Prof. Werner Hemmert

• information processing and computational neuroscience
• coding of sound into nerve-action potentials
• spiking neuronal networks in the auditory brainstem
• biophysics and modelling of sensory organs and neurons
• hearing implants: novel coding strategies, electrical and optical stimulation
• automatic speech recognition using bio-inspired lgorithms.

• We combine methods from information theory and classification theory to analyze our models of theinner ear and our spiking neuronal networks for speech processing.

• We conduct measurements to investigate the excitation of auditory neurons in human subjects with cochlear implants and with neuronal networks cultured on multi-electrode arrays.

Project A2 – Dissecting the role of ionic currents in object localization using an advanced dynamic-clamp system. Jan Benda (Uni Tübingen), Werner Hemmert (TUM), and Hans Reiner Polder (npi)

Project C1 – Direct approach to study temporal processing in the auditory system: electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve in cochlear implant patients. Werner Hemmert (TUM) and Lutz Wiegrebe (LMU)

Project C2 – Novel coding strategies for cochlear implants: from fine time structures to sparse neural representations. Ingeborg Hochmair (MED-EL), Lutz Wiegrebe(LMU), and Werner Hemmert (TUM)

Project C5 - Auditory scene analysis in normal hearing listeners and users of cochlear implants. Bernhard U. Seeber (TUM) and Werner Hemmert (TUM)