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2022
Understanding empowerment along the hearing journey
Conference: Vingstedkonference for medarbejdere i hørerehabiliteringen, Vingsted (DK)
Presenter: Sarah Gotowiec, Josefina Larsson 

Empowerment along the hearing patient journey: the multifaceted role of participation.
Conference: HEAL Conference, Lake Como (IT)
Authors: Sarah Gotowiec, Josefina Larsson, Paola Incerti, Teagan Young, Melanie Ferguson
LINK: Poster

Empowerment from the eyes and ears of audiologists
Conference: HEAL Conference, Lake Como (IT)
Authors: Josefina Larsson, Sarah Gotowiec
LINK: Poster

Development of an outcome measure for empowerment in adults with hearing loss
Conference: HEAL Conference, Lake Como (IT)
Presenter: Melanie Ferguson
Co-authors: Sarah Gotowiec, Josefina Larsson, Paola Incerti, Bec Bennett, David Andrich

Using real (group) conversations in laboratory testing
Conference: Virtual reality in hearing research and audiology, Munich (DE)
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Empowerment from the eyes and ears of audiologists
Conference: Nordisk Audiologisk Selskab (NAS), Odense (DK)
Authors: Josefina Larsson, Sarah Gotowiec
LINK: Poster

Empowerment ur ett hörselperspektiv
Conference: Swedish pedagogical audiological association (SPAF), Gothenburg (SE)
Presenter: Josefina Larsson

Development of an outcome measure for empowerment in adults with hearing loss
Conference: 49th Erlangen Kolloquium, Erlangen (DE)
Presenter: Melanie Ferguson
Co-authors: Sarah Gotowiec, Josefina Larsson, Paola Incerti, Bec Bennett, David Andrich
2021
Patient empowerment along the hearing health journey: implications for patients and clinicians
Conference: Audiology Australia 2021 Conference. Online meeting (AUS)
Presenter: Sarah Gotowiec

Ecological validity and the evaluation of hearing-aid algorithms
Conference: European Federation of Audiology Societes (EFAS). Online meeting (CR)
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Vilken hörapparatinställning är egentligen bäst? Olika metoder för att utvärdera hörapparater.
Conference: Svensk Teknisk Audiologisk Förening (STAF) Online Meeting, Kalmar (SE)
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Understanding patient empowerment on the hearing health journey
Conference: TINACT Online Meeting, Lynge (DK)
Presenter: Sarah Gotowiec

2020
Evaluating hearing-aid signal processing in a way that is indicative of real-life performance
Conference: 47th Erlangen Kolloquium, Erlangen (DE)
Presenter: Karolina Smeds 

Selecting laboratory test scenarios
Conference: 12th Speech in Noise Workshop (SpIN), Toulouse (FR) 
Authors: Karolina Smeds, Florian Wolters, Sarah Gotowiec, Petra Herrlin, Josefina Larsson, Martin Dahlquist
LINK: Poster
2019
LEAP – A new laboratory test for evaluating auditory preference
Conference: International Congress of  Acoustics (ICA), Aachen (DE)
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Evaluation of auditory reality and hearing aids using an auditory momentary assessment (EMA) approach
Conference: International Congress of  Acoustics (ICA), Aachen (DE)
Authors: Niels Søgaard Jensen, Ole Hau, Dina Lelic, Petra Herrlin, Florian Wolters, Karolina Smeds
LINK: Poster

Får det vara lov att vara buller till kaffet? 
Conference: Rikskonferensen för Audionomer, Halmstad (SE)
Presenter: Petra Herrlin

LEAP – A new laboratory test for evaluating auditory preference
Conference: Hearing aids developers' forum (HADF), Oldenburg (DE) 
Presenter: Petra Herrlin

LEAP – Paired Comparisons in the Lab
Conference: International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology (ICRA), Hongkong (HK)  
Presenter: Karolina Smeds
2018
Paired comparisons of preference for hearing-aid settings measured in the field and in the laboratory – Evaluation of LEAP, a new laboratory test based on the CoSS framework 
Conference: International Hearing Aid Research Conference (IHCON), Lake Tahoe (US) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Ecological Momentary Assessments for Evaluation of Hearing-Aid Preference
Conference: Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Minneapolis (US)
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Hearing aid fitting and its impact on performance
Conference: 12th International Workshop on Advances in Audiology, Salamanca (ES)
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Real-life hearing performance: Increasing ecological validity of assessment
Conference: American Academy of Audiology (AAA), Nashville (US)
Presenter: Florian Wolters

Common Sound Scenarios: Ett sätt att strukturera vår ljudliga vardag
Conference: TeMA Hörsel, Örebro (SE) 
Presenter: Josefina Larsson

