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Sergi Rotger Griful

Sergi Rotger Griful

Senior Research Manager

“I think technology will become better at ‘reading people’s minds’. An example could be writing on your pc just by shaping the sentences in your mind. It is going to be exciting, there will come a lot of ethical dilemmas, but from a scientific point of view, I find the prospects exciting. For comparison, it is really interesting to see, how Ear-EEG (putting electrodes in and around the ear), which we have been working with for many years, is now popping up in tiny ear-pieces everywhere, for monitoring for example sleep patterns and stress level.”

What is your primary work area within Eriksholm Research Centre?

As a Senior Research Manager, my focus is to support the professional growth and well-being of the scientists, research audiologists, and student assistants in my team here at Eriksholm. I work to foster a research environment that aligns closely with Oticon’s and Eriksholm’s strategy, ensuring our team is well-supported and engaged. While my primary role is in line management, I stay involved in a few research projects to keep me connected to the field and up to date on the latest developments, though now with a more strategic perspective.

What is your primary work area within Eriksholm Research Centre?

As a Senior Research Manager, my focus is to support the professional growth and well-being of the scientists, research audiologists, and student assistants in my team here at Eriksholm. I work to foster a research environment that aligns closely with Oticon’s and Eriksholm’s strategy, ensuring our team is well-supported and engaged. While my primary role is in line management, I stay involved in a few research projects to keep me connected to the field and up to date on the latest developments, though now with a more strategic perspective.

What originally triggered you interest in the hearing care field?

I am originally an electrical engineer and I hold a PhD in computer engineering within sensor technology. In my PhD thesis I used sensor technology to try to nudge people to change their behavior around energy usage at home in their households. When I finalized that project, I had become very interested in doing research in an industry setting and I chose to work within the area of health. I found that Eriksholm offered the perfect conditions for doing translational research, so my way into hearing care was actually Eriksholm.

What originally triggered you interest in the hearing care field?

I am originally an electrical engineer and I hold a PhD in computer engineering within sensor technology. In my PhD thesis I used sensor technology to try to nudge people to change their behavior around energy usage at home in their households. When I finalized that project, I had become very interested in doing research in an industry setting and I chose to work within the area of health. I found that Eriksholm offered the perfect conditions for doing translational research, so my way into hearing care was actually Eriksholm.

What motivates you in your job?

Basically, I find myself to be intrinsically motivated by most of what I do. As a scientist, what I really appreciate here at Eriksholm is that we are all working towards the same end goal, to impact the lives of people with hearing impairment. I strive to do research that impacts them. In addition to that, I really appreciate the flexibility and the freedom we have here at Eriksholm to make independent decisions within the framework of our governance.

What motivates you in your job?

Basically, I find myself to be intrinsically motivated by most of what I do. As a scientist, what I really appreciate here at Eriksholm is that we are all working towards the same end goal, to impact the lives of people with hearing impairment. I strive to do research that impacts them. In addition to that, I really appreciate the flexibility and the freedom we have here at Eriksholm to make independent decisions within the framework of our governance.

What do you hope to achieve in the long run?

When wearing my scientist hat, I hope to one day be able to find technology available to everyone, based on scientific findings that I have contributed to. It would be very rewarding for me to experience that I actually made a footprint in real life which people with hearing loss can benefit from.

What do you hope to achieve in the long run?

When wearing my scientist hat, I hope to one day be able to find technology available to everyone, based on scientific findings that I have contributed to. It would be very rewarding for me to experience that I actually made a footprint in real life which people with hearing loss can benefit from.

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

Well, with two small kids, I don’t really have problems finding things to do with my spare time. I am from Spain and my wife is from Italy, so we do prioritize exposing our children to Catalan and Italian communities. On Friday afternoons we often go to an organized Catalan get-together for families, and once a month we attend a similar, but privately organized Italian event.

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

Well, with two small kids, I don’t really have problems finding things to do with my spare time. I am from Spain and my wife is from Italy, so we do prioritize exposing our children to Catalan and Italian communities. On Friday afternoons we often go to an organized Catalan get-together for families, and once a month we attend a similar, but privately organized Italian event.

