About us

Eriksholm Research Centre is part of Oticon, a world leader in hearing care. We share the same philosophy that people are our main source of insights. Therefore, we are committed to making audiological discoveries with the potential to significantly enhance end-user benefits in future hearing care.

At Eriksholm Research Centre we strive to identify means of improving the listening experience for people using hearing solutions. We do this by exploring how the brain processes sound and by uncovering parameters which determine the individual’s listening experience.

We engage in close collaborations with world leading academic research institutions. By bringing experts together, we are able to create mutually beneficial research synergies and open up new lines of inquiry in the broader research community.

By engaging in continuous dialogue with a large number of people living with hearing loss and the care professionals dedicated to helping them, we are able to maintain a deep understanding of the real-life implications of hearing loss and gauge the impact of our ideas with real people in their everyday lives.

The result is a team of multi-disciplinary staff able to identify and demonstrate new opportunities within audiology, signal processing and behavioral science.

History

Eriksholm Research Centre was established in 1976 with the purpose of physically detaching a handful of engineers from the shorter-term, product-based research in Oticon’s research and development department and allow them the opportunity to do longer-term and more basic research at a separate location for potential, later application in hearing solutions.

Today more than 40 scientists do research within three different, but still closely connected areas: Personalized audiology, Cognitive hearing effort compensation, and Intent controlled hearing technologies. We have four designated laboratories, two clinics for hearing-rehabilitation of our more than 300 test subjects, and an auditorium for dissemination of our findings.

Partnered with

Partner with Eriksholm

At Eriksholm Research Centre we are always on the look-out for opportunities to collaborate with experienced talents from elsewhere in international academia. Perhaps you have an idea for a pioneering project where one or more of our scientists would be a great match?

Or perhaps you would like to join our scientific team a principal scientist or fellow. Either way, if you are a recognized scientist within one or more of Eriksholm’s scientific focus areas, we invite you to reach out.

Our team

Loading...

Cora Jirschik Caron

Scientist

“In the long run, I hope to contribute to advancements in hearing care that make interventions more personalized and accessible. My aim is to bridge the gap between cognitive science and practical applications in hearing technology.”

Johannes Zaar

Senior Scientist

“I hope there will be a scientific breakthrough to significantly help us counteract climate change.”

Emina Alickovic

Principal Scientist

“I hope we find a cure against cancer.”

Lars Bramsløw

Principal Scientist

“I think I look at this from a very global perspective. I hope science can provide a better quality of life for all of us. I just hope that we can control it, with all this talk about artificial intelligence and machine learning. And I hope we can reach our goals in a way that is ethical and sustainable. I do not subscribe to an idea of a singular science, such as self-driving cars saving the world. It will have to be a mix of many different efforts in different industries.”

Loading...

James Michael Harte

Senior Director

“I hope to see a future where there is a convergence of biological science and engineering in hearing health. I hope that combination therapies between regenerative approaches and hearing aid treatment can help to mitigate the weaknesses of either alone.”

Helia Relaño Iborra