Associate Professor
University of Southern Denmark

Tobias Neher

Tobias Neher joined the BEAR project by taking up a position as Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark. Prior to that, he held positions as research group leader at the Medical Physics Section, Oldenburg University, Germany and as research engineer and project manager at the Eriksholm Research Centre, Denmark. He has been responsible for several research projects related to audiology and hearing aids, and has collaborated extensively with the hearing aid industry. His undergraduate, postgraduate and postdoctoral studies were in audio engineering, psychoacoustics and spatial audio

Work Area

Amongst other things, Tobias is working on new profiling and fitting strategies as well as on the validation of new strategies

Resources

Publications

2024

Cañete, Oscar M; Loquet, Gérard; Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; Hougaard, Dan Dupont; Schnack-Petersen, Rikke; Gaihede, Michael; Schmidt, Jesper H; Hammershøi, Dorte; Neher, Tobias

Auditory Profile-Based Hearing Aid Fitting: Self-Reported Benefit for First-Time Hearing Aid Users Journal Article

Audiological Research, 14 (1), pp. 183-195, 2024.

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Fereczkowski, Michal; Sanchez-Lopez, Raul H; Christiansen, Stine; Neher, Tobias

Amplitude Compression for Preventing Rollover at Above-Conversational Speech Levels Journal Article

Trends in Hearing, 28 , 2024.

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2023

Fereczkowski, Michal; Neher, Tobias

Semantic Context Can Mask Intelligibility Declines at Above-Conversational Speech Levels in Normal-Hearing Listeners Journal Article

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, pp. 1,7, 2023.

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2022

Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; Wu, Mengfan; Fereczkowski, Michal; Santurette, Sébastien; Baumann, Monika; Kowalewski, Borys; Piechowiak, Tobias; Bisgaard, Nikolai; Ravn, Gert; Narayanan, Sreeram Kaithali; Dau, Torsten; Neher, Tobias

Towards Auditory Profile-Based Hearing-Aid Fittings: BEAR Rationale and Clinical Implementation Journal Article

Audiological Research, 12 (5), pp. 564-573, 2022.

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Fereczkowski, Michal; Neher, Tobias

Predicting Aided Outcome With Aided Word Recognition Scores Measured With Linear Amplification at Above-conversational Levels Journal Article

Ear and Hearing, 44 (1), pp. 155-166, 2022.

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Wu, Mengfan; Christiansen, Stine; Fereczkowski, Michal; Neher, Tobias

Revisiting Auditory Profiling: Can Cognitive Factors Improve the Prediction of Aided Speech-in-Noise Outcome? Journal Article

Trends in Hearing, 26 , pp. 1-16, 2022.

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2021

Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; Nielsen, Silje Grini; El-Haj-Ali, Mouhamad; Bianchi, Federica; Fereczkowski, Michal; Cañete, Oscar M; Wu, Mengfan; Neher, Tobias; Dau, Torsten; Santurette, Sébastien

Auditory Tests for Characterizing Hearing Deficits in Listeners With Various Hearing Abilities: The BEAR Test Battery Journal Article

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15 (724007), pp. 1-19, 2021.

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Wu, Mengfan; Cañete, Oscar M; Schmidt, Jesper Hvass; Fereczkowski, Michal; Neher, Tobias

Influence of Three Auditory Profiles on Aided Speech Perception in Different Noise Scenarios Journal Article

Trends in Hearing, 25 , pp. 1–15, 2021.

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Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; Fereczkowski, Michal; Santurette, Sébastien; Dau, Torsten; Neher, Tobias

Towards Auditory Profile-Based Hearing-Aid Fitting: Fitting Rationale and Pilot Evaluation Journal Article

Audiology Research, 11 (1), pp. 10–21, 2021, ISBN: 2039-4349.

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2020

Wu, Mengfan; Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; El-Haj-Ali, Mouhamad; Nielsen, Silje G; Fereczkowski, Michal; Dau, Torsten; Santurette, Sébastien; Neher, Tobias

Investigating the Effects of Four Auditory Profiles on Speech Recognition, Overall Quality, and Noise Annoyance With Simulated Hearing-Aid Processing Strategies Journal Article

Trends in Hearing, 24 , pp. 1-12, 2020.

