I have been working in the discipline of hearing science and studying auditory perception since 2004. Below is a copy of my CV, presenting my publications and research work.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D. Experimental Psychology
University of Louisville, 2012
Concentration: Vision and Hearing Sciences
Dissertation: Factors affecting speech intelligibility improvement with exposure to reverberant room listening environments
Advisor: Dr. Pavel Zahorik
M.S. Psychology
University of Louisville, 2009
B.S. Psychology
Wright State University, 2006
Research Interests
• Spatial hearing and auditory situational awareness.
• Perceptual assessment of hearing protection systems.
• Speech intelligibility in complex listening environments.
• Virtual acoustics and acoustic space modeling.
Research Experience
Research Scientist, Nov 2015 – Present
GN Hearing A/S, Ballerup, Denmark
• Developing perceptual testing procedures and modeling of situational awareness for benchmark and baseline testing of hearing protection devices.
• Consulting and assisting in ongoing research into spatial hearing considerations and limitations in hearing devices.
Visiting Scientist, Nov 2015 – Present
University of Minnesota, Center for Applied and Translational Sensory Science, Minneapolis, MN
• Providing expertise and guidance on student research projects.
• Providing technical and software consultation on lab maintenance and expansion.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Nov 2012 – Nov 2015
University of Minnesota, Department of Psychology, Minneapolis, MN
• Investigating the dynamics of harmonic resolution and auditory streaming by exploring their interaction in speech perception.
• Investigating the limits of fundamental frequency resolution with jittered inharmonic stimuli.
• Investigating the dynamic perception and segregation of room acoustics by examining perceptual measures between reverberant auditory spaces and making perceptual comparisons between varying acoustic spaces.
• Developing, coding, and consulting on the software architecture for sound presentation and room acoustic simulation in the Multi-Sensory Perception Lab.
Graduate Research Associate, Aug 2006 – Nov 2012
University of Louisville, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Louisville, KY
• Investigating the perceptual effects of room acoustics on speech intelligibility and quantifying listeners’ ability to compensate for reverberant energy in the speech signal.
• Investigating how room acoustics interact with the perception of amplitude modulations.
• Investigating and quantifying the influence of room reverberation on the onset information available in speech signals in normal and temporally reversed room environments.
Research Assistant, Dec 2005 – Aug 2006
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Battlespace Acoustics Branch, Dayton, OH
• Investigating the effect of visual viewing angle of a talker and its influence on audio/visual speech intelligibility in noisy environments.
• Investigating the effect of temporal acceleration and deceleration on audio/visual speech perception.
• Developing and coding front-end user interfaces and back-end data management applications for scientific studies.
Teaching Experience
Instructor, University of Louisville, Spring 2011
• Developed, taught, tutored, and graded as instructor for 58 students in Sensation & Perception course (PSYC 331).
Grants / Awards
University of Louisville, Doctoral Dissertation Completion Award, 2012
University of Louisville, Graduate School Fellowship, 2006-2008
Memberships
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2015 – Present
Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 2010 – Present
Acoustical Society of America, 2010 – Present
Psychology Department Graduate Student Representative, University of Louisville, 2011
Publications
Brandewie, E.; Zahorik, P.; (2018). Speech intelligibility in rooms: Disrupting the effect of prior room exposure. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 143 (5), 3068-3078.
Zahorik, P.; Brandewie, E.; (2016). Speech intelligibility in rooms: Effect of prior listening exposure interacts with room acoustics. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140 (1), 74-86.
Brandewie, E.; Oxenham, A.J. (2015). Retroactive streaming fails to improve concurrent vowel identification, Public Library of Science One, 10 (10), e0140466. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140466
Brandewie, E.; Zahorik, P. (2013). Time course of a perceptual enhancement effect for noise-masked speech in reverberant environments. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134, EL265-EL270.
Brandewie, E.; Zahorik, P. (2010). Prior listening in rooms improves speech intelligibility. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128 (1), 291-299.
Longworth-Reed, L.; Brandewie, E.; Zahorik, P. (2009). Time-forward speech intelligibility in time reversed rooms. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125 (1), EL13-EL19.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings
Brandewie, E. & Zahorik, P. (2012). Adaptation to room acoustics using the modified rhyme test. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 12, 050007, DOI:10.1121/1.4738498.
Zahorik, P., Kim, D.O., Kuwada, S., Anderson, P., Brandewie, E., & Srinivasan, N. (2011). Amplitude modulation detection by human listeners in sound fields. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 12, 050005, DOI:10.1121/1.3656342.
Zahorik, P. & Brandewie, E. (2011). Perceptual adaptation to room acoustics and effects on speech intelligibility in hearing-impaired populations. Proceedings of the 2011 Forum Acusticum, Aalborg, Denmark. European Acoustics Association (ISBN: 978-84-694-1520-7), pp. 2167-2172.
