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At ORCA Labs, we do research on life with hearing loss and apply our knowledge to improve solutions
About ORCA Labs The Scientific Institute of WS Audiology
Hearing is not solved
There’s a need for more knowledge and understanding.
Our research plays a vital role in the link between understanding life with hearing loss and developing state-of-the-art technology that tackles these challenges.
This month In Focus
SPIN 2026: Invited talk on miscommunication in group conversation
In our latest analysis of the content of conversations between two normal-hearing participants and one hearing-impaired participant, we have found that although hearing-impaired talkers have more instances of misunderstanding and asking for clarifications, the hearing-aid signal processing the hearing-impaired talkers experience had a surprising impact on how many miscommunications their normal-hearing conversation partners had. These results, and the conversational behavior underlying them, will be presented at an invited talk at the Speech-In-Noise workshop held in Paris in January 2026.
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Latest posters
ORCA Labs researchers are present at the most important audiology conferences in the world. Sometimes we do talks, sometimes we present posters. Visit our latest posters below.
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Research areas
Our research is organized into four research areas. Click and explore the problems we address, the questions we ask, and the answers we found.
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