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Sanchez-Lopez, Raul H; Fereczkowski, Michal; Neher, Tobias; Santurette, Sébastien; Dau, Torsten

Robust auditory profiling: Improved data-driven method and profile definitions for better hearing rehabilitation Inproceedings

Kressner, Abigail Anne; Regev, Jonathan; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Jakob; Tranebjærg, Lisbeth; Santurette, Sébastien; Dau, Torsten (Ed.): Proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research, pp. 281-288, 2020.

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Wu, Mengfan; Lopez, Raul Sanchez; El-Haj-Ali, Mouhamad; Nielsen, Silje Grini; Fereczkowski, Michal; Dau, Torsten; Santurette, Sébastien; Neher, Tobias

Perceptual evaluation of six hearing-aid processing strategies from the perspective of auditory profiling: Insights from the BEAR project Inproceedings

Kressner, Abigail Anne; Regev, Jonathan; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Jakob; Tranebjærg, Lisbeth; Santurette, Sébastien; Dau, Torsten (Ed.): Proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research, pp. 265-272, 2020.

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Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; Fereczkowski, Michal; Neher, Tobias; Santurette, Sébastien; Dau, Torsten

Robust Data-Driven Auditory Profiling Towards Precision Audiology Journal Article

Trends in Hearing, 24 , pp. 1-19, 2020.

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2019

Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; Nielsen, Silje; Cañete, Oscar; Fereczkowski, Michal; Wu, Mengfan; Neher, Tobias; Dau, Torsten; Santurette, Sebastién

A Clinical Test Battery for Better hEAring Rehabilitation (BEAR). Towards the prediction of individual auditory deficits and hearing-aid benefit Inproceedings

Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics (ICA 2019), Aachen, Germany, Sept 9-13 2019., pp. 3841-3848, International Commission of Acoustics 2019.

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Wu, Mengfan; Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; El-Haj-Ali, Mouhamad; Nielsen, Silje; Fereczkowski, Michal; Dau, Torsten; Santurette, Sebastién; Neher, Tobias

Assessing the interaction between different auditory profiles and benefit from six hearing aid processing strategies: Insights from the Better hEAring Rehabilitation (BEAR) project Inproceedings

Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics (ICA 2019), Aachen, Germany, Sept 9-13 2019., pp. 3849-3856, 2019.

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2018

Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; Bianchi, Federica; Fereczkowski, Michal; Piechowiak, Tobias; Hau, Ole; Pedersen, Michael Syskind; Behrens, Thomas; Neher, Tobias; Dau, Torsten; Santurette, Sébastien

Technical evaluation of hearing-aid fitting parameters for different auditory profiles Conference

In Proceedings of Euronoise 2018, Crete, Greece, 27-31 May 2018, pp. 381-388, 2018, ISSN: 2226-5147.

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Other

2023

Neher, Tobias

Auditory profiling and hearing aid benefit: How measures beyond the audiogram may improve the provision and fitting of hearing aids Conference

16th Congress of the European Federation of Audiology Societies, (0238), European Federation of Audiology Societies 2023.

BibTeX

Fereczkowski, Michal; Neher, Tobias

Amplitude compression for listeners with rollover at above-conversational speech levels Conference

16th Congress of the European Federation of Audiology Societies, (0154), European Federation of Audiology Societies 2023.

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2022

Hammershøi, Dorte; Neher, Tobias

The BEAR-project: Consequences for clinical practice Conference

The Annual Meeting of the Danish Technical Audiological Society, Danish Technical Audiological Society 2022.

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Neher, Tobias

Towards auditory profile-based hearing-aid fittings: Insights from the BEAR project Conference

Nordisk Audiologisk Selskabs bi-annual meeting (Book of Abstracts), Nordisk Audiologisk Selskab Nordisk Audiologisk Selskab, 2022.

