Rate My Professor Astrid van Wieringen

Astrid van Wieringen is a full professor in the Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, leading the Research Group Experimental Oto-rhino-laryngology (ExpORL). She earned her PhD in Speech Science and Psychoacoustics from the University of Amsterdam. At KU Leuven, she serves as Program Director of Speech Pathology and Audiological Sciences, member of the KU Leuven Brain Institute, and member of Leuven.AI. Her career includes teaching in the Faculty of Medicine and supervising PhD researchers in auditory sciences.

Her research focuses on human auditory neural processing, auditory prostheses including cochlear implants and hearing aids, and auditory diagnostics. Using methods such as modeling, signal processing, imaging, electrophysiology, and behavioral tasks, her work spans basic neuroscience to translational applications, yielding patents and clinical tools. Key areas encompass speech and music processing in cochlear implants, improving speech understanding in adverse environments, binaural hearing with instruments, psychophysics and objective auditory assessments, neural temporal processing in dyslexia and aging, evidence-based auditory rehabilitation, and audiology tests for hearing-impaired children and adults. Notable publications include 'Comparison of fluctuating maskers for speech recognition tests in stationary and fluctuating noise' (Francart, van Wieringen, & Wouters, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2011), 'The association between hearing impairment and neural beamforming' (Goossens, Vercammen, Wouters, & van Wieringen, Hearing Research, 2019), and 'Early cochlear implantation supports narrative skills of preschool-aged children with cochlear implants' (Arras, Wouters, & van Wieringen, Scientific Reports, 2023). Her scholarly impact is evidenced by over 9,200 citations and an h-index of 52 on Google Scholar. Professionally, she is a board member of the International Society of Audiology, Section Editor for Ear and Hearing, and board member of the International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology.