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Hamish Innes-Brown

Hamish Innes-Brown

Senior Research Manager

“I really hope that the credibility of science is maintained. Lately, we have experience an increase in anti-science movements, for example during the COVID-19 pandemic where a variety of conspiracy theories emerged. I do hope we will see less of such politicization of science in future.”

What is your primary work area within Eriksholm Research Centre?

I am a scientist and I primarily operate within the Eriksholm focus areas of Personalized audiology and Cognitive hearing effort compensation. I am interested in learning about how the functionality of our brain can affect our hearing and, the other way around, how improved knowledge of the brain can lead to improving the way hearing aids work.

What is your primary work area within Eriksholm Research Centre?

I am a scientist and I primarily operate within the Eriksholm focus areas of Personalized audiology and Cognitive hearing effort compensation. I am interested in learning about how the functionality of our brain can affect our hearing and, the other way around, how improved knowledge of the brain can lead to improving the way hearing aids work.

What originally triggered your interest in the hearing care field?

I have always been interested in sound and music. I played cello a lot when I was young, and it fascinated my how you can literally see the strings vibrate and move with the sound. It sparked my interest in learning more about how hearing and the brain works. I went down a more science than engineering path and I ended up witha bachelor’s degree in cognitive science and a PhD in cognitive neuroscience. I was also interested in people, and eventually, my interest steered me in the direction of medical research related to hearing.

What originally triggered your interest in the hearing care field?

I have always been interested in sound and music. I played cello a lot when I was young, and it fascinated my how you can literally see the strings vibrate and move with the sound. It sparked my interest in learning more about how hearing and the brain works. I went down a more science than engineering path and I ended up witha bachelor’s degree in cognitive science and a PhD in cognitive neuroscience. I was also interested in people, and eventually, my interest steered me in the direction of medical research related to hearing.

What brought you to Eriksholm?

Without a doubt, it was the opportunity for me to work in an applied setting. I used to work at the Bionics Institute in Melbourne. I worked on impactful projects with great people who I still count among my best colleagues and friends, However I wanted to see my work become more tangible. Over several years I met employees from different parts of Oticon and learned about Eriksholm. One day an opportunity occurred to get a scientist position there. I applied, got the position, and moved to Denmark.

What brought you to Eriksholm?

Without a doubt, it was the opportunity for me to work in an applied setting. I used to work at the Bionics Institute in Melbourne. I worked on impactful projects with great people who I still count among my best colleagues and friends, However I wanted to see my work become more tangible. Over several years I met employees from different parts of Oticon and learned about Eriksholm. One day an opportunity occurred to get a scientist position there. I applied, got the position, and moved to Denmark.

What motivates you in your job?

My own work doesn’t end up in a hearing device every year, but I am part of building knowledge that does. I collaborate with colleagues who are close to implementation, and who influence the experience people with hearing impairment have with sound, all of that motivates me a lot. I’m also motivated by the people from all the different areas of the business. I am continually impressed by how sharp and committed everyone is in this company. You are literally surrounded by knowledge, and you have direct access to all of it. Discovering things motivates me in general, but I really enjoy going to headquarters and meeting with colleagues who have the same overall mission, but have totally different experience and skills. Seeing all the things people do, for instance in quality and marketing, it is amazing.

What motivates you in your job?

My own work doesn’t end up in a hearing device every year, but I am part of building knowledge that does. I collaborate with colleagues who are close to implementation, and who influence the experience people with hearing impairment have with sound, all of that motivates me a lot. I’m also motivated by the people from all the different areas of the business. I am continually impressed by how sharp and committed everyone is in this company. You are literally surrounded by knowledge, and you have direct access to all of it. Discovering things motivates me in general, but I really enjoy going to headquarters and meeting with colleagues who have the same overall mission, but have totally different experience and skills. Seeing all the things people do, for instance in quality and marketing, it is amazing.

What do you hope to achieve in the long run?

I really do hope that some of my work will have some impact somewhere, in science or with people. It can be in relation to mentoring people, as a feature in a hearing aid, or perhaps in changing the way hearing aids are used.

What do you hope to achieve in the long run?

I really do hope that some of my work will have some impact somewhere, in science or with people. It can be in relation to mentoring people, as a feature in a hearing aid, or perhaps in changing the way hearing aids are used.

What do you do in your spare time when you’re not working at Eriksholm?

Well, as a younger family with two very active boys, most of my spare time is all about keeping the ship afloat. I don’t really spend time on any hobbies at the moment, but since we have only lived in Denmark for about four years, we try to spend as much time as possible exploring all the corners of Denmark, so our family is often on the move somewhere.

What do you do in your spare time when you’re not working at Eriksholm?