Utvärdering av hörapparatinställningar i lyssnarens vardagsliv
Conference: TeMA Hörsel, Örebro (SE) 
Presenter: Petra Herrlin

Laboratory paired comparisons based on the CoSS framework
Conference: Speech in Noise Conference (SPIN), Glasgow (GB)
Authors: Karolina Smeds, Josefina Larsson, Petra Herrlin,  Florian Wolters, Martin Dahlquist
LINK: Poster
2017
Hearing-instrument feature evaluation in the laboratory and in real life
Conference: OverHear, London (GB) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Hearing-instrument feature evaluation in the laboratory and in real life
Conference: Hearing aids developers forum (HADF), Oldenburg (DE) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Common sounds scenarios - A context driven categorization of everyday sound environments for application in hearing-device research 
Conference: Speech in Noise Conference (SPIN), Oldenburg (DE)
Authors: Florian Wolters, Karolina Smeds, Erik Schmidt, Eva Kümmel Christensen, Christian Norup
LINK: Poster
2016
Svagare, men bättre dag för dag? 
Conference: Rikskonferensen för Audionomer, Arvika (SE) 
Presenter: Josefina Larsson/Petra Herrlin

Proprietary hearing-aid gain prescriptions - changes over time
Conference: International Hearing Aid Research Conference (IHCON), Lake Tahoe (US) 
Authors: Karolina Smeds, Martin Dahlquist, Carsten Paludan-Müller, Josefina Larsson, Sofia Hertzman, Sara Båsjö 
LINK: Poster

Common Sounds Scenarios - A context driven categorization of everyday sound environments for application in hearing-device research
Conference: International Hearing Aid Research Conference (IHCON), Lake Tahoe (US)
Authors: Florian Wolters, Karolina Smeds, Erik Schmidt, Eva Kümmel Christensen, Christian Norup 
LINK: Poster

Preskriptionsmetoder i hörapparater - Teori och praktik
Conference: Svensk Teknisk Audiologisk Förening (STAF), Sundsvall (SE)
Presenter: Josefina Larsson
2015
Preference judgments in the field and in the laboratory 
Conference: Speech in Noise Conference (SPIN), Copenhagen (DK) 
Authors: Martin Dahlquist, Josefina Larsson, Sofia Hertzman, Florian Wolters, Karolina Smeds
LINK: Poster

Hörapparatpreferens i fält och i laboratorium
Conference: TeMA Hörsel, Malmö (SE)
Presenter: Josefina Larsson

Common Sound Scenarios
Conference: International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology (ICRA), Berkeley (US)
Presenter: Karolina Smeds
2014
Hörapparatutprovningar för personer med grava hörselnedsättningar-Bedömning av ljudkvalitet och hörstyrka
Conference: Rikskonferensen för Audionomer, Stockholm (SE) 
Presenter: Sofia Hertzman/Josefina Larsson

Tal och musik: Dynamik och hörapparatförstärkning
Conference: Svensk Teknisk Audiologisk Förening (STAF), Halmstad (SE)
Presenter: Karolina Smeds/Anders Jessen

Hörapparatutprovningar för personer med grava hörselnedsättningar
Conference: Svensk Teknisk Audiologisk Förening (STAF), Halmstad (SE) 
Presenter: Josefina Larsson/Sofia Hertzman/Martin Dahlquist

Realistiska ljud-scenarion
Conference: Svensk Teknisk Audiologisk Förening (STAF), Halmstad (SE)
Presenter: Florian Wolters
2013
Estimation of realistic signal-to-noise ratios
Conference: Speech in Noise Conference (SPIN), Vitoria (ES) 
Authors: Karolina Smeds, Florian Wolters, Martin Rung
LINK: Poster

Hearing-aid fitting today: Achievements and challenges
Conference: ADANO, Kiel (DE) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds 

Hörapparatutprovningar för grava hörselnedsättningar- Hur gör vi? Tekniska aspekter
Conference: Rikskonferensen för Audionomer, Luleå (SE)
Presenter: Josefina Larsson

Ett sätt att visualisera hörapparatförstärkt ljud med hjälp av in-situ audiometri
Conference: Svensk Teknisk Audiologisk Förening (STAF), Falun (SE)
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Impedans i öron och hörapparater - A perfect match? 
Conference: Svensk Teknisk Audiologisk Förening (STAF), Falun (SE)
Presenter: Niklas Bergman 

Hörapparatutprovningar för patienter med grav hörselnedsättning - Audionomers erfarenheter 
Conference: Svensk Teknisk Audiologisk Förening (STAF), Falun (SE) 
Presenter: Kristin Andersson

