BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16774-0d1dc1646bdd0d776c7e66e3dc677483@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260515T103658Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241115T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241115T103000 SUMMARY:Matthew Winn, University of Minnesota DESCRIPTION:“Measuring the Invisible Effort of Listening with a Cochlear Implant”\n\nFor people with hearing loss\, the effort of listening to s peech can have a significant impact on quality of life that goes overloo ked in clinical evaluations and scientific experiments. In this talk\, M atthew Winn will focus on the ways that we can measure and explain momen tary changes in listening effort and listening strategy using measuremen ts of pupil dilation and microsaccades. We are particularly interested i n the differences in effort that result from using a cochlear implant. A cross a series of studies\, four takeaway messages emerge: (1) accuracy scores don’t give an adequate picture of listening effort\, (2) the effo rt from one moment carries forward to impair perception of later words\, (3) increased effort is not detectable in the voice of the listener as they give verbal responses\, and (4) listeners with cochlear implants sp read effort across situations where it is less needed\, which might expl ain their reports of elevated fatigue. These results underscore the valu e of measuring strategy\, inference\, reaction\, and planning\, opening up the door for improved theoretical models and new approaches to clinic al management.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/dr-m atthew-winn-phd-university-of-minnesota/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

“Measuring the Invisible Effort of Listening with a Cochlear Implant”

For peopl e with hearing loss, the effort of listening to speech can have a signif icant impact on quality of life that goes overlooked in clinical evaluat ions and scientific experiments. In this talk, Matthew Winn will focus o n the ways that we can measure and explain momentary changes in listenin g effort and listening strategy using measurements of pupil dilation and microsaccades. We are particularly interested in the differences in eff ort that result from using a cochlear implant. Across a series of studie s, four takeaway messages emerge: (1) accuracy scores don’t give an adeq uate picture of listening effort, (2) the effort from one moment carries forward to impair perception of later words, (3) increased effort is no t detectable in the voice of the listener as they give verbal responses, and (4) listeners with cochlear implants spread effort across situation s where it is less needed, which might explain their reports of elevated fatigue. These results underscore the value of measuring strategy, infe rence, reaction, and planning, opening up the door for improved theoreti cal models and new approaches to clinical management.

For more det ails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/dr-matthew-winn-phd -university-of-minnesota/

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