Job description

Responsibilities:

• Background in human auditory neuroscience and experience working in (or with) the hearing aid industry and/or with hearing-impaired listeners.
• Heavily involved in all phases of clinical research related to sensory, neural, and cognitive processes supporting human audition and their relevance to hearing aid feature development and evaluation.
• Responsibilities include: designing clinical study protocols based on a knowledge of the human neuroscience/cognition literature related to human hearing/hearing-impairment in order to evaluate the benefits of hearing aids and new signal processing algorithms
• Integrating (neuro)electrophysiological (specifically, EEG) and behavioral/psychophysical (e.g., adaptive speech-in-noise tests) components in clever study designs
• Selecting/developing novel tools suitable to the evaluation of hearing aid and signal processing algorithms; preparing for and handling the practicalities of clinical studies, including setting-up and maintaining the laboratory equipment necessary for (neuro)electrophysiological and behavioral/psychophysical experiments (e.g., purchase equipment, develop maintenance schedules, handle ordering/stocking supplies, etc.); collecting data from human participants in a compassionate and personable manner suited to vulnerable populations
• Writing software required for stimulus presentation, data collection, analysis, etc.
• Calibrating lab equipment (e.g., audiometers, sound level meters, amplifiers., EEG amplifier, etc.), as required for accurate presentation/measurement; determining optimal use of lab equipment to facilitate efficient data collection
• Analyzing and reporting study results using current descriptive and inferential statistical methods (both Frequentist and Bayesian)
• Collaborating and coordinating studies with external research sites; producing publication-ready graphics based on effective data visualization and graphic design principles
• Documenting study details including rationales, methods, results, and contextualized discussion for both internal and external dissemination/publication to a wide range of audiences (i.e., research reports, trade journal papers, peer-reviewed articles)
• Delivering engaging oral presentations of research findings suitable to a wide range of audiences (e.g., internal talks, invited talks, academic conferences).

Requirements:

Qualified applicants must have a PhD degree or foreign equivalent in the field of Human Auditory Neuroscience, Psychology with a specialization in (Neuro)electrophysiology or a related field, and 6 months of experience working in a hearing science laboratory.

• Full term of experience must include a working knowledge of: all (neuro)electrophysiological recording/analysis methods available/applied to the study of human hearing, including auditory-evoked potentials, oscillatory activities, cortical entrainment, and HRV; academic literature pertaining to the human auditory system, including its development, neuroanatomy, and neural circuitry, as well as the causes, consequences, and treatments of auditory disorders, especially hearing impairment; computer hardware, including computer assembly and audio/input device interfacing; audio hardware, including amplifiers, mixers, speakers/transducers, digital-to-analog converters, sound capture devices, microphones, interconnects/cable standards; software/programming skills, including Office, R, MATLAB, and Python;
• Demonstrated ability to independently design neuro(electrophysiological) and psychophysical experiments and to program software for running such experiments; applied knowledge of descriptive and inferential (both Frequentist and Bayesian) statistics; data visualization skills with strong knowledge of graphic design principles for producing publication-ready graphics
• written and oral communication skills as demonstrated by peer-reviewed article(s) published in relevant neuroscience and/or hearing science academic journals and refereed presentations at relevant academic conferences; demonstrated ability to work with human participants and to engage in compassionate and personable interactions with vulnerable populations.
• Up to 10% international and domestic travel required.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $94,000.00 - $158,307.32 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

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