Maddox Lab @ UM
Auditory Neuroscience & Hearing Research
Kresge Hearing Research Institute • University of Michigan
About us
We investigate how the human auditory system processes complex sounds, from the brainstem to the cortex. Using techniques including EEG, psychophysics, and computational modeling, we study selective attention, subcortical auditory processing, and hearing in challenging environments.
We are part of the Kresge Hearing Research Institute in the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Research Areas
Fast hearing diagnosis with the parallel ABR
An infant being tested for hearing loss has only as long as their nap. The diagnostic auditory brainstem response (ABR)—the standard test of an infant's hearing—is traditionally measured one frequency,...
How the brain encodes natural sounds
Listening in the real world means picking up a single voice in a crowded room, following a melody over a distant hum, or catching a friend's name on a noisy...
How the visual system shapes hearing
Watching a talker's face helps you understand them in a noisy room. The reason for this is partly obvious—lip-reading conveys phonetic information that the auditory signal alone may not—but the...