Embedded Sensing and Computing (ESC) Group

mHearing: AI for Hearing Health

Project Overview

Concept image highlighting a sound-evoked pupil response and an around-the-ear EEG waveform

Objective assessment across hearing loss and hearing disorders remains difficult outside specialized audiology settings, particularly when tests require active responses. This project investigates AI methods using two complementary physiological signals: the auditory pupil response and around-the-ear EEG. Mobile pupil-sensing studies, including AudioPupil and AudioSight, examine sound-evoked changes for hearing-loss screening and sound-sensitivity assessment. Wearable EEG studies examine auditory neural responses associated with tinnitus and hyperacusis. The research aims to identify reliable markers and evaluate them against standard audiology assessments for use in clinical and home settings.

ESC Group Team

Professor
Wenyao Xu
Postdoctoral researchers
Wei Bo; Anarghya Das
Ph.D. student
Chuhui Liu
Former ESC members
Sen Jiang; Ahmet Demirbas

Collaborator

  • Wei Sun — Professor, Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo

Publications and Presentations

  1. The Use of an Around-the-Ear EEG for Identifying Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Markers.American Academy of Audiology Annual Convention (AAA), poster, April 2026. Professional Poster Award. [Abstract] [BibTeX]Elizabeth Rivera Rosario, Anarghya Das, Wenyao Xu, Wei Sun.
  2. AudioSight AI-Powered At-Home Hearing Screening for Older Adults.a2 National Symposium, poster, March 2026. [Poster] [Record] [BibTeX]Chuhui Liu, Wei Bo, Wei Sun, Wenyao Xu.
  3. AudioPupil: A Low-Cost Embedded Medical Device for Hearing Disorder Screening.IEEE International Conference on Body Sensor Networks (BSN), 1–4, October 2024. [PDF] [BibTeX]Sen Jiang, Chuhui Liu, Ahmet Y. Demirbas, Wei Sun, Wenyao Xu.
  4. Inexpensive Screening of Hearing Disorders Objectively Using Auditory-Pupillary Response.IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI), poster, June 2024. [Conference program] [BibTeX]Sen Jiang, Ahmet Y. Demirbas, Wei Sun, Wenyao Xu.

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