a combination of behavioral and objective tests of auditory function. For more information on current research and our collaborators, please visit our Research page.
ARO 2022 Podium
Members of the TexAN Lab virtually attended the 45th Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter meeting to present their research on how perceptual shifts from non-speech to speech enhance subcortical auditory processing.
ASA 2021 Podium
Members of the TexAN Lab recently traveled to the 181st Acoustical Society of America conference in Seattle to present two research projects on neural indices of spatial listening and bimodal hearing, respectively. These presentations explored how attention modulates how spatial information is coded in the brain and how simulated bimodal (cochlear implant in one ear, hearing aid in the other) signals are neurally represented.
ASA 2021 Poster Presentation
Members of the TexAN Lab recently traveled to the 181st Acoustical Society of America conference in Seattle to present two research projects on neural indices of spatial listening and bimodal hearing, respectively. These presentations explored how attention modulates how spatial information is coded in the brain and how simulated bimodal (cochlear implant in one ear, hearing aid in the other) signals are neurally represented.
ASA 2020 Poster Presentation
Members of the TexAN Lab recently traveled to the Acoustical Society of America and Association for Research in Otolaryngology conferences to present their research on binaural hearing. These presentations described methods for quickly assessing the brain’s ability to detect subtle timing differences between right and left ears. The outcomes of this work are an important step forward in developing clinical tests of binaural hearing.