Zahorik, P., Brandewie, E., & Sivonen, V. P. (2009). Spatial hearing in reverberant rooms and effects of prior listening exposure. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Principles and Applications of Spatial Hearing (IWPASH), Nov. 11-13, 2009, Zao, Miyagi, Japan.
Brungart, D., van Wassenhove, V., Brandewie, E., & Romigh, G. (2007). The effects of temporal acceleration and deceleration on AV speech perception. Proceedings of the International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing, August 31 – September 3, Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands.
Book Chapters
Zahorik, P., Brandewie, E., & Sivonen, V. P. (2011). Auditory Perception in Reverberant Sound Fields and Effects of Prior Listening Exposure. In Suzuki, Y., Brungart, D., Iwaya, Y., Iida, K., Cabrera, D., & Kato, H. (Eds.), Principles and Applications of Spatial Hearing (24-34). Singapore: Mainland Press Pte Ltd.
Conference Posters / Presentations
Brandewie, E., & Dittberner, A. (May, 2019). “Comparison of localization assessments for hearing protection”, poster presented at spring meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 145, 1875.
Brandewie, E., & Dittberner, A. (May, 2017). “Situational awareness assessment of hearing protection”, poster presented at spring meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Journal of the Acoustical Society
of America, 141, 3813.
Brandewie, E., & Oxenham, A. (Feb, 2016). “Sequential streaming under reverberation: when rooms collide”, poster presented at annual meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Abstracts, 39, 113.
Brandewie, E., & Oxenham, A. (May, 2015). “Sequential streaming under reverberation: effects of the reverberant tail properties”, poster presented at spring meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137, 2227.
Brandewie, E., & Oxenham, A. (Feb, 2015). “Reverberation as a cue for sequential streaming”, poster presented at annual meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. Association for Research
in Otolaryngology Abstracts, 38, 293.
Nelson, P., VanTasell, D., Sabin, A., Gregan, M., Hinz, J., Brandewie, E., & Svec, A. (March, 2014). “User self-adjustment of a simulated hearing aid in laboratory versus real-world noise”, poster presented at annual meeting of the American Auditory Society. American Auditory Society.
Brandewie, E., & Oxenham, A. (Feb, 2014). “Vowel segregation using inharmonic stimuli”, poster presented at annual meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Abstracts, 37, 511.
Brandewie, E., & Zahorik, P. (Feb, 2013). “Speech enhancement effects robust to changes in spatial position within a room”, poster presented at annual meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Abstracts, 36, 245.
Zahorik, P., Brandewie, E., Srinivasan, N.K. (May, 2012). “Speech intelligibility improves with listening exposure in reverberant rooms”, talk presented at Spring meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131(4), 3318.
Zahorik, P., Kim, D. O., Kuwada, S., Anderson, P. W., Brandewie, E., Collecchia, R. & Srinivasn, N. K. (May, 2012). “Amplitude modulation detection by human listeners in reverberant sound fields: carrier bandwidth effects and binaural versus monaural comparison”, poster presented at Spring meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131(4), 3517.
Zahorik, P., Brandewie, E., & Srinivasan, N. K. (Feb, 2012). “Perceptual Adaptation to Room Acoustics”, presentation presented at annual meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Abstracts, 35, 191.
Brandewie, E.; Zahorik, P. (May, 2011). “Adaptation to Room Acoustics Using the Modified Rhyme Test”, poster presented at Spring meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129, 2487.
Zahorik, P., Kim, D. O., Kuwada, S., Anderson, P. W., Brandewie, E., & Srinivasn, N. K. (May, 2011). “Amplitude modulation detection by human listeners in sound fields”, poster presented at Spring meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129(4), 2487-2488.
Zahorik, P.; Brandewie, E. (Feb, 2010). “Breakdown of Speech Intelligibility Enhancement in Reverberant Rooms”, poster presented at annual meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Abstracts, 33, 152.
Zahorik, P.; Brandewie, E. (Feb, 2009). “Room Adaptation Effects on Speech Intelligibility as a Function of Room Reverberation Time”, poster presented at annual meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Abstracts, 32, 145.
Brandewie, E.; Zahorik, P. (Feb, 2008). “Adaptation to Room Acoustics and the Effect on Speech Intelligibility”, poster presented at annual meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Abstracts, 31, 296.
Zahorik, P., Longworth-Reed, L., & Brandewie, E. (Feb, 2007). “Time-forward speech intelligibility in time-reversed rooms”, poster presented at annual meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Abstracts, 30, 323.
Brandewie, E.; Brungart, D.S.; Iyer, N.; Simpson, B. (Nov, 2006). “The effect of viewing angle on the visual contribution to speech intelligibility in noise”, poster presented at Fall meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120, 3255.