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

To me, that has to be the invention of the smartphone. It became available just as I started at the university, and the concept of not needing a computer was a revolution. Suddenly, I had everything I needed from, pdf-documents to timetables, right there in the palm of my hand. Smartphones have enabled a lot of people in developing countries to become connected to the world. To me innovation and science make sense when they come together and end up making a positive difference in people’s lives.

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

To me, that has to be the invention of the smartphone. It became available just as I started at the university, and the concept of not needing a computer was a revolution. Suddenly, I had everything I needed from, pdf-documents to timetables, right there in the palm of my hand. Smartphones have enabled a lot of people in developing countries to become connected to the world. To me innovation and science make sense when they come together and end up making a positive difference in people’s lives.

What do you hope will happen in future science?

I think technology will become better at ‘reading people’s minds’. An example could be writing on your pc just by shaping the sentences in your mind. It is going to be exciting, there will come a lot of ethical dilemmas, but from a scientific point of view, I find the prospects exciting. For comparison, it is really interesting to see, how Ear-EEG (putting electrodes in and around the ear), which we have been working with for many years, is now popping up in tiny ear-pieces everywhere, for monitoring for example sleep patterns and stress level.

What do you hope will happen in future science?

I think technology will become better at ‘reading people’s minds’. An example could be writing on your pc just by shaping the sentences in your mind. It is going to be exciting, there will come a lot of ethical dilemmas, but from a scientific point of view, I find the prospects exciting. For comparison, it is really interesting to see, how Ear-EEG (putting electrodes in and around the ear), which we have been working with for many years, is now popping up in tiny ear-pieces everywhere, for monitoring for example sleep patterns and stress level.

Publications

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Bilert, S. P., Hjortkjær, J., Alickovic, E., Shiell, M. M., Rotger-Griful, S., Zaar, J. (2021). Neural speech processing during selective listening in an audio-visual monologue vs. dialogue paradigm [Poster]. ARO 2021.
Kanstrup, A.M., Rotger-Griful, S., Laplante-Lévesque, Cleveland., Nielsen, A. (2017). Designing Connections for Hearing Rehabilitation: Exploring Future Client Journeys with Elderly Hearing Aid Users, Relatives and Healthcare Providers [Conference Proceedings]. the 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, pp. 1153-1163
Kanstrup, A.M., Rotger-Griful, S., Cleveland, Nielsen. A., Laplante-Lévesque, A. (2017). Designing Connections for Hearing Rehabilitation: Exploring Future Client Journeys with Elderly Hearing Aid Users, Relatives and Healthcare Providers [Conference Proceedings]. the 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, pp. 1153-1163
Cleveland, Nielsen, A., Rotger-Griful, S., Kanstrup, A.M., Laplante-Lévesque, A. (2017). User innovated eHealth solutions for service delivery to elderly persons with hearing impairment. Third International Meeting on Internet & Audiology, Louisville, USA, 27–28 July 2017.
Nielsen, A. C., Rotger-Griful, S., Kanstrup, A. M., & Laplante-Lévesque, A. (2018). User-Innovated eHealth solutions for service delivery to older persons with hearing impairment. American Journal of Audiology, 27(3S), 403–416. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_aja-imia3-18-0009
Favre-Félix, A., Graversen, C., Bhuiyan, T. A., Skoglund, M. A., Rotger-Griful, S., Rank, M. L., Dau, T., & Lunner, T. (2019). Absolute eye gaze estimation with biosensors in hearing aids. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.01294
Rotger, griful, S. (2019). Cognitive Control of a Hearing Aid [Presentation]. the International Hearing Instruments Developer Forum 2019.
Hietkamp, R. K., Rotger-Griful, S., Brøndum, Lange, S., Graversen, C., Bhuyian, T., Favre-Félix, A., Lunner, T. (2019). Eye Gaze Steering Works Miracles for Hearing Aid Users in Noisy Environments [Poster]. the 11th Speech in Noise Workshop January 10-11, 2019.
Skoglund, M. A., Balzi, G., Jensen, E. L., Bhuiyan, T. A., & Rotger-Griful, S. (2021). Activity tracking using Ear-Level accelerometers. Frontiers in Digital Health, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2021.724714
Skoglund, M. A., Andersen, M. R., Shiell, M. M., Keidser, G., Rank, M. L., & Rotger-Griful, S. (2022). Comparing in-ear EOG for Eye-Movement Estimation with Eye-Tracking: Accuracy, calibration, and speech comprehension. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.873201
Rotger-Griful, S. (2022). Comparing In-Ear EOG for Eye-Movement Estimation with Eye-Tracking: Accuracy, Calibration, and Speech Comprehension [Conference presentation]. IHCON.
Rotger-Griful, S., Shiell, M. M., Skoglund, M. A., Keidser, G., Zaar, J. (2022). Eye-Gaze Behaviour of Hearing-Impaired Listeners in Conversational Turn-Taking [Conference poster]. IHCON.
Hosseinabadi, S. A., Keidser, G., Dau, T., Rotger-Griful, S. (2022, June 12-15). Speech, behavioral and physiological response mesures to concider for a new outcome measure on real-life communication difficulty [Conference poster]. 6th International Conference on Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication(CHSCOM), Linkoping,Sweden.

