THE HEARING INSTITUTE
WHY HEARING
Hearing loss is the most frequent sensory deficit and is constantly on the rise as a result of higher life expectancy and increasing over-exposure to noise – whether caused by ever denser urbanization or headphone use, especially in young people.
WHAT ARE THE MISSIONS OF THE HEARING INSTITUTE
The aim of the Hearing Institute is to improve understanding of the principles and mechanisms that underpin the development and workings of the auditory system. Its research fields particularly include auditory perception and cognition, audio communication, multisensory integration, and interactions between the genome and the acoustic environment.
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WHAT MAKES THE HEARING INSTITUTE DIFFERENT
The brain and sensory organs are so complex that it is vital to draw on knowledge from a wide range of disciplines, from biophysics to computational neuroscience. It is important to investigate the auditory system from the periphery to the center; in other words from the reception of sound to recognition of its meaning and identification of the behavior triggered as a result.
The Institut Pasteur
The Institut Pasteur, a non-profit foundation with recognized charitable status set up in 1887, is an internationally renowned center for biomedical research...
The Fondation Pour l'Audition
The Fondation Pour l'Audition was set up by Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, Jean-Pierre Meyers and the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller...
ALLIANCE POUR L'AUDITION
The Hearing Institute is part of the
Alliance pour l'Audition movement
Set up by the Fondation Pour l'Audition, the Alliance Pour l'Audition promotes all aspects of hearing health, including basic, translational and clinical research and societal improvements. It supports large-scale projects including the Hearing Institute and centers for basic and clinical audiology research (CERCAs). The aim of the Alliance Pour l'Audition is to harness talent across the board, bringing together experts who share the ambition to improve the daily lives of those with hearing loss.
