Overview
ExpORL is a research group within the Department of Neurosciences conducting experimental research in oto-rhino-laryngology. The group hosts journal clubs discussing peer-reviewed research, including studies on auditory cortex responses and cochlear implants.
In the news
- Brainphonics on the national news! We’re proud to share that UZ Leuven is the first hospital in the world to implement the CORGEE objective speech test into clinical use, making it a part of daily patient care. 💬 "Even before a child with hearing loss turns three, we want to be certain that they can hear well with their hearing aid or cochlear implant. These are crucial years for speech and language development, yet this is precisely the age at which children are very difficult to assess using conventional hearing tests,”
- 𝗔 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗬𝗦𝗖𝗢 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗗 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! Last week, researchers from the Dyslexia Research Collaboration (#DYSCO), led by Maaike Vandermosten, Pol Ghesquiere en Jan Wouters, presented their latest work at the #IWORDD conference in San Sebastian. It was interesting to explore the different perspectives in current dyslexia research: early detection, causal influences and pathways for prevention of reading problems. It was inspiring to learn from the conversation between
- Congratulations to Marie Kolenberg and Yang Li, who have been awarded a PhD Fellowship from the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen (FWO)! 👏 Marie Kolenberg will work on 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝘆𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗮: 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗖 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘅 Developmental dyslexia affects 7-10% of the population and is often only identified after years of reading difficulties.
- Congratulations to our #RAS team member Yang Li on being awarded the prestigious Research Foundation Flanders - FWO #PhDFellowship! 🎉 A well-deserved recognition for his project MANCIS – Markerless Augmented Reality Navigation for Cochlear Implant Surgery, aiming to make cochlear implant procedures safer, easier and more precise. Looking forward to seeing this exciting research progress through the collaboration between our Robot Assisted Surgery Group and ExpORL at KU Leuven! 🚀 #MANCIS #FWO #PhDFellowship #RobotAssistedSurgery
- I'm excited to share that I have been awarded a Research Foundation Flanders - FWO PhD Fellowship Strategic Basic Research for my project MANCIS - Markerless Augmented Reality Navigation for Cochlear Implant Surgery. MANCIS aims to enable surgeons seeing through the bone during cochlear implant surgery and make the procedure safer, easier, and faster. Huge thanks to my supervisors Nicolas Verhaert and Carlos Rodriguez-Guerrero, without your consistent support of me and the project, this wouldn't be possible. Thanks to
- It’s conference season for the aphasia team at ExpORL! 🧠 After a great #SNL meeting in Geneva, we headed back to Belgium to attend the 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (#AoA2026), where our lab members, together with supervisor Maaike Vandermosten, presented their work: 🔹 Ella Eycken: Call Me Maybe? Validation, Reliability and Preliminary Results of Telephone-Based Language Interviews to Assess Language Recovery After Stroke 🔹 Andi Smet: EEG-Based Neural Assessment of Post-Stroke Aphasia in the Acute
- It was wonderful to see old and new ExpORL colleagues coming together at the 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (#SNL2026) in Geneva! We presented work covering a fascinating range of questions about language, the brain and post-stroke recovery: 🔹 Ella Eycken: Unraveling the neural correlates of natural language processing and post-stroke language recovery: A comprehensive and lesion-agnostic approach (Sandbox series) 🔹 Andi Smet: EEG-based neural assessment of
- We were proud to see ExpORL well represented at the first edition of the 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 (#IHI) 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀! It was a great opportunity to listen to inspiring talks, exchange ideas, and engage in interesting discussions during the poster sessions. A special mention to our colleagues who presented their work: 🔹Astrid van Wieringen presented on outcomes in children with single-sided deafness whith a CI. 🔹 Brent S. shared research on hemispheric lateralisation of
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