Projects

Communication Difficulty in Everyday Conversation
CURRENT
Communication Difficulty in Everyday Conversation
4415

Cognitive Hearing Science, Personalised Audiology

In this project we aim to study how behavior in hearing impaired participants as well as their inter...
In this project we aim to study how behavior in hearing impaired participants as well…
Attention decoding in real-world listening
FINALIZED
Attention decoding in real-world listening
4341,4415

Intent Decoding, Cognitive Hearing Science, Personalised Audiology

When attending speech, a listener’s brain activity tracks the characteristics of the speech signal...
When attending speech, a listener’s brain activity tracks the characteristics of the speech signal. The…
Eye Gaze Behavior when Following Conversations
FINALIZED
Eye Gaze Behavior when Following Conversations
4403,4415

Intent Decoding, Cognitive Hearing Science, Personalised Audiology

This work was inspired by the observation that most research on eye gaze and speech has focused on b...
This work was inspired by the observation that most research on eye gaze and speech…
Cognitive Control of a Hearing Aid (COCOHA) 
FINALIZED
Cognitive Control of a Hearing Aid (COCOHA) 
4415

Intent Decoding

If a hearing aid can decode what sound source the user wishes to attend, it will be possible to cont...
If a hearing aid can decode what sound source the user wishes to attend, it…
Difficulty when communicating with others
CURRENT
An Outcome Measure of Communication Difficulty
4415

Intent Decoding, Personalised Audiology

Difficulty when communicating with others is one of the most disabling consequences of living with h...
Difficulty when communicating with others is one of the most disabling consequences of living with…
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…
Communication Difficulty in Everyday Conversation
CURRENT
Communication Difficulty in Everyday Conversation
4415

Cognitive Hearing Science, Personalised Audiology

In this project we aim to study how behavior in hearing impaired participants as well as their inter...
In this project we aim to study how behavior in hearing impaired participants as well…
Communication Difficulty in Everyday Conversation
CURRENT
Communication Difficulty in Everyday Conversation
4415

Cognitive Hearing Science, Personalised Audiology

In this project we aim to study how behavior in hearing impaired participants as well as their inter...
In this project we aim to study how behavior in hearing impaired participants as well…
Attention decoding in real-world listening
FINALIZED
Attention decoding in real-world listening
4341,4415

Intent Decoding, Cognitive Hearing Science, Personalised Audiology

When attending speech, a listener’s brain activity tracks the characteristics of the speech signal...
When attending speech, a listener’s brain activity tracks the characteristics of the speech signal. The…
Eye Gaze Behavior when Following Conversations
FINALIZED
Eye Gaze Behavior when Following Conversations
4403,4415

Intent Decoding, Cognitive Hearing Science, Personalised Audiology

This work was inspired by the observation that most research on eye gaze and speech has focused on b...
This work was inspired by the observation that most research on eye gaze and speech…
Cognitive Control of a Hearing Aid (COCOHA) 
FINALIZED
Cognitive Control of a Hearing Aid (COCOHA) 
4415

Intent Decoding

If a hearing aid can decode what sound source the user wishes to attend, it will be possible to cont...
If a hearing aid can decode what sound source the user wishes to attend, it…
Difficulty when communicating with others
CURRENT
An Outcome Measure of Communication Difficulty
4415

Intent Decoding, Personalised Audiology

Difficulty when communicating with others is one of the most disabling consequences of living with h...
Difficulty when communicating with others is one of the most disabling consequences of living with…

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