Well, as a younger family with two very active boys, most of my spare time is all about keeping the ship afloat. I don’t really spend time on any hobbies at the moment, but since we have only lived in Denmark for about four years, we try to spend as much time as possible exploring all the corners of Denmark, so our family is often on the move somewhere.

What is the most exciting scientific breakthrough or invention in your time?

To me, that is the increase in scientific collaboration. The body of scientific knowledge gets bigger, more complex and more intertwined hour by hour. That is exciting, and it means it is becoming more and more difficult to achieve anything all by yourself, and it almost impossible to catch up with where any given scientific field is at. If you need to solve multidisciplinary problems, you literally cannot do that alone any longer. You need to have teams working on individual research questions. The great thing about all of this is, that this development is an indication of the continuously increasing pace of scientific progress. That is exciting!

What is the most exciting scientific breakthrough or invention in your time?

To me, that is the increase in scientific collaboration. The body of scientific knowledge gets bigger, more complex and more intertwined hour by hour. That is exciting, and it means it is becoming more and more difficult to achieve anything all by yourself, and it almost impossible to catch up with where any given scientific field is at. If you need to solve multidisciplinary problems, you literally cannot do that alone any longer. You need to have teams working on individual research questions. The great thing about all of this is, that this development is an indication of the continuously increasing pace of scientific progress. That is exciting!

What do you hope will happen in future science?

I really hope that the credibility of science is maintained. Lately, we have experience an increase in anti-science movements, for example during the COVID-19 pandemic where a variety of conspiracy theories emerged. I do hope we will see less of such politicization of science in future.

What do you hope will happen in future science?

I really hope that the credibility of science is maintained. Lately, we have experience an increase in anti-science movements, for example during the COVID-19 pandemic where a variety of conspiracy theories emerged. I do hope we will see less of such politicization of science in future.

Publications

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Kramer, S. E., Bhuiyan, T., Bramsløw, L., Fiedler, L., Graversen, C., Hadley, L. V., Innes-Brown, H., Naylor, G., Richter, M., Saunders, G. H., Versfeld, N. J., Wendt, D., Whitmer, W. M.,  Zekveld, A. A. (2017). Innovative Hearing Aid Research on Ecological Conditions and Outcome Measures: The HEAR-ECO Project.
Weder, S., Shoushtsrian, M., Olivares, V., Innes-Brown, H., McKay, C.M. (2019). Cortical fNIRS Responses Can Be Better Explained by Loudness Percept than Sound Intensity. Journal of Speech, Ear & Hearing.
Zhou, X., Innes-Brown, H., McKay, C.M. (2019). Audio-Visual Integration in Cochlear Implant Listeners and the Effect of Age Difference. Journal of Speech
Shoushtarian, M., Weder, S., Innes-Brown, H., & McKay, C. M. (2019). Assessing hearing by measuring heartbeat: The effect of sound level. PloS One, 14(2), e0212940. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212940
Mao, D., Innes-Brown, H., Petoe, M. A., Wong, Y. T., & McKay, C. M. (2019). Fully objective hearing threshold estimation in cochlear implant users using phase-locking value growth functions. Hearing Research, 377, 24–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2019.02.013
Peng, F., McKay, C. M., Mao, D., Hou, W., Innes-Brown, H. (2019). Cortical Pitch Response Components Correlate with the Pitch Salience of Resolved and Unresolved components of Mandarin Tones [Conference Proceedings]. 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) 2019.
Innes-Brown, H. (2019). Interaural Phase Modulation Following Responses, and Possible Links to Speech Understanding in Noise [Presentation]. the Listen & Learn workshop (Macquarie University, Sydney).
Innes-Brown, H. (2019). Cognitive Hearing Aids: Neurofeedback Control, Listening Effort Reduction, and Memory Improvement [Presentation]. the Finnish Hard of Hearing Federation.
Innes-Brown, H. (2019). Hearing Assessment Using Infrared Light (fNIRS): Frontiers and Challenges [Presentation]. the DTU Hearing Systems Group Seminar.
Innes-Brown, H. (2019). Hearing and Cognition: Neurofeedback Control, Listening Effort Reduction and Memory Improvement [Presentation]. the Konference I Neurologi og Neuropædagogik.
Weder, S., Shoushtarian, M., Olivares, V., Zhou, X., Innes‐Brown, H., & McKay, C. M. (2020).Cortical fNIRS Responses Can Be Better Explained by Loudness Percept than Sound Intensity. Ear And Hearing , 41(5), 1187–1195. https://doi.org/10.1097/aud.0000000000000836
Luke, R. H., Larson, E., Shader, M. J., Innes‐Brown, H., Van Yper, L., Lee, A. K. C., Sowman, P. F., & McAlpine, D. (2021). Analysis methods for measuring passive auditory fNIRS responses generated by a block-design paradigm. Neurophotonics, 8(02). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.nph.8.2.025008
Innes-Brown, H. (2020). A Review of the Potential for fNIRS Deployed With Audiological Intent [Presentation]. The ARO 43rd Annual MidWinter Meeting.
Aličković, E., Ning Ng, E. H., Fiedler, L., Santurette, S., Innes‐Brown, H., & Graversen, C. (2021). Effects of hearing aid noise reduction on early and late cortical representations of competing talkers in noise. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.636060
Luke, R. H., Innes‐Brown, H., Undurraga, J., & McAlpine, D. (2022). Human cortical processing of interaural coherence. iScience, 25(5), 104181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104181
Carabali, C. A., Innes‐Brown, H., Luke, R. H., Riis, S., Lunner, T., & McKay, C. M. (2021). Development of an Australian behavioural method for assessing listening task difficulty at high speech intelligibility levels. International Journal of Audiology, 61(2), 166–172. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2021.1931485
Aker, S. C., Innes‐Brown, H., Faulkner, K. F., Vatti, M., & Marozeau, J. (2022). Effect of audio-tactile congruence on vibrotactile music enhancement. The Jurnal of the Acoustical Society of America/ the Jurnal of the Acoustical Society of America, 152(6), 3396–3409. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0016444
Innes-Brown, H. (2022). Cognitive Hearing Aids: Neurofeedback Control, Listening Effort Reduction and Memory Improvement [Conference presentation]. Nordic Audiological Society (NAS).