BibTeX

Fereczkowski, Michal; Christiansen, Stine; Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; Neher, Tobias

Hearing-aid amplitude compression for listeners with rollover at above-conversational speech levels Inproceedings

Oral presentation at the Joint Euroregio Baltic Nordic Acoustics Meeting, Aalborg, Denmark, 2022.

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Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; Fereczkowski, Michal; Wu, Mengfan; Santurette, Sébastien; Baumann, Monika; Kowalewski, Borys; Piechowiak, Tobias; Ravn, Gert; Narayanan, Sreeram Kaithali; Dau, Torsten; Neher, Tobias

Towards auditory profile-based hearing-aid fittings: BEAR rationale and clinical implementation Inproceedings

Oral presentation at the Joint Euroregio Baltic Nordic Acoustics Meeting, Aalborg, Denmark, 2022.

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Houmøller, Sabina Storbjerg; Wolff, Anne; Tsai, Li-Tang; Narayanan, Sreeram Kaithali; Hougaard, Dan Dupont; Gaihede, Michael; Neher, Tobias; Godballe, Christian; Schmidt, Jesper Hvass

Impact of hearing aid technology level on reported outcomes in older adults with presbycusis: a randomized controlled trial Inproceedings

Book of Abstracts for the XXXV World Congress of Audiology, pp. 173, 2022.

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Fereczkowski, Michal; Neher, Tobias

Rollover effects at above-conversational levels in speech materials with low but not high context Conference

Poster presentation at the Speech in Noise Workshop, (P31), 2022.

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2021

Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; Wu, Mengfan; Fereczkowski, Michal; Santurette, Sébastien; Dau, Torsten; Neher, Tobias

Towards auditory profile-based hearing-aid fittings: Insights from the BEAR project Inproceedings

Oral presentation at the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research: Vol 8: The Auditory System Throughout Life – Models, Mechanisms, and Interventions, 2021, 2021.

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Fereczkowski, Michal; Mikkelsen, Benedikte Degn; Neher, Tobias

Rollover effects at higher-than-normal levels in speech materials with low but not high context Inproceedings

Oral presentation at the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research: Vol 8: The Auditory System Throughout Life – Models, Mechanisms, and Interventions, 2021.

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Houmøller, Sabina S; Wolff, Anne; Tsai, Li-Tang; Narayanan, Sreeram Kaithali; Hougaard, Dan Dupont; Gaihede, Michael; Neher, Tobias; Godballe, Christian; Schmidt, Jesper H

Impact of hearing aid technology level at first-fit on reported outcomes in older adults with presbycusis: A randomized controlled trial Inproceedings

Oral presentation at the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research: Vol 8: The Auditory System Throughout Life – Models, Mechanisms, and Interventions, 2021.

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Fereczkowski, Michal; Neher, Tobias

Can word recognition scores predict aided outcome and guide hearing-aid fitting Conference

48th Erlanger Kolloquium for Audiological Research and Development, Erlangen, Germany, 2021.

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2019

Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; Fereczkowski, Michal; Neher, Tobias; Santurette, Sebastién; Dau, Torsten

Robust auditory profiling: Improved data-driven method and profile definitions for better hearing rehabilitation Conference

Poster presentation at the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research: Vol. 7: Auditory Learning in Biological and Artificial Systems, (SP.65), The Danavox Jubilee Foundation 2019.

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Wu, Mengfan; Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; El-Haj-Ali, Mouhamad; Nielsen, Silje Grini; Fereczkowski, Michal; Dau, Torsten; Santurette, Sebastién; Neher, Tobias

Evaluation of six hearing-aid processing strategies from the perspective of auditory profiling: Insights from the BEAR project Conference

Poster presentation at the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research: Vol. 7: Auditory Learning in Biological and Artificial Systems, (SP.77), The Danavox Jubilee Foundation 2019.

