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null Robert Funnell, PhD

Keywords

hearing • experimental measurements • computational modelling • screening • diagnosis • newborns

Research Focus

My research focuses on understanding the mechanics and acoustics of hearing. We do novel measurements in experimental animals and in babies, and we develop new computational models of the ear. We then explore ways of using the computational models, along with machine learning, to do better screening and diagnosis. We are particularly interested in improving hearing screening for newborn babies.

Selected Publications

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  • Trottenberg G, Funnell WRJ & Motallebzadeh H (2024): Newborn hearing screening in Québec, Canada. Am J Audiol 33(1): 1-7 (doi:10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00041). PMID: 37988681.

  • Golabbakhsh M & Funnell WRJ (2023): Use of simulated data to explore the application of optical coherence tomography for classifying middle-ear pathologies. J Acoust Soc Am 154(5): 2790-2799 (doi:10.1121/10.0022051). PMID: 37916864.

  • Kose O, Funnell WRJ & Daniel SJ (2022): Vibration measurements of the gerbil eardrum under quasi-static pressure sweeps. JARO 23(6): 739-750 (doi:10.1007/s10162-022-00867-x). PMID: 36100816.

  • Akinpelu OV, Funnell WRJ & Daniel SJ (2019): High-frequency otoacoustic emissions in universal newborn hearing screening. Int J Ped Otorhinolaryngol 127: 109659, 6 pp. (doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.109659). PMID: 31493551.

  • Funnell WRJ & Laszlo CA (1978): Modeling of the cat eardrum as a thin shell using the finite-element method. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 63(5): 1461-1467 (doi:10.1121/1.381892). PMID: 690327.