https://gilbert.med.kuleuven.be/web/images/thumb/e/ee/Member-Raphael_Koning.jpg/200px-Member-Raphael_Koning.jpg Raphael Koning
Doctoral Student
Division of Experimental Otorhinolaryngology
O.& N2, 07.4053
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
 mailto:raphael.koning@med.kuleuven.be
web:  http://www.kuleuven.be/exporl
phone: +32 16 330476

Research topic

  • Speech Envelope Enhancement in Cochlear Implants

Biography

  • 07/1985: Born in Hattingen, Germany
  • 10/2004-10/2009: Engineer in Electrical Engineering and Information Sciences, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
  • 10/2007-3/2009: Student research assistant at the Institute for Communication Acoustics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
  • 10/2008-4/2009: Internship at Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Erlangen, Germany
  • 10/2009: PhD student at the Devision of Experimental Othorinolaryngoly, Department of Neurosciences, Group of Biomedical Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
  • 04/2010-05/2010: Development of a model to simulate ECAP responses, Laboratorium of Experimental Audiology, University Spital Zurich, Switzerland

Research Interests

  • Cochlear Implants
  • Hearing Aids
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Speech Signal Processing
  • Psychoacoustics
  • Noise Reduction Algorithms
  • Voice Activity Detection and Speech Presence Probability Algorithms
  • Models of neural responses to electric excitation
  • Measurement methods of ECAP responses

Publications

  • Study thesis: "Development of a network based model of the cochlea in the time domain in Matlab", Institute of Communication acoustics, Prof. Herbert Hudde, Ruhr-University Bochum, 2008
  • Master thesis: "Analysis and Development of Multichannel Noise Reduction Algorithms for Binaural Hearing Aids" , Institute of Communication acoustics, Prof. R. Martin, Dipl.-Ing. Timo Gerkmann , Ruhr-University Bochum, 2009

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