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Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; Nielsen, Silje Grini; Ej-Haj-Ali, Mouhamad; Cañete, Oscar; Wu, Mengfan; Fereczkowski, Michal; Bianchi, Federica; Neher, Tobias; Dau, Torsten; Santurette, Sebastién

Auditory profiling as a tool for characterizing individual hearing deficits: Data-driven analysis of the results of the BEAR Test Battery Conference

Presentation at the 14th Congress of the European Federation of Audiology Societies (EFAS 2019), Lisbon, Portugal, 22-25 May 2019, (03921), European Federation of Audiology Societies 2019.

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Wu, Mengfan; Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; El-Haj-Ali, Mouhamad; Nielsen, Silje Grini; Fereczkowski, Michal; Bianchi, Federica; Dau, Torsten; Santurette, Sebastién; Neher, Tobias

Hearing aid processing strategies for listeners with different auditory profiles: Insights from the BEAR project Conference

Presentation at the 14th Congress of the European Federation of Audiology Societies (EFAS 2019), Lisbon, Portugal, 22-25 May 2019, (03875), European Federation of Audiology Societies 2019.

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2018

Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; Bianchi, Federica; Fereczkowski, Michal; Piechowiak, Tobias; Hau, Ole; Pedersen, Michael Syskind; Behrens, Thomas; Neher, Tobias; Dau, Torsten; Santurette, Sébastien

Technical evaluation of hearing-aid fitting parameters for different auditory profiles Conference

Poster presentation at Danish Technical Audiological Society's annual meeting, 5-6 Oct 2018. Hotel Vejlefjord, Stouby, Denmark, 2018.

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Wu, Mengfan; El-Haj-Ali, Mouhamad; Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; Fereczkowski, Michal; Bianchi, Federica; Dau, Torsten; Santurette, Sébastien; Neher, Tobias

Hearing aid processing strategies for listeners with different auditory profiles: Insights from the BEAR project Conference

Poster presentation at Danish Technical Audiological Society's annual meeting, 5-6 Oct 2018. Hotel Vejlefjord, Stouby, Denmark, 2018.

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Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; Fereczkowski, Michal; Bianchi, Federica; El-Haj-Ali, Mouhamad; Neher, Tobias; Dau, Torsten; Santurette, Sébastien

Auditory tests for characterizing individual hearing deficits: The BEAR test battery Conference

Poster at International Hearing Aid Research Conference (IHCON 2018), Lake Tahoe, California, US, 15-19 Aug 2018, (C3-P-27), 2018.

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Wu, Mengfan; El-Haj-Ali, Mouhamad; Sanchez-Lopez, Raul; Fereczkowski, Michal; Bianchi, Federica; Dau, Torsten; Santurette, Sébastien; Neher, Tobias

Hearing aid processing strategies for listeners with different auditory profiles: Insights from the BEAR project Conference

Presentation at International Hearing Aid Research Conference (IHCON 2018), Lake Tahoe, California, US, 15-19 Aug 2018, (B3-0-2), 2018.

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Neher, Tobias

The "Better Hearing Rehabilitation" project: Research into improved diagnostics and hearing aid treatment in Denmark Conference

21st Annual Meeting of the German Audiological Society, Halle, Germany, Feb. 28 - March 3, 2018.

BibTeX

0202

Fereczkowski, Michal; Neher, Tobias

Maximum aided word recognition score and rollover presence at higher-than-normal speech levels predict hearing-aid outcome effectively Inproceedings

Oral presentation at the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research: Vol 8: The Auditory System Throughout Life – Models, Mechanisms, and Interventions, 0202.

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University Hospitals

Odense University Hospital
Rikke Schnack-Petersen
rikke.schnack-petersen@rsyd.dk

Aalborg University Hospital
Michael Gaihede
mlg@rn.dk

Copenhagen University Hospital
Jesper Borchorst Yde
jesper.borchorst.yde.01@regionh.dk

Academia

University of Southen Denmark
Jesper Hvass Schmidt
jesper.schmidt@rsyd.dk

Aalborg University
Dorte Hammershøi
dh@es.aau.dk

Technical University of Denmark
Torsten Dau
tdau@dtu.dk

Tech Service

FORCE Technology
Gert Ravn
gera@force.dk

 
 
 

 
 
 

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