Hörselgångsmätningar (REM): Tekniska utmaningar
Conference: Svensk Teknisk Audiologisk Förening (STAF), Falun (SE)
Presenter: Florian Wolters 

Outcome measures at realistic SNRs
Conference: Hearing aids developers forum (HADF), Oldenburg (DE) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds 

Estimation of realistic signal-to-noise ratios
Conference: International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology, Helsingør (DK) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds
2012
Predictive measures of the intelligibility of speech processed by noise reduction algorithms
Conference: Speech in Noise Conference (SPIN), Cardiff (GB) 
Authors: Karolina Smeds, Florian Wolters, Arne Leijon, Anders Nilsson, Sara Båsjö, Sofia Hertzman 
LINK: Poster

Taltest för att utvärdera signalbehandling i hörhjälpmedel
Conference: TeMA Hörsel, Linköping (SE) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Estimation of realistic signal-to-noise ratios 
Conference: International Hearing Aid Research Conference (IHCON), Lake Tahoe (US)
Authors: Karolina Smeds, Florian Wolters, Martin Rung 
LINK: Poster

Realistiska signal-brus-förhållanden (SNR)
Conference: TeMA Hörsel, Linköping (SE) 
Presenter: Florian Wolters

RITE hearing aids as one solution for early hearing aid intervention?
Conference: Interdisciplinary Congress in Paediatric Audiology (BarNAS), Örebro (SE)
Presenter: Josefina Larsson

Hur påverkar det individuella örat den faktiska förstärkningen för hörapparatbäraren?
Conference: TeMA Hörsel, Linköping (SE)
Presenter: Sofia Hertzman
2011
Sensitive speech tests for realistic listening environments - an oxymoron or just difficult to achieve?
Conference: International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology (ICRA), Toronto (CA) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds 

Predictive measures of the intelligibility of speech processed by noise reduction algorithms
Conference: International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Nyborg (DK) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Speech in the laboratory and in the field
Conference: Hearing aids developers forum (HADF), Oldenburg (DE) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Hörselmätning i högfrekvensområdet
Conference: Svensk Teknisk Audiologisk Förening (STAF), Uppsala (SE) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds 

Hörstyrka vid nedsatt hörsel - vad vet man om det? 
Conference: Svensk Teknisk Audiologisk Förening (STAF), Uppsala (SE) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Objective measures to quantify the perceptual effects of noise reduction in hearing aids
Conference: Svensk Teknisk Audiologisk Förening (STAF), Uppsala (SE) 
Presenter: Florian Wolters
2010
Objective measures to quantify the perceptual effects of noise reduction in hearing aids
Conference: Audio Engineering Society (AES), Piteå (SE) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Objektiva mått för att beskriva effekten av bullerreduktion
Conference: Svensk Teknisk Audiologisk Förening (STAF), Eskilstuna (SE) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Predictive measures of the intelligibility of speech processed by noise reduction algorithms
Conference: International Hearing Aid Research Conference (IHCON), Lake Tahoe (US) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Dynamic aspects of noise reduction in hearing aids 
Conference: Speech in Noise Conference (SPIN), Amsterdam (NL) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Högfrekvenshörsel 
Conference: Rikskonferensen för Audionomer, Västerås (SE)
Presenter: Josefina Larsson/Sofia Hertzman
2009
Hörapparatförstärkning - Strategi eller slump? 
Conference: TeMA Hörsel, Jönköping (SE)
Presenter: Josefina Larsson

Noise reduction (NR) in modern hearing aids - Long-term average measurements using speech
Conference: International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), Nyborg (DK) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Dynamic behavior of certain hearing aid noise reduction systems
Conference: International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology (ICRA), Stadland-Seefeldt (DE)
Presenter: Karolina Smeds

Hörapparatförstärkning för svaga ljud
Conference: TeMA Hörsel, Jönköping (SE) 
Presenter: Sofia Hertzman

Hur fungerar moderna hörapparaters bullerreduktion?
Conference: TeMA Hörsel, Jönköping (SE) 
Presenter: Karolina Smeds
2008
Kvantifiering av hörapparaters bullerreducering för talliknande signaler
Conference: Svensk Teknisk Audiologisk Förening (STAF), Hudiksvall (SE)
Presenter: Niklas Bergman 

Använd hörapparatförstärkning hos skolbarn med sensorineural hörselnedsättning på Alviksskolan 
Conference: Svensk Teknisk Audiologisk Förening (STAF), Hudiksvall (SE)
Presenter: Niklas Bergman