Projects

Forming and Following Auditory Objects
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Forming and Following Auditory Objects
18176,1037,18178

Cognitive Hearing Science

This project investigates how the brain represents these auditory objects and how this process is af...
This project investigates how the brain represents these auditory objects and how this process is…
EASY LISTENING: Optimizing the consequences of effortful listening in occupational settings
CURRENT
EASY LISTENING: Optimizing the Consequences of Effortful Listening in Occupational Settings
3008,1037

Cognitive Hearing Science, Personalised Audiology

The project aims to train a new generation of entrepreneurial scientists skilled in using interdisci...
The project aims to train a new generation of entrepreneurial scientists skilled in using interdisciplinary…
Optimizing Level-Dependent Auditory Brainstem Responses to continuous speech
CURRENT
Optimizing Level-Dependent Auditory Brainstem Responses to continuous speech
4335,1037,8022

Personalised Audiology

Auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) are typically obtained by averaging EEG reactions to repeated tr...
Auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) are typically obtained by averaging EEG reactions to repeated transient stimuli,…
Speech ABR: clinically-useful brainstem responses to continuous speech
CURRENT
Speech ABR: clinically-useful brainstem responses to continuous speech
14000,1037,4335

Personalised Audiology

Auditory brainstem responses are small electrical signals generated in the ‘reptilian’ early par...
Auditory brainstem responses are small electrical signals generated in the ‘reptilian’ early part of the…
Towards personalized pitch-aware hearing-aid processing 
CURRENT
Towards personalized pitch-aware hearing-aid processing 
4412,4341

Intent Decoding, Personalised Audiology

Understanding speech in the presence of interfering sound sources can be difficult for listeners aff...
Understanding speech in the presence of interfering sound sources can be difficult for listeners affected…
Neural measures of Selective Auditory Attention for Assessment of Hearing Aid Technology 
CURRENT
Neural measures of Selective Auditory Attention for Assessment of Hearing Aid Technology 
4335,3008

Cognitive Hearing Science, Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Selective auditory attention is crucial for effective speech communication and social interaction in...
Selective auditory attention is crucial for effective speech communication and social interaction in complex sound…
HearEco: Innovative Hearing Aid Research – Ecological Conditions and Outcome Measures 
FINALIZED
Hear-Eco: Innovative Hearing Aid Research – Ecological Conditions and Outcome Measures 
3008,1037

Cognitive Hearing Science

In today’s aging European population, hearing impairment is an increasing concern for public healt...
In today’s aging European population, hearing impairment is an increasing concern for public health and…
Communication for Children with Hearing Impairment
FINALIZED
Communication for Children with Hearing Impairment to optimise Language Development (COMM4CHILD) 
1037,6840,6769,6898,6910

Intent Decoding

Children with hearing impairment risk delayed language acquisition, educational achievement, socio-e...
Children with hearing impairment risk delayed language acquisition, educational achievement, socio-emotional development, and well-being. Current…
Alfi - Laboratory tests
CURRENT
Assessment of Listening-related Fatigue in Daily- Life (ALFi)
3008,1037,10303,10579,17331,17441

Cognitive Hearing Science, Personalised Audiology

Hearing loss can have significant consequences beyond a reduction in audibility. For example, greate...
Hearing loss can have significant consequences beyond a reduction in audibility. For example, greater levels…
Mapping the curve of communication breakdowns during conversations in noise
Current
Mapping the curve of communication breakdowns during conversations in noise
4415,6493,18220,18222

Personalised Audiology

This project aims to determine the curve of communication breakdowns for hearing aid wearers and the...
This project aims to determine the curve of communication breakdowns for hearing aid wearers and…
Forming and Following Auditory Objects
Current
Forming and Following Auditory Objects
18176,1037,18178

Cognitive Hearing Science

This project investigates how the brain represents these auditory objects and how this process is af...
This project investigates how the brain represents these auditory objects and how this process is…
EASY LISTENING: Optimizing the consequences of effortful listening in occupational settings
CURRENT
EASY LISTENING: Optimizing the Consequences of Effortful Listening in Occupational Settings
3008,1037

Cognitive Hearing Science, Personalised Audiology

The project aims to train a new generation of entrepreneurial scientists skilled in using interdisci...
The project aims to train a new generation of entrepreneurial scientists skilled in using interdisciplinary…
Forming and Following Auditory Objects
Current
Forming and Following Auditory Objects
18176,1037,18178

Cognitive Hearing Science

This project investigates how the brain represents these auditory objects and how this process is af...
This project investigates how the brain represents these auditory objects and how this process is…
EASY LISTENING: Optimizing the consequences of effortful listening in occupational settings
CURRENT
EASY LISTENING: Optimizing the Consequences of Effortful Listening in Occupational Settings
3008,1037

Cognitive Hearing Science, Personalised Audiology

The project aims to train a new generation of entrepreneurial scientists skilled in using interdisci...
The project aims to train a new generation of entrepreneurial scientists skilled in using interdisciplinary…
Optimizing Level-Dependent Auditory Brainstem Responses to continuous speech
CURRENT
Optimizing Level-Dependent Auditory Brainstem Responses to continuous speech
4335,1037,8022

Personalised Audiology

Auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) are typically obtained by averaging EEG reactions to repeated tr...
Auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) are typically obtained by averaging EEG reactions to repeated transient stimuli,…
Speech ABR: clinically-useful brainstem responses to continuous speech
CURRENT
Speech ABR: clinically-useful brainstem responses to continuous speech
14000,1037,4335

Personalised Audiology

Auditory brainstem responses are small electrical signals generated in the ‘reptilian’ early par...
Auditory brainstem responses are small electrical signals generated in the ‘reptilian’ early part of the…
Towards personalized pitch-aware hearing-aid processing 
CURRENT
Towards personalized pitch-aware hearing-aid processing 
4412,4341

Intent Decoding, Personalised Audiology

Understanding speech in the presence of interfering sound sources can be difficult for listeners aff...
Understanding speech in the presence of interfering sound sources can be difficult for listeners affected…
Neural measures of Selective Auditory Attention for Assessment of Hearing Aid Technology 
CURRENT
Neural measures of Selective Auditory Attention for Assessment of Hearing Aid Technology 
4335,3008

Cognitive Hearing Science, Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Selective auditory attention is crucial for effective speech communication and social interaction in...
Selective auditory attention is crucial for effective speech communication and social interaction in complex sound…
HearEco: Innovative Hearing Aid Research – Ecological Conditions and Outcome Measures 
FINALIZED
Hear-Eco: Innovative Hearing Aid Research – Ecological Conditions and Outcome Measures 
3008,1037

Cognitive Hearing Science

In today’s aging European population, hearing impairment is an increasing concern for public healt...
In today’s aging European population, hearing impairment is an increasing concern for public health and…
Communication for Children with Hearing Impairment
FINALIZED
Communication for Children with Hearing Impairment to optimise Language Development (COMM4CHILD) 
1037,6840,6769,6898,6910

Intent Decoding

Children with hearing impairment risk delayed language acquisition, educational achievement, socio-e...
Children with hearing impairment risk delayed language acquisition, educational achievement, socio-emotional development, and well-being. Current…
Alfi - Laboratory tests
CURRENT
Assessment of Listening-related Fatigue in Daily- Life (ALFi)
3008,1037,10303,10579,17331,17441

Cognitive Hearing Science, Personalised Audiology

Hearing loss can have significant consequences beyond a reduction in audibility. For example, greate...
Hearing loss can have significant consequences beyond a reduction in audibility. For example